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authorGravatar Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>2011-03-17 11:57:03 -0400
committerGravatar Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>2011-03-17 11:57:03 -0400
commit8543d9add4c717987ce4b8bbd44b285b4963c125 (patch)
tree05d3ec15d0c6bc0753f20ff0d1b958926cbce49c /doc
parent7b5b1276085be3d2c12c8c28b7be1aceccae44f9 (diff)
check for curl in configure, thanks Jimmy
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diff --git a/doc/bugs/check_for_curl_in_configure.hs.mdwn b/doc/bugs/check_for_curl_in_configure.hs.mdwn
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@@ -14,8 +14,21 @@ index 772ba54..1a563e0 100644
] ++ shaTestCases [1, 256, 512, 224, 384]
</pre>
+> Well, curl is an optional extra, so requireCmd is too strong. Changed
+> to testCmd and applied, thank you!
+>
+> I thought about actually *using* the resulting SysConfig.curl
+> to disable the URL backend if False.. but probably it's better
+> to just let it fail if curl is not available. Although, if we wanted
+> to add a check for wget or something and use it when curl was not
+> available, that might be worth doing. --[[Joey]]
+
also in Backend/URL.hs is it worth making a minor change to the way curl is called (I'm not sure if the following is correct or not)
+> It's correct, typewise, but I don't see any real reason to bother
+> with the change. But I do appreciate patches, which have been rare
+> so far, probaby because of Haskell.. :) --[[Joey]]
+
<pre>
diff --git a/Backend/URL.hs b/Backend/URL.hs
index 29dc8fe..4afcf86 100644