#986892 [dget] should prefer wget over curl for downloads

Package:
devscripts
Source:
devscripts
Description:
scripts to make the life of a Debian Package maintainer easier
Submitter:
John Scott
Date:
2025-11-28 07:29:01 UTC
Severity:
minor
#986892#5
Date:
2021-04-13 14:54:22 UTC
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Although it might could be remedied by giving additional command-line
options, Wget is better suited to fetching files and can, for example,
cope with partial downloads like HTTP error 206 out-of-the-box:
--- /etc/devscripts.conf ---
Empty.

--- ~/.devscripts ---
DEBSIGN_KEYID=D6223890E7C4625B2C1468D1AB181FDB41DD41C4
DEBSIGN_MAINT="John Scott"
BTS_MAIL_READER="evolution %s"
BTS_INTERACTIVE=yes
BTS_CACHE=yes
BTS_CACHE_MODE=full
DEBCOMMIT_SIGN_TAGS=yes
DEBCOMMIT_SIGN_COMMITS=yes
WHOUPLOADS_DATE=yes
DSCVERIFY_KEYRINGS=/home/john/.gnupg/pubring.kbx
DEBCHANGE_RELEASE_HEURISTIC=changelog
DEBCHANGE_MULTIMAINT_MERGE=yes
DEBCHANGE_MAINTTRAILER=yes
#986892#10
Date:
2025-11-28 07:22:45 UTC
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"dget --quiet" with wget is not quiet, because it translates to "wget
-nv" and it prints the files downloaded to stderr. Alternative would be
to use "wget -q", but then errors are not printed. wget lacks an option
to print *only* errors to stderr...

"dget --quiet" with curl doesn't have this issue.