freebsd-dev/lib/libfetch/README

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. Comments, patches
etc. of all kinds are welcome, but please don't commit anything
without talking to me first.

		-- Dag-Erling C. Sm<53>rgrav (des@FreeBSD.org)
-												Imported libfetch into the tree. It compiles, but there's still some
work to do. I especially need help with the man page.

											
										
										
											1998-07-09 16:52:44 +00:00
+								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
-												First of a series of cleanups to libfetch. Changed files, in
alphabetical order:

 Makefile:
  Add common.c to SRCS.

  Make debugging easier by making 'CFLAGS += -DNDEBUG' conditional on DEBUG

  Don't declare struct {ftp,http}err in {ftp,http}err.c; use struct fetcherr
  instead.

 README:
  Remove the todo list, which is out of date anyway.

 common.c: (new file)
  Gather utility functions in this file.

  Merge the error reporting functions intp _fetch_errstring(),
  _fetch_seterr() and _fetch_syserr().

  Set fetchLastErrCode and fetchLastErrText appropriately when fetchConnect
  fails.

 common.h: (new file)
  Gather internal prototypes and structures in this files.

 fetch.3:
  Undocument fetchFreeURL().

  Document a few more known bugs.

  Document fetchLastErrCode and fetchLastErrText.

 fetch.c:
  Add descriptive comments to all functions that lacked them.

  Move fetchConnect() to common.c.

  Obviate the need for fetchFreeURL(), and remove it.

 fetch.h:
  Modify struct url_t so the document part is at the end.

 ftp.c:
  Remove code that is duplicated elsewhere.

 http.c:
  Remove code that is duplicated elsewhere.

Prompted by: jkh

											
										
										
											1998-11-05 19:48:17 +00:00
+								warnings), but there is much left to be implemented. Comments, patches
 								etc. of all kinds are welcome, but please don't commit anything
 								without talking to me first.
-												Imported libfetch into the tree. It compiles, but there's still some
work to do. I especially need help with the man page.

											
										
										
											1998-07-09 16:52:44 +00:00
 										-- Dag-Erling C. Sm<53>rgrav (des@FreeBSD.org)