Re: [PATCH] contrib/download_prerequisites: Use http instead of ftp

2020-01-18 Thread Gerald Pfeifer
On Tue, 12 Nov 2019, Janne Blomqvist wrote: > Convert the download_prerequisites script to use http instead of > ftp. This works better with firewalls, proxies, and so on. It's also > faster, a quick test on my system before patch: Plus common web browsers are starting to deprecate and actually

Re: [PATCH] contrib/download_prerequisites: Use http instead of ftp

2019-11-13 Thread Richard Biener
On Tue, Nov 12, 2019 at 8:34 PM Janne Blomqvist wrote: > > Convert the download_prerequisites script to use http instead of > ftp. This works better with firewalls, proxies, and so on. It's also > faster, a quick test on my system before patch: > > time contrib/download_prerequisites

[PATCH] contrib/download_prerequisites: Use http instead of ftp

2019-11-12 Thread Janne Blomqvist
Convert the download_prerequisites script to use http instead of ftp. This works better with firewalls, proxies, and so on. It's also faster, a quick test on my system before patch: time contrib/download_prerequisites --directory=/tmp/foo --force ... real0m17,843s After patch: time