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Dag-Erling Smørgrav 44bcb03a54 Forgot to remove base64.c from SRCS in the Makefile.		1998-07-12 22:37:45 +00:00
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fetch.3	Imported libfetch into the tree. It compiles, but there's still some	1998-07-09 16:52:44 +00:00
fetch.c	FTP retrieve works.	1998-07-11 21:29:08 +00:00
fetch.h	FTP retrieve works.	1998-07-11 21:29:08 +00:00
file.c	Imported libfetch into the tree. It compiles, but there's still some	1998-07-09 16:52:44 +00:00
ftp.c	Base64 code (and the MIT copyright) moved to http.c	1998-07-12 22:34:40 +00:00
ftp.errors	Imported libfetch into the tree. It compiles, but there's still some	1998-07-09 16:52:44 +00:00
http.c	Base64 code (and the MIT copyright) moved to http.c	1998-07-12 22:34:40 +00:00
http.errors	Imported libfetch into the tree. It compiles, but there's still some	1998-07-09 16:52:44 +00:00
Makefile	Forgot to remove base64.c from SRCS in the Makefile.	1998-07-12 22:37:45 +00:00
README	Imported libfetch into the tree. It compiles, but there's still some	1998-07-09 16:52:44 +00:00

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. 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)