From: hniksic <devnull@localhost>
Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2003 13:41:20 +0000 (-0800)
Subject: [svn] Document the existence of --preserve-permissions.
X-Git-Tag: v1.13~1458
X-Git-Url: http://sjero.net/git/?p=wget;a=commitdiff_plain;h=6bf6f58ca3774c3f5aab7fd6abb55502bd2ef499

[svn] Document the existence of --preserve-permissions.
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diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 0fe8fc10..ab106ce4 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ Please send GNU Wget bug reports to <bug-wget@gnu.org>.
 
 * 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
diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index 3122f8fd..7b544836 100644
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -11,13 +11,6 @@ The items are not listed in any particular order (except that
 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.