Re: [PATCH] wget: Add --ssh-askpass support

[Mark Hatle <mark.hatle@windriver.com>]

On 7/22/16 2:21 PM, Burton, Ross wrote:
> 
> On 22 July 2016 at 19:24, Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@windriver.com
> <mailto:Liam.Howlett@windriver.com>> wrote:
> 
>     wget: Add --ssh-askpass support
> 
>     This adds the --ssh-askpass option which is disabled by default.
> 
>     --ssh-askpass will request the username and password for a given URL by
>     executing the external program pointed to by the environment variable
>     SSH_ASKPASS.  If the environment variable is not set, an error is
>     returned.  If an error occurs requesting the username or password, wget
>     will exit.
> 
>     Upstream-Status: Pending
> 
> 
> That's a fairly big patch to be carrying and forward porting everytime they
> release, have you sent this upstream?

That is actually one of the problem we're having.  Trying to figure out "where"
upstream actually is.. thus the 'pending'.

We suspect the right list is the 'bug-wget' list, even though this isn't a new
bug -- bug a feature.

--Mark

> Ross
> 
>