why not use axel or wget instead of curl

[Joshua Root]

On 2010-10-16 18:19 , 陈硕实 wrote:
> Hi guys,
> I recently install mac on my computer and installed port as soon as
> possible since I have to install many software under Linux, and it was
> really frustrating when I tried to download a 193M package and didn't
> know the download speed and download process, may be I can cd to the
> dist path and use "ls -lh" for one time, but not every time... so I
> modified the source code of portfetch using axel as my default download
> tool.
> 
> But is it possible for everybody choose their favorite download tool by
> adding a arg of port?
> 
> sudo port install xxxx --tool wget --tool-args ....

We technically use libcurl, not curl(1). The reason for using it is
simply that it ships with OS X whereas the other tools you mention do
not. You can see the download speed if you run port with the -v option.

- Josh