# HG changeset patch
# User Carnë Draug <carandraug+dev@gmail.com>
# Date 1345130715 -3600
# Node ID 0b29c16a264553cb88ed2ae001d21c57b1928e5f
# Parent  8b9b3677a4d6215fff60f9b4022b92c11c8d5959
pkg: check cURL library when using -forge

diff --git a/scripts/pkg/pkg.m b/scripts/pkg/pkg.m
--- a/scripts/pkg/pkg.m
+++ b/scripts/pkg/pkg.m
@@ -317,6 +317,9 @@
         ## Send verbose output to pager immediately.  Change setting locally.
         page_output_immediately (true, "local");
       case "-forge"
+        if (! octave_config_info ("CURL_LIBS"))
+          error ("pkg: can't download from forge without the cURL library")
+        endif
         octave_forge = true;
       case "-local"
         global_install = false;