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Re: [Bug-wget] ANN: Wget2 development shifting to GitLab
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L A Walsh |
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Re: [Bug-wget] ANN: Wget2 development shifting to GitLab |
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Wed, 31 May 2017 14:40:25 -0700 |
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L Walsh wrote:
Tried the tar (found it), but it won't work w/o a git tree.
What's the point of a tar that needs online access?
Ishtar:tools/wget2/wget2> ./bootstrap
./bootstrap: Bootstrapping from checked-out wget2 sources...
./bootstrap: getting gnulib files...
fatal: Not a git repository (or any parent up to mount point /home)
Stopping at filesystem boundary (GIT_DISCOVERY_ACROSS_FILESYSTEM not set).
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Looks like wget2 is "infected" with the gnulib virus. I've seen it
in other projects -- seems to take up alot of resources and tries
to spread itself. Hmmmm....this is not very easy to build...
(sigh).