Herold Heiko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> From: Hrvoje Niksic [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Maybe `--connect-address' would be a good name for the option? It >> would nicely parallel `--bind-address'. > > I was wondering if it should be possibile to pass more than one name > to address change (for recursive behaviour with absolute links). > This would mean we need to associate names and address, and either a > syntax which can specify multiple name/address couples or multiple > invocations - e.g. > > wget > --connect-address=site.dot.com:1.2.3.4,site2.dot.com:5.6.7.8,www.internal.si > te:10.1.2.3
In my opinion, that's going too far. If you need that kind of stuff, edit /etc/hosts or the equivalent. I really don't think that such level of elaboration is appropriate for a fairly rarely needed feature. Besides, imagine every single network application implementing its own "alternative" resolver. If I implement --connect-address, it will be in the form of `--connect-address=HOST[:PORT]', meaning that all network connections performed by Wget connect to HOST[:PORT] instead of to the hosts and ports specified by URLs. I believe that handles Dan's case and those encountered by me, and nicely parallels `--bind-address', which will also be extended to allow port.
