On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 4:03 AM, Yang Tse <yangsita_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> Tatsuhiro Tsujikawa <tatsuhiro.t_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> You can also process local file using file://:
>>
>> $ curl --metalink file://curl.metalink
>
> I have not yet looked into this new patch set, but just a heads up
> here, when libcurl is built with no file:// protocol support what
> shall we do here?
>
> Using the old: "$ curl --metalink local_file" would not impose a
> file:// enabled build.
>

Without file:// support (most curl installation enables this ?), local metalink
file is not supported. In this case, I agree that old way is better...
But I think most casual users does metalink download using remote URIs
such as http or https. Reading local metalink file useful for
debugging to web site maintainers.
Therefore I think disabling local metalink processing without file://
will not hurt much.

Best regards,

Tatsuhiro Tsujikawa

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