[tex-live] MacTex Bug: wget.x86_64-darwin is missing HTTPS support

[Zdenek Wagner]

Hi,

I have the following from MacPorts:

$ wget --version
GNU Wget 1.19.1 built on darwin15.6.0.

-cares +digest -gpgme +https +ipv6 -iri +large-file -metalink +nls
+ntlm +opie -psl +ssl/gnutls

Zdeněk Wagner
http://ttsm.icpf.cas.cz/team/wagner.shtml
http://icebearsoft.euweb.cz


2018-05-16 15:47 GMT+02:00 Sebastian Gerecke <mail at gerecke.me>:
> Hi,
>
> the macOS version of wget has no HTTPS support.
>
> $ ./wget.x86_64-darwin --version
> GNU Wget 1.19.1 built on darwin14.5.0.
>
> -cares +digest -gpgme -https +ipv6 -iri +large-file -metalink -nls
> -ntlm +opie -psl -ssl
>
> This seems to be a bug. TexLive accepts HTTPS-enabled repositories (TLPDB.pm
> checks for FTP, HTTP and HTTPS links) but then fails when trying to download
> updates from them.
>
> The Windows version doesn't have that problem.
>
> Best regards,
> Sebastian
>