luigi scarso wrote:
>
> curl as os.spawn ?
> Why don't use lua-curl
> http://luaforge.net/projects/lua-curl/

300kb extra in the binary

and an extra portability headache.

Luatex actually includes the luasocket libraries, so that
would be a better option, but it takes time to write the code
for a http/ftp fetcher to replace curl completely.

If you (or someone else) is interested in writing a replacement
for luat-crl.lua, have a look at: