ChangeLog
2023-09-12 - Fixed link to wget2 HOWTO
2023-09-10 - 1.20.3 -> 1.21.4
- Removed 13.37 from Slackware packages list
- Changed libpsl link to a link to the HOWTO
2019-04-12 - 1.20.1 -> 1.20.3
- Removed older than 13.37 from Slackware versions list
- Added LibreSSL link
2019-01-12 - 1.19.5 -> 1.20.1
- In curl example, use -O
- sha1sum -> sha256sum
2018-08-03 - 1.15 -> 1.19.5
- Updated Slackware note for 14.2
- Added repository link
- http to https for web site link
- Updated prerequisites: gettext, iconv, libunistring,
pkg-config, libpsl, zlib, nettle, gpgme, libmetalink,
libidn2, pcre
2014-02-21 - 1.14 -> 1.15
- Use ftpmirror.gnu.org instead of ftp.gnu.org
- Removed Slackware note for older than 13.0, added for 14.0
and 14.1
2013-03-10 - 1.13.4 -> 1.14
- .bz2 -> .xz
2012-02-23 - 1.12 -> 1.13.4
- Updated Slackware note for 13.1 and 13.37, removed older
than 10.2
- Added note that GnuTLS is now the default over OpenSSL
- Added note about /etc/wgetrc and /etc/wgetrc.new
- Instead of 'make install' then strip, run
'make install-strip'
- Also pass --infodir and --mandir to configure
2009-01-09 - 1.11.4 -> 1.12
- Updated Slackware note for 13.0
2008-07-02 - 1.11 -> 1.11.4
2008-03-08 - 1.10.2 -> 1.11
- Note about what to do when you don't already have
wget
- Changed home page URL back to gnu.org/software/wget
again because wget.sunsite.dk redirects there
- Updated Slackware note for 11.0 and 12.0
- Removed grep, sed links (now at the top)
- Note about OpenSSL prefix
- Back up wgetrc named wgetrc-yyyymmdd and use
cp -a to copy it
2006-02-17 - Only run removepkg if it exists
- Added note about wgetrc.new
2005-10-20 - 1.10.1 -> 1.10.2
- Updated Slack note for 10.2
- Changed configure flag from --with-ssl to
--with-libssl-prefix
2005-09-08 - 1.10 -> 1.10.1
- Added note about versions that come with Slackware
2005-01-13 - Fixed link text for sha1sum (it was md5sum)
- Rearranged options to shut up the new version of find
- Run chown -R root:root . to the source directory if
$UID = 0
- Moved uninstall part to the bottom, updated a little
2005-05-10 - Removed make, gcc, binutils, fileutils/coreutils links
- Changed download URLs from ftp to http
- Changed md5sum verification to output OK (or not)
- Added sha1sum verification
- Moved source directory (see note <a href="howtos.php?msd">here</a>)
2004-06-19 - Fixed the download URL
- Added " or coreutils" to the fileutils prerequisite
- Changed the md5sum -> textutils link to point to coreutils
2003-01-04 - 1.8.2 -> 1.9.1
- Added gpg verification
- Partly because www.gnu.org seems to be hosed right now,
changed the homepage from www.gnu.org/software/wget/ to
wget.sunsite.dk
- Also because www/ftp.gnu.org is hosed right now, the
download URL is ibiblio/pub/gnu/wget/
2003-09-24 - Replaced verification against the non-existant sha1sums file
(since they got cracked) with a verified md5sum
- Changed prefix from /usr/local to /usr, added cleanup
of files that would've been installed into /usr/local and
backup (to ~/backup/) of wgetrc
- Added prerequisites
- Added strip of /usr/bin/wget after make install
2003-07-30 - Modernized a little more
2003-03-06 - Modernized, added ftp.gnu.org sha1sum verification, etc.
- Added --disable-nls to configure, cleanup of
/usr/share/locale/*/wget.mo files