Closed Bug 936152 Opened 11 years ago Closed 11 years ago

Never suggest the --no-check-certificate option for wget.

Categories

(Developer Documentation Graveyard :: Developer Tools, defect)

Product:
Developer Documentation Graveyard
Component:
Developer Tools
Platform:
x86
macOS
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
RESOLVED FIXED

People

(Reporter: mhoye, Assigned: wbamberg)

Details

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Simple_Firefox_build/Linux_and_MacOS_build_preparation

This document suggests that if "wget script.py | python script.py" doesn't work, that turning off certificate checking is the right thing.

We should instead say only that the user should upgrade their certificate store, rather than suggesting --no-check-certificate, which certainly seems to be a bad practice these days.
Agreed! Does it look better now?
Flags: needinfo?(mhoye)
Much much, and a search shows no other instances of it outstanding. Thank you.
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 11 years ago
Flags: needinfo?(mhoye)
Resolution: --- → FIXED
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