Re: [Bug-wget] Wget manpage missing options

[Steven M. Schweda]

From: Giuseppe Scrivano <address@hidden>

> thanks to have tested it, indeed it was working in a different way.  I
> don't think this feature had any user before, considering how broken it
> is.

   I assumed that the VMS details were the only remaining mystery, so
all I did was look at the generated file names (on VMS), not what was in
the files, so almost anything could have happened, and I might not have
noticed it.

   I also assumed that the patch was based on something newer than the
original 1.14 source kit I was using, so, even if I had noticed a
problem, I probably would not have been suspicious.  For example, around
here, nothing worked right until I made this change:

ALP $ gdiff src/options.h_orig src/options.h
169c169
<   bool backups;                       /* Are numeric backups made? */
---
>   int backups;                        /* Are numeric backups made? */

When "backups" can be only zero or one, saying "--backups=4" does not
have the desired effect.

   If someone lets me know when the next "tar" kit appears, then I might
be able to do a little more testing (with a little more care).

   SMS.