GNU Wget - Bugs: bug #22766, .netrc supersedes .wgetrc

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bug #22766: .netrc supersedes .wgetrc

Submitter:	Noël Köthe <nok>
Submitted:	Fri 28 Mar 2008 06:28:54 PM UTC


Category:	Program Logic	Severity:	2 - Minor
Priority:	5 - Normal	Status:	Confirmed
Privacy:	Public	Assigned to:	None
Originator Name:		Open/Closed:	Open
Release:	1.11	Operating System:	GNU/Linux
Reproducibility:	Every Time	Fixed Release:	None
Planned Release:	2.0	Regression:	None
Work Required:	None	Patch Included:	None

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Fri 28 Mar 2008 06:52:08 PM UTC, comment #1:

http://www.mail-archive.com/wget@sunsite.dk/msg10219.html
gives a rationale for .netrc superseding because it's more "specific".

The problem, of course, is that it's not "more specific to Wget", but allows more specific (per-host) settings.

IMO, .wgetrc (and command-line) should supersede, but .wgetrc should also provide the same precision capabilities .netrc does.

Should probably done when path-specific config is done.

Micah Cowan <micahcowan>

Fri 28 Mar 2008 06:28:54 PM UTC, original submission:

Hello,

a forwarded bug I can reproduce with 1.11.1: http://bugs.debian.org/134765

$ cat .wgetrc
login = anonymous

$ cat .netrc
default login bug134765 password wget

$ LC_ALL=C wget -d ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/w/wget/wget_1.11.1.orig.tar.gz
DEBUG output created by Wget 1.11.1 on linux-gnu.

--2008-03-28 19:27:21-- ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/w/wget/wget_1.11.1.orig.tar.gz
=> `wget_1.11.1.orig.tar.gz'
Resolving ftp.debian.org... 128.101.240.212
Caching ftp.debian.org => 128.101.240.212
Connecting to ftp.debian.org|128.101.240.212|:21... connected.
Created socket 3.
Releasing 0x0000000000653bd0 (new refcount 1).
Logging in as bug134765 ... 220 saens.debian.org FTP server (vsftpd)

--> USER bug134765

530 This FTP server is anonymous only.

The server refuses login.
Closed fd 3
Retrying.

.wgetrc should supersede .netrc IMHO.

Do you agree?

Regards Noèl

Noël Köthe <nok>

(Note: upload size limit is set to 16384 kB, after insertion of the required escape characters.)

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bug #22766: .netrc supersedes .wgetrc

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