Op za, 10 mrt 2018 om 7:03 , schreef Rosen Penev <ros...@gmail.com>:
On Sat, Mar 10, 2018 at 3:31 AM, Bjørn Mork <bj...@mork.no> wrote:
 Rosen Penev <ros...@gmail.com> writes:

 curl is more common than GNU wget is.

 No.
Yes.

 For example, Cygwin, Arch Linux, and my android phone all come with
 curl by default whereas wget is missing.

 wget has priority "important" in Debian, while curl is "optional".

I don't think it makes much sense to tune the installation system for
 some weird distros no one actually use to build OpenWrt.
Arch Linux is what I use to build OpenWrt.

Arch users might catch the edge cases (notably the bleeding edge ones). Debian based systems tend to be more widespread than Arch ones, and running one or the other does not imply a more skilled user either way. Our wiki buildroot instructions seem to assume/favour a Debian-based system (that of course heavily depends on who wrote the
entry) [1].

Distro/package management preferences aside, curl isn't mentioned at all on the buildroot wiki page. Wget is suggested as the tool of preference on *all* build platforms there
(including Arch Linux).

Look at the wider distro landscape: wget seems to be more prevalent. The Arch way isn't
always the best way...

Also: this has been brought up last year as well if I recall correctly. Same arguments
were fielded.

Stijn



I've already made my case that curl is more common. The only issue
would be if this commit would impact Debian or Ubuntu since they seem
to be more common for building.



 Bjørn

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