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Re: wget2 | help for cache file location is wrong (#566)


From: Darshit Shah
Subject: Re: wget2 | help for cache file location is wrong (#566)
Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2021 15:41:52 +0200
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The help output is incorrect in this case. The file should always be placed at 
`$XDG_DATA_HOME/wget/wget-hsts`.
Since if the envurobembt variable is not set, the default is ~/.local/share, 
Wget2 does the right thing storing it where it does.
 
We should change the help output to reflect this.

On Wed, Oct 27, 2021, at 14:23, Sandro (@SuperSandro2000) via Public discussion 
list for GNU Wget development wrote:
> Sandro created an issue: https://gitlab.com/gnuwget/wget2/-/issues/566
>
>
>
> According to the help
>
> ```
> --hsts-file           Set file for HSTS caching. (default: ~/.wget-hsts)
> ```
>
> the hsts file should be located in ``~/.wget-hsts`` but actually it is 
> in ``~/.local/share/wget/.wget-hsts``. I find this very confusing. Also 
> with `XDG_DATA_HOME` you can't point it to ``~/.wget-hsts`` because it 
> always appends wget.
>
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