[wpkg-users] Replace xmlhttp download with curl/wget

Falko Trojahn nospam_ft at smi-softmark.de
Thu Jul 14 15:07:29 CEST 2011


Am 14.07.2011 14:55, schrieb heiko.helmle at horiba.com:
>>> So we can have predefined options for e.g. wget or curl in wpkg.js,
>>> while preserving the possibility to use another tool.
>>
>> ...eg, a script (cmd suffices?!) that also check the MD5 of the file,
>> preventing wpkg tring to install ever an ever that corrupted installer.
>> ;-)
>>
>> This clearly needs an hash="" or md5="" field in<download />  tag.
>
>
> Great idea! But this'll require another external tool, because hash
> calculation via WSH is a world of slow.
>

Yes. BTW there is already a feature request for that:
http://bugzilla.wpkg.org/show_bug.cgi?id=195

Falko




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