Re: [Bug-wget] Problem using GNU Wget 1.11.4 Windows version

[JD]

I honestly do not recall where I downloaded it from.
Also, I do not have  build tools, build  env on my win XP laptop.


On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 12:32 PM, Micah Cowan <address@hidden> wrote:

> Binary packages aren't provided on the GNU web site (for Windows, nor
> Unixen). Did you download the Wget sources and build them yourself - and
> if so, what did you use? Cygwin? Msys?
>
> -mjc
>
> On 03/19/2012 11:29 AM, JD wrote:
> > The Fedora Distribution does not list MD5 sums. Only sha256 sums.
> >
> > Also, I had downloaded my version directly from the gnu web site.
> > But I will look for more recent versions there.
> >
> > On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 1:49 AM, Paul Wratt <address@hidden>
> wrote:
> >
> >> you should be using at least the last know stable version 1.12 but
> >> that is still at least 5 years old
> >> 1.13 versions are from within the last 12+months
> >>
> >> but I have a feeling that the sha256sum you are using is not right,
> >> verify against the md5 (maybe google for it)
> >>
> >> Paul
> >>
> >> On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 11:24 AM, JD <address@hidden> wrote:
> >>> When using wget with the -c option, it does recover and resume the
> >> download
> >>> after network failures. However, after it finishes the download (in my
> >> case
> >>> downloading
> >>> Fedora-16-i386-DVD.iso), I run the sha256sum on the downloaded ISO and
> >> it is
> >>> completely different to the value stored in the file of CHECKSUMS on
> the
> >>> same
> >>> page URL -
> http://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora/releases/16/Fedora/i386/iso/
> >>>
> >>> I downloaded this iso at least twice, with the same result - the
> >> sha256sum
> >>> performed on the file does not match the one at the above URL, and nor
> >>> does it match the result of sha256sum performed on the previous
> downloads
> >>> of the iso file.
> >>>
> >>> So, something is not right with wget!!
> >>
>
>