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* Changes in Wget 1.9+.
+** Wget no longer preserves permissions of files on FTP servers by
+default. Anonymous FTP servers frequently use permissions like "664",
+which might not be what the user wants. The new option
+`--preserve-permissions' and the corresponding `.wgetrc' variable can
+be used to revert to the old behavior.
+
** Many options that previously unconditionally set or unset features
are now boolean options that can be invoked as `--OPTION[=yes/no]' or
with `--no-OPTION'. This is useful because it allows you to specify
recently-added items may tend towards the top). Not all of these
represent user-visible changes.
-* Currently Wget mirrors remote FTP permissions whenever it retrieves
- the directory listing. This is undesirable for most users, as
- permissions like "664" are frequently used on the servers, which
- might not be what the user wants. Wget should be changed not to
- mirror remote FTP permissions by default. There should be a new
- option add an option that enables this back on.
-
* Honor `Content-Disposition: XXX; filename="FILE"' when creating the
file name. If possible, try not to break `-nc' and friends when
doing that.