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Re: bootstrap update from coreutils


From: Bruno Haible
Subject: Re: bootstrap update from coreutils
Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2007 01:39:22 +0200
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Jim Meyering wrote:
> I deliberately chose to remove all wget support.
> If someone can make a really good case for reintroducing such support

gnulib-tool's --import handling continues to use wget for the purpose of
downloading the PO files.

The reason is that IMO 'wget' is more frequently preinstalled than 'rsync'
on normal Linux distributions, i.e. if the script uses 'wget', it runs
out-of-the-box for more people.

Bruno





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