Ubuntu
curl package

curl not build with metalink support

Bug #1391779 reported by Anton Piatek
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curl (Debian)
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curl (Ubuntu)
Triaged
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Bug Description

The manpage for curl talks about having support for the --metalink flag but trying to use it in Ubuntu 14.04 fails with the following warning:
Warning: --metalink option is ignored because the binary is built without the
Warning: Metalink support.

Can we get curl built with metalink support please?

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Andreas Olsson (andol) wrote :

Before curl can be built with metalink support someone needs to package libmetalink for Ubuntu, preferable by way of Debian.

See also the Debian bug about building curl with metalink support: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=683969

libmetalink packaging bugs: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=499159, https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/296283

Changed in curl (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
status: New → Triaged
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Changed in curl (Debian):
status: Unknown → New
Revision history for this message
Andreas Olsson (andol) wrote :

Then there is the issue of curl being in Main. Hence any future libmetalink package too would have to be accepted into Main before curl could depend on it.

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林博仁(Buo-ren Lin) (brlin) wrote :

As a workaround now you may install and use the curl-metalink snap for downloading Metalinks.

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Changed in curl (Debian):
status: New → Fix Released
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