Any change this will make it into FC3. I have plenty of times I need to download multi-gig files via http and ftp but am running FC3. On Thu, 2004-10-28 at 00:57 +0200, Karsten Hopp wrote: > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Fedora Test Update Notification > FEDORA-2004-351 > 2004-10-27 > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Product : Fedora Core 2 > Name : wget > Version : 1.9.1 > Release : 16.fc2 > Summary : A utility for retrieving files using the HTTP or FTP protocols. > Description : > GNU Wget is a file retrieval utility which can use either the HTTP or > FTP protocols. Wget features include the ability to work in the > background while you are logged out, recursive retrieval of > directories, file name wildcard matching, remote file timestamp > storage and comparison, use of Rest with FTP servers and Range with > HTTP servers to retrieve files over slow or unstable connections, > support for Proxy servers, and configurability. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Update Information: > > This new release of wget adds support for large files >2Gb > > Please test if the following works (make sure that your web/ftp > server supports large files): > > - downloads of files smaller / larger than 2Gb > via http and ftp > - continue aborted downloads smaller / larger 2Gb > via http and ftp > > Add your feedback to http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=123524 > > If I hear of no larger problems until Thu Nov 04, this package will be > released as an update for Fedora Core 2. > > Thanks > Karsten > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > * Fri Oct 22 2004 Karsten Hopp <karsten@xxxxxxxxx> 1.9.1-16.fc2 > > - build large file version for FC2 > > * Wed Sep 29 2004 Karsten Hopp <karsten@xxxxxxxxx> 1.9.1-17 > > - additional LFS patch from Leonid Petrov to fix file lengths in > http downloads > > * Thu Sep 16 2004 Karsten Hopp <karsten@xxxxxxxxx> 1.9.1-16 > > - more fixes > > * Tue Sep 14 2004 Karsten Hopp <karsten@xxxxxxxxx> 1.9.1-15 > > - added strtol fix from Leonid Petrov, reenable LFS > > * Tue Sep 14 2004 Karsten Hopp <karsten@xxxxxxxxx> 1.9.1-14 > > - buildrequires gettext (#132519) > > * Wed Sep 01 2004 Karsten Hopp <karsten@xxxxxxxxx> 1.9.1-13 > > - disable LFS patch for now, it breaks normal downloads (123524#c15) > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > This update can be downloaded from: > http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/testing/2/ > > 0f36e50c0c40ffdd5508d3862c54ba6f SRPMS/wget-1.9.1-16.fc2.src.rpm > 96be1e722ca313667b54b5fd1e04f824 x86_64/wget-1.9.1-16.fc2.x86_64.rpm > 678ab943f66b4991ccd9c6d6c101652d x86_64/debug/wget-debuginfo-1.9.1-16.fc2.x86_64.rpm > 945a00f2a922adaf2ff0f035972793a7 i386/wget-1.9.1-16.fc2.i386.rpm > fc1841ba974b739454e16031cc927111 i386/debug/wget-debuginfo-1.9.1-16.fc2.i386.rpm > > This update can also be installed with the Update Agent; you can > launch the Update Agent with the 'up2date' command. You may > need to edit your up2date channels configuration. Within > /etc/sysconfig/rhn/sources enable the following line: > yum updates-testing http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/testing/2/$ARCH > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- > Karsten Hopp <karsten@xxxxxxxxx> GPG 1024D/70ABD02C > Fingerprint D2D4 3B6B 2DE4 464C A432 210A DFF8 A140 70AB D02C > Red Hat Deutschland, Hauptstaetter Str.58 > 70178 Stuttgart, Tel.+49-711-96437-0, Fax +49-711-96437-111 > -- > fedora-test-list mailing list > fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: > http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list -- Neil Gierman <ngierman@xxxxxxxxxxxx>