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

[Chris Larson]

On Sat, Oct 6, 2012 at 3:32 PM, Paul Eggleton
<paul.eggleton at linux.intel.com> wrote:
> 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?

It isn't, but it also doesn't seem ideal to hardcode knowledge of the
git fetcher in the wget one. Either way, I just wanted to make sure
both options were considered.
-- 
Christopher Larson