Re: fetching via wget?

[is%netbsd.org@localhost]

On Wed, Dec 07, 2011 at 03:27:34PM -0700, Brook Milligan wrote:
> I am working with a package that apparently needs the following
> command in order to fetch the distfile:
> 
>       wget --no-check-certificate https://host/distfile.tar.gz
> 
> What is the proper way to handle this?  Is there an alternative to
> actually using wget?

Using NetBSD: ftp https://host/distfile.tar.gz

I'm not sure how handling of certificates is handled by ftp.

Regards
        -is