Add -f flag to curl, to improve error handling, as suggested in #244.

luarocks · Mar 31, 2014 · 489b990 · 489b990
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diff --git a/src/luarocks/fs/unix/tools.lua b/src/luarocks/fs/unix/tools.lua
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ function tools.download(url, filename, cache)
          ok = fs.execute(wget_cmd, url)
       end
    elseif cfg.downloader == "curl" then
-      ok = fs.execute_string(vars.CURL.." -L --user-agent '"..cfg.user_agent.." via curl' "..fs.Q(url).." 2> /dev/null 1> "..fs.Q(filename))
+      ok = fs.execute_string(vars.CURL.." -f -L --user-agent '"..cfg.user_agent.." via curl' "..fs.Q(url).." 2> /dev/null 1> "..fs.Q(filename))
    end
    if ok then
       return true, filename

diff --git a/src/luarocks/fs/win32/tools.lua b/src/luarocks/fs/win32/tools.lua
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ function tools.download(url, filename, cache)
          ok = fs.execute(wget_cmd..fs.Q(url).." 2> NUL 1> NUL")
       end
    elseif cfg.downloader == "curl" then
-      ok = fs.execute_string(fs.Q(vars.CURL).." -L --user-agent \""..cfg.user_agent.." via curl\" "..fs.Q(url).." 2> NUL 1> "..fs.Q(filename))
+      ok = fs.execute_string(fs.Q(vars.CURL).." -f -L --user-agent \""..cfg.user_agent.." via curl\" "..fs.Q(url).." 2> NUL 1> "..fs.Q(filename))
    end
    if ok then
       return true, filename