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authorGerald Combs <gerald@wireshark.org>2015-04-06 11:30:33 -0700
committerGerald Combs <gerald@wireshark.org>2015-04-06 19:28:49 +0000
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Add a warning about Chocolatey's Wget package.
Its CA certificate configuration appears to be incomplete. Recommend Cygwin's instead. Change-Id: I0e7ddbfbb2a37f2872a820442e2d185f20ef551e Reviewed-on: https://code.wireshark.org/review/7948 Reviewed-by: Gerald Combs <gerald@wireshark.org>
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diff --git a/docbook/wsdg_src/WSDG_chapter_tools.asciidoc b/docbook/wsdg_src/WSDG_chapter_tools.asciidoc
index 72eeb34cf9..f3baa93580 100644
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+++ b/docbook/wsdg_src/WSDG_chapter_tools.asciidoc
@@ -1141,7 +1141,7 @@ However, the version string may vary.
==== Windows native: patch
-The Windows native Git tools provide patch. A native Windows patch package can be obtained from
+The Windows native Git tools provide patch. A native Windows patch package can be obtained from
http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/[]. The
installation should be straightforward.
@@ -1152,13 +1152,15 @@ installation should be straightforward.
GNU wget is used to download files from the internet using the command line.
GNU wget is available for most of the UNIX-like platforms and as the wget
-package from the <<ChToolsCygwin,Cygwin setup>> and also using Chocolatey:
+package from the <<ChToolsCygwin,Cygwin setup>> and also using Chocolatey.
+At the time of writing the native Chocolatey wget package had incomplete
+CA certificate support. As a result the Cygwin package is recommended:
----
-PS$> choco install Wget
+PS$> choco install wget -source cygwin
----
-You will only need wget, if you want to use the Windows automated library
+You will only need wget if you want to use the Windows automated library
download, see <<ChLibsSetup>>for details.
If GNU wget isn't already installed or available as a package for your platform