David Laight <david@l8s.co.uk> writes:

> > You can use wget for that.  Put this in /etc/mk.conf:
> > 
> > FETCH_CMD=     /usr/pkg/bin/wget
> > 
> > When your ISP cuts you off, you'll have part of the big file sitting in
> > /usr/pkgsrc/distfiles.  Just 'make fetch' again and wget will continue
> > where it left off.  I think that will work.
> > You might need to add the "-c" option.
> > 
> 
> Except that the makefile will assume that the partial file is the
> correct one and not start the download.
> 
> To get the fetch to happen you have to delete the partial file :-(
> 
Although the Makefile magic is very conenient, you can always get the file
by yourself. The name and the URL are in the Makefile and make fetch-list
should even provide a list of files to fetch.
-- 
Mario Kemper
magick@zhadum.de