From: Pascal Eberhard <pascal.eberhard@se.com>
To: bitbake-devel@lists.openembedded.org
Cc: Pascal Eberhard <pascal.eberhard@se.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 4/4] doc: bitbake-user-manual-ref-variables: describe BB_FETCH_METHOD_HTTP variable
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2026 00:29:41 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260310-add_alt_fetch_method_curl-v2-4-4789639b28f1@se.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260310-add_alt_fetch_method_curl-v2-0-4789639b28f1@se.com>
add BB_FETCH_METHOD_HTTP variable to select between wget and curl method
for http, https, ftp, ftps protocols.
Signed-off-by: Pascal Eberhard <pascal.eberhard@se.com>
---
doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-ref-variables.rst | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
diff --git a/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-ref-variables.rst b/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-ref-variables.rst
index 06bd53619..c459ed3af 100644
--- a/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-ref-variables.rst
+++ b/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-ref-variables.rst
@@ -311,6 +311,11 @@ overview of their function and contents.
search the main :term:`SRC_URI` or
:term:`MIRRORS`.
+ :term:`BB_FETCH_METHOD_HTTP`
+ When set to "curl", cause BitBake's fetcher to use curl method for
+ downloading web artifacts via http, https, ftp or ftps.
+ When not set (default) or set to "wget", wget method is used.
+
:term:`BB_FILENAME`
Contains the filename of the recipe that owns the currently running
task. For example, if the ``do_fetch`` task that resides in the
--
2.43.0
WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: Pascal Eberhard via B4 Relay <devnull+pascal.eberhard.se.com@kernel.org>
To: bitbake-devel@lists.openembedded.org
Cc: Pascal Eberhard <pascal.eberhard@se.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 4/4] doc: bitbake-user-manual-ref-variables: describe BB_FETCH_METHOD_HTTP variable
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2026 00:29:41 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260310-add_alt_fetch_method_curl-v2-4-4789639b28f1@se.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260310-add_alt_fetch_method_curl-v2-0-4789639b28f1@se.com>
From: Pascal Eberhard <pascal.eberhard@se.com>
add BB_FETCH_METHOD_HTTP variable to select between wget and curl method
for http, https, ftp, ftps protocols.
Signed-off-by: Pascal Eberhard <pascal.eberhard@se.com>
---
doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-ref-variables.rst | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
diff --git a/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-ref-variables.rst b/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-ref-variables.rst
index 06bd53619..c459ed3af 100644
--- a/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-ref-variables.rst
+++ b/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-ref-variables.rst
@@ -311,6 +311,11 @@ overview of their function and contents.
search the main :term:`SRC_URI` or
:term:`MIRRORS`.
+ :term:`BB_FETCH_METHOD_HTTP`
+ When set to "curl", cause BitBake's fetcher to use curl method for
+ downloading web artifacts via http, https, ftp or ftps.
+ When not set (default) or set to "wget", wget method is used.
+
:term:`BB_FILENAME`
Contains the filename of the recipe that owns the currently running
task. For example, if the ``do_fetch`` task that resides in the
--
2.43.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-09 23:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-09 23:29 [PATCH v2 0/4] fetch2: add alternative fetch method based on curl Pascal Eberhard
2026-03-09 23:29 ` Pascal Eberhard via B4 Relay
2026-03-09 23:29 ` [PATCH v2 1/4] fetch2: add curl method to fetch web content Pascal Eberhard
2026-03-09 23:29 ` Pascal Eberhard via B4 Relay
2026-03-09 23:29 ` [PATCH v2 2/4] fetch2: make curl method activable with BB_FETCH_METHOD_HTTP Pascal Eberhard
2026-03-09 23:29 ` Pascal Eberhard via B4 Relay
2026-03-09 23:29 ` [PATCH v2 3/4] lib/tests/fetch2: add tests for curl method Pascal Eberhard
2026-03-09 23:29 ` Pascal Eberhard via B4 Relay
2026-03-09 23:29 ` Pascal Eberhard [this message]
2026-03-09 23:29 ` [PATCH v2 4/4] doc: bitbake-user-manual-ref-variables: describe BB_FETCH_METHOD_HTTP variable Pascal Eberhard via B4 Relay
2026-03-10 11:25 ` [bitbake-devel] [PATCH v2 0/4] fetch2: add alternative fetch method based on curl Alexander Kanavin
2026-03-12 11:34 ` Richard Purdie
2026-03-12 21:47 ` Pascal EBERHARD
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