[bitbake-devel] [PATCH] fetch2: raise an exception if user specifies protocol=git with http://

[Paul Eggleton]

On Saturday 06 October 2012 15:27:42 Chris Larson wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 5:27 AM, Paul Eggleton
> 
> <paul.eggleton at linux.intel.com> wrote:
> > It is a common mistake to use http:// and protocol=git when attempting
> > to fetch from a git repository using the http protocol; if this is
> > detected then throw an error explaining that you need to use git:// with
> > protocol=http instead.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Paul Eggleton <paul.eggleton at linux.intel.com>
> 
> Perhaps this should check the protocol= value against the protocols
> supported by wget (ftp, http, https, etc), if the parameter is passed,
> rather than hardcoding the exceptions.

I don't think protocol= is currently used with the wget fetcher is it?

Cheers,
Paul

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Paul Eggleton
Intel Open Source Technology Centre