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Re: [Bug-wget] Wget manpage missing options
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Tomas Hozza |
Subject: |
Re: [Bug-wget] Wget manpage missing options |
Date: |
Fri, 12 Jul 2013 06:00:46 -0400 (EDT) |
----- Original Message -----
> From: Giuseppe Scrivano
>
> > 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.
You are right. When I tested it I downloaded the site only twice. bakcups
variable should be int. I hope this is the last piece of puzzle to get
--backups documented and working.
Giuseppe, are you going to merge the necessary changes (and previous patches)
into git?
Thanks!
Regards,
Tomas Hozza
- Re: [Bug-wget] Wget manpage missing options, Giuseppe Scrivano, 2013/07/08
- Re: [Bug-wget] Wget manpage missing options, Steven M. Schweda, 2013/07/09
- Re: [Bug-wget] Wget manpage missing options, Steven M. Schweda, 2013/07/10
- Re: [Bug-wget] Wget manpage missing options, Steven M. Schweda, 2013/07/11
- Re: [Bug-wget] Wget manpage missing options, Steven M. Schweda, 2013/07/12
- Re: [Bug-wget] Wget manpage missing options, Steven M. Schweda, 2013/07/12
- Re: [Bug-wget] Wget manpage missing options, Steven M. Schweda, 2013/07/12