Re: [PATCH] bootstrap.sh: Use ftp instead of wget on OpenBSD

[Peter Bex]

Hi Mario,

NetBSD has ftp as well, unfortunately no -C flag.  But that's not
super important I think.

So, I would suggest using ftp on both NetBSD and OpenBSD without -C,
and possibly MirBSD and DragonFly BSD as well (though I don't know
if we support these otherwise).

Actually, it's a bit annoying: it looks like FreeBSD's ftp(1) is the
only one which DOESN'T support https (it does support http, however).
Otherwise we could add a catch-all for all the BSDs, which would be
much simpler.  Perhaps someone with access to a FreeBSD box can check
if it really doesn't support https or if it simply isn't documented.

Also, maybe add a comment stating that the ftp program supports
HTTP(S) because it is definitely counter-intuitive for someone
coming from another OS to use ftp for doing HTTP transfers.

Cheers,
Peter

On Wed, Dec 18, 2024 at 09:08:53PM +0100, Mario Domenech Goulart wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> The attached patch makes bootstrap.sh use the ftp program as fetcher on
> OpenBSD (spares users from having to install wget).
> 
> All the best.
> Mario
> -- 
> http://parenteses.org/mario

> From 005bad66a718982bcea84cc22722285b80a3e841 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Mario Domenech Goulart <mario@parenteses.org>
> Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2024 21:04:59 +0100
> Subject: [PATCH] bootstrap.sh: Use ftp instead of wget on OpenBSD
> 
> OpenBSD's base system ships ftp (which supports HTTP[S]), but not
> wget.
> ---
>  scripts/bootstrap.sh | 3 +++
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/scripts/bootstrap.sh b/scripts/bootstrap.sh
> index dff029a7..25acafb0 100755
> --- a/scripts/bootstrap.sh
> +++ b/scripts/bootstrap.sh
> @@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ case "$(uname)" in
>      FreeBSD)
>          mkcmd=gmake
>          getcmd=fetch;;
> +    OpenBSD)
> +        mkcmd=gmake
> +        getcmd="ftp -C";;
>      *BSD)
>          mkcmd=gmake;;
>  esac
> -- 
> 2.39.5
>