Bug#677229: /usr/bin/wnpp-alert: wnpp-alert shows the same bugs as O, RFA and RFH when it's only O

Julian Gilbey julian at d-and-j.net
Thu Jun 14 15:53:27 UTC 2012


On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 04:22:11PM +0300, Petri Latvala wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 02:02:18PM +0100, Adam D. Barratt wrote:
> > I can't reproduce this.
> 
> After investigating this, I found the culprit to be
> 
>  continue = on
> 
> in my .wgetrc. Whether this bug should be changed to "wnpp-alert
> should use --no-continue" or just closed as user error, I'll leave
> that to you. :P

Then I guess the bug is that wnpp-alert should ensure that wget does
not use the user's .wgetrc?  That can be achieved by setting the
environment variable WGETRC to /dev/null or by using the option
--config=/dev/null, for example.

   Julian





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