ctanbib (5may19)

git-svn-id: svn://tug.org/texlive/trunk@51014 c570f23f-e606-0410-a88d-b1316a301751

4 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/man/man1/ctanbib.man1.pdf b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/man/man1/ctanbib.man1.pdf
index 2a48c8545c0..2843f5c494c 100644
--- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/man/man1/ctanbib.man1.pdf
+++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/man/man1/ctanbib.man1.pdf
diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/support/ctanbib/ctanbib-doc.pdf b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/support/ctanbib/ctanbib-doc.pdf
index 9128765bd12..f82b9bba95f 100644
--- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/support/ctanbib/ctanbib-doc.pdf
+++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/support/ctanbib/ctanbib-doc.pdf
diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/support/ctanbib/ctanbib-doc.tex b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/support/ctanbib/ctanbib-doc.tex
index 699dee2765e..23a6525fd99 100644
--- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/support/ctanbib/ctanbib-doc.tex
+++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/support/ctanbib/ctanbib-doc.tex
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 \section{Introduction}
 This package provides script named \package{ctanbib} which can be used for retrieving of the bibliographic information for packages hosted on CTAN.
 
+
 \section{Usage}
 
 
@@ -26,6 +27,8 @@ It can be used in the following way:
 
 \noindent\package{ctanbib [options]  $\langle$packagename$\rangle$ > filename.bib}
 
+The \texttt{curl} utility needs to be installed on the user's system in order to support the package info download.
+
 
 \section{Available options}
 
@@ -96,6 +99,9 @@ it's eventual release on CTAN.
 \section{Changelog}
 
 \begin{changelog}
+  \change{2019-05-04}{Version 0.1c released}
+  \change{2019-05-04}{Use the \texttt{curl} command to download the package info}
+  \change{2019-05-04}{Added information about the need to have the \texttt{curl} command installed}
   \change{2019-03-11}{Version 0.1b released}
   \change{2018-09-10}{Added support for institutional names}
   \change{2018-09-10}{Escape TeX commands in the title and subtitle}
diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/scripts/ctanbib/ctanbib b/Master/texmf-dist/scripts/ctanbib/ctanbib
index f73fc70c9ff..10666696b56 100755
--- a/Master/texmf-dist/scripts/ctanbib/ctanbib
+++ b/Master/texmf-dist/scripts/ctanbib/ctanbib
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ Available options:
   ]])
   os.exit(1)
 elseif arg[1]=="--version" or arg[1]=="-v" then
-  print "ctanbib version v0.1b"
+  print "ctanbib version v0.1c"
   os.exit(1)
 elseif arg[1]=="--ctan" or arg[1]=="-c" then
   table.remove(arg, 1)
@@ -56,7 +56,8 @@ local dom = require('luaxml-domobject')
 
 
 local load_xml =  function(url)
-  local command = io.popen("wget -qO- ".. url,"r")
+  -- local command = io.popen("wget -qO- ".. url,"r")
+  local command = io.popen("curl -sS ".. url,"r")
 
   local info = command:read("*all")
   command:close()