Re: ncftpput replacement

2008-08-03 Thread Karl Berry
Why not just putting it into a shell function? Ralf worried that cmdline ftp would not necessarily be available. And the other issues mentioned here are other reasons not to use it by default, I guess. And making gnupload test what works / what is available seems like way more trouble than it

Re: ncftpput replacement

2008-08-03 Thread Brian K. White
- Original Message - From: "Bruno Haible" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Karl Berry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Sent: Sunday, August 03, 2008 3:08 PM Subject: Re: ncftpput replacement > Karl Berry wrote: >> The gnupload script (which is in gnulib) depe

Re: ncftpput replacement

2008-08-03 Thread Bruno Haible
Karl Berry wrote: > The gnupload script (which is in gnulib) depends on ncftpput. I found > it easier to write a replacement using plain old command line ftp than > to install ncftp. Nothing against such a replacement script, if it works for you. The 'ftp' program on some Linux distros, however,

Re: ncftpput replacement

2008-08-03 Thread Paolo Bonzini
Karl Berry wrote: The gnupload script (which is in gnulib) depends on ncftpput. I found it easier to write a replacement using plain old command line ftp than to install ncftp. Any objections to my putting this in gnulib/build-aux? Why not just putting it into a shell function? Paolo

ncftpput replacement

2008-08-03 Thread Karl Berry
The gnupload script (which is in gnulib) depends on ncftpput. I found it easier to write a replacement using plain old command line ftp than to install ncftp. Any objections to my putting this in gnulib/build-aux? I know it doesn't have all the bells and whistles it should, but hey, this is a ter