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libmetalink seems to be dead upstream:

    https://launchpad.net/libmetalink

Today curl upstream decided to stop using it.  I filed RHEL-9 bugs for curl and wget to stop using this library:

    bug #1967213
    bug #1967216

Assuming both get resolved, please consider removing libmetalink from RHEL-9.


+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #1967213 +++

Description of problem:
Today curl upstream announced that they are going to completely remove support for metalink from curl already in the next release of curl due to a number of difficult to fix security issues:

    https://curl.se/mail/archive-2021-06/0006.html
    https://github.com/curl/curl/pull/7176

I believe it is not too late to follow this decision in RHEL-9, too.  We could hardly support it ourselves till RHEL-9 EOL when it is broken and unsupported upstream since the beginning.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
curl-7.76.1-4.el9


Steps to Reproduce:
1. curl -V | grep -i metalink


Additional info:
We might want to do the same with wget and consider removing libmetalink, which seems to be dead upstream:

    https://launchpad.net/libmetalink

I will file separate bugs for wget and libmetalink for consideration.

Hi, I will remove libmetalink after both curl and wget get resolved. Thanks for the report.

Hi Richard,

wget is now metalink-free. The corresponding bug is in ON_QA and will probably stay that way until RHEL9 is released so it will not show itself as resolved here in this bug. But now it should be ready and you can start the process of removing libmetalink from the distribution.

Regards,
Michal

Yes, both the blocking bugs are now technically resolved in el9 beta.  It should be safe to proceed with the package removal.  Thanks to all involved!