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author | des <des@FreeBSD.org> | 1998-07-09 16:52:44 +0000 |
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committer | des <des@FreeBSD.org> | 1998-07-09 16:52:44 +0000 |
commit | 9c2d60ed01099cbfa3e878c62cb5ea061a728317 (patch) | |
tree | 04d9af7541ed2b2073b59882ba5ff645c502f891 /lib/libfetch/README | |
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Imported libfetch into the tree. It compiles, but there's still some
work to do. I especially need help with the man page.
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diff --git a/lib/libfetch/README b/lib/libfetch/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000..30ddeae --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/libfetch/README @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +This is the new fetch(3) library, which is to replace the ftpio(3) +library and provide a new, unified backend for all fetch(1), +pkg_add(1) and sysinstall(8). + +Note that this is very much work in progress. It compiles (with a few +warnings), but there is much left to be implemented. Amongst other +items: + + * The man page needs work. Really. I mean it. Now. + + * ftp.c is not even half-written. + + * HTTP authentication doesn't work. I'm not sure if I bungled http.c + or fubared base64.c (which was ripped from MIT fetch(1)). + + * The library needs a decent interface for reporting errors. I've + started on something (sending back an error code in the url_t that + was sent in) but we're Not There (tm) yet. + +Comments, patches etc. of all kinds are welcome, but please don't +commit anything without talking to me first. + + -- Dag-Erling C. Smørgrav (des@FreeBSD.org) |