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  • Minor Warning - "wget"

    From c186282@c186282@nnada.net to comp.os.linux.misc on Sun Jan 11 02:06:24 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.os.linux.misc

    All of a sudden some of my apps that used 'wget' stopped
    working properly.

    Apparently, the most recent wget is SLOWER than its
    predecessors. The fix was to increase the timeout
    by about 50%

    I had it at 10 secs, changed to 16 just to be safe.

    NOW it all works again.

    TOOK awhile to figure this out.

    Dontcha just HATE this sort of thing ???

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  • From Fritz Wuehler@fritz@spamexpire-202601.rodent.frell.theremailer.net to comp.os.linux.misc on Mon Jan 12 18:53:39 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.os.linux.misc

    c186282 <c186...@nnada.net> [c]:
    Apparently, the most recent wget is SLOWER than its
    predecessors. The fix was to increase the timeout by about 50%

    Are you sure about that?
    It could be that your websites got heavier in third party
    content (ads, tracking, js libraries), which slows them down.

    Try doing the same HTTP queries using "curl" instead and compare
    the times.

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  • From c186282@c186282@nnada.net to comp.os.linux.misc on Mon Jan 12 17:52:35 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.os.linux.misc

    On 1/12/26 12:53, Fritz Wuehler wrote:
    c186282 <c186...@nnada.net> [c]:
    Apparently, the most recent wget is SLOWER than its
    predecessors. The fix was to increase the timeout by about 50%

    Are you sure about that?
    It could be that your websites got heavier in third party
    content (ads, tracking, js libraries), which slows them down.

    Try doing the same HTTP queries using "curl" instead and compare
    the times.

    Let's say that USING 'wget' is slower - but it
    may not be the fault of 'wget' itself.

    I had two units running the same app. Each uses
    'wget' twice, every 15 minutes. Upgraded the system
    on one box and both 'wget's stopped working. Then
    upgraded the second box, same effect.

    COULD be the 'updates' somehow slowed-down something
    involving the wi-fi or other junk. However the net
    effect was real enough and hard to debug because it
    had "just worked" flawlessly for years.

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