[FS#122] wget always fails with "Failed to allocate uclient context"

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FS#122 - wget always fails with "Failed to allocate uclient context"
User who did this - Martin Tippmann (glycoknob)

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try wget http://lede-project.org 

without the http(s) it doesn't work. 
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