Re:Qake: GNU Make-based build system with a different approach
by pyre on Monday November 03, 2014 @10:52PM
(#8555069)
Older versions of wget didn't like wildcard certs (IIRC). I remember this being an issue around the time that github.com when https-only a few years ago.
It's possible that this is necessary here (on older versions of wget), or that using '--no-check-certificate' is a bit of a cargo-cultism by the author (who learned to use it, but doesn't know why and when usage makes sense).
It's possible that this is necessary here (on older versions of wget), or that using '--no-check-certificate' is a bit of a cargo-cultism by the author (who learned to use it, but doesn't know why and when usage makes sense).