Hi Noël,
Thanks for the clear explanation and for suggesting a way forward!
On 28/07/2024 06.46, Noël Köthe wrote:
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The reason is the metalink library
https://github.com/metalink-dev/libmetalink is not packaged for Debian.
After digging a little, I fear the problem is deeper than this. The
libmetalink library now seems to be unmaintained; see:
https://github.com/metalink-dev/libmetalink/issues/3
I've opened a bug-report against the upstream wget, asking if the
(apparent) unmaintained nature of libmetalink library is a concern:
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?66067
For comparison, wget2 seems to have an in-codebase metalink parser, so
avoiding any dependency on libmetalink.
When this is available I can enable the configure switch to support it.
Thanks!
I think it would make sense to wait, to see how the upstream (wget)
bug-report is resolved before moving forward here.
Cheers,
Paul.
