209777 – net-misc/wget-1.11 won't read ~/.wgetrc

Bug 209777 - net-misc/wget-1.11 won't read ~/.wgetrc

Summary: net-misc/wget-1.11 won't read ~/.wgetrc

Status:	RESOLVED NEEDINFO

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	x86 Linux

Importance:	High normal (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo's Team for Core System packages

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Reported:	2008-02-12 07:12 UTC by Roman v. Gemmeren
Modified:	2008-03-16 07:50 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description Roman v. Gemmeren 2008-02-12 07:12:08 UTC

i had a pre-1.11 version running fine with users using  ~/.wgetrc, but since the update to 1.11 those files (at least the ones with http_password* / http_user=* ) are not used anymore...

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. put the following in ~/.wgetrc:
"http_user=XXX
http_password=YYY"
2. try downloading from a password protected site ( like your rapidshare prem account )

Actual Results:  
no login is done, so no download

Expected Results:  
a file should have been downloaded

Comment 1 hiyuh 2008-02-12 07:25:01 UTC

I read wget-1.11 source a bit, then I found nice undocumented workaround(?).
Use this magic. :)

 export WGETRC="${HOME}/.wgetrc"

Comment 2 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2008-02-12 08:02:35 UTC

works fine for me:
$ strace -eopen wget localhost -q
...
open("/etc/wgetrc", O_RDONLY)           = 3
open("/home/vapier/.wgetrc", O_RDONLY)  = 3
...

Comment 3 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2008-03-16 07:50:48 UTC

please check with strace

also, post `emerge --info` as documented in the bug reporting page