[pca] using curl rather than wget

[Glenn Satchell]

>Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2009 12:41:45 +0100
>From: Martin Paul <martin at par.univie.ac.at>
>To: Glenn Satchell <Glenn.Satchell at uniq.com.au>, "PCA (Patch Check Advanced) 
Discussion" <pca at lists.univie.ac.at>
>Subject: Re: [pca] using curl rather than wget
>
>Hi Glenn,
>
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>According to wget's NEWS file you are right in that the NTLM support of 
>wget does not include proxy authentication. If you haven't asked for 
>that on the wget mailing list, do so. I had a problem with wget in the 
>past, and it was fixed in a new beta version (and the next release) of 
>wget immediately. Folks have been very helpful, plus this would solve 
>the problem for all wget users, not just for those who use pca.
>
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>hth,
>
>Martin.

I've posted an enhancement request on the wget mailing list. This is
now being tracked on

https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?20300

So we should have something in the next release or so I think. The
wget people are very friendly and helpful.

regards,
-glenn