This exposes a way to specify from the command line the number
of times to retry each download after a network error. If a negative
value is given, then the default number of retries (5) is used. If 0
is given, then errors are returned without retrying.
closes#1659Closes: #1669
Approved by: jlebon
This moves the assert_fail function definition which was defined
and called in tests/test-remote-headers.sh. Done in preparation
for use of the assert_fail function in other test files.
Closes: #1669
Approved by: jlebon
Robert Fairley