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0017873CentOS-7curlpublic2020-11-19 16:582020-11-23 11:40
Reportersalmira Assigned To 
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityalways
Status newResolutionopen 
Platformx86_64OSCentOSOS Version7
Product Version7.9.2009 
Summary0017873: Curl Metalink support needed: now --metalink option is ignored because the binary is built without the Metalink support.
DescriptionCurl Metalink support needed!
Now curl '--metalink' option is ignored because the binary is built without the Metalink support.

Is it possible to include a curl version built with the Metalink support for CentOS 7?
Steps To Reproduce1. Create metalink file /dist/metalink with content like:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <metalink version="3.0" xmlns="http://www.metalinker.org/">
   <files>
     <file name="cmake-3.18.4-Linux-x86_64.sh">
       <verification>
         <hash type="md5">28a965040d7e738e93f7b1e43d6977f1</hash>
         <hash type="sha256">3d6e838e98cbeeeedb83860dc4ef9cc5d559b78bad5fd48b014b8d863d575356</hash>
       </verification>
       <resources>
         <url type="https" location="en" preference="10">https://github.com/Kitware/CMake/releases/download/v3.18.4/cmake-3.18.4-Linux-x86_64.sh</url>
         <url type="https" location="ch" preference="90">http://185.13.148.211/downloads3/2020-11-12-15-13-13-download-cmake-3.18.4-Linux-x86_64.sh</url>
       </resources>
     </file>
   </files>
 </metalink>

2. Run command from the same directory where metalink file created:
sudo curl --metalink file:///dist/metalink -s -o cmake-3.18.4-Linux-x86_64.sh
Warning: --metalink option is ignored because the binary is built without the
Warning: Metalink support.
Expected Results: cmake-3.18.4-Linux-x86_64.sh file downloaded.
Actual Result: You see metalink file content instead of a requested file inside cmake-3.18.4-Linux-x86_64.sh.

or

sudo curl --metalink file:///dist/metalink
Warning: --metalink option is ignored because the binary is built without the
Warning: Metalink support.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <metalink version="3.0" xmlns="http://www.metalinker.org/">
   <files>
     <file name="cmake-3.18.4-Linux-x86_64.sh">
       <verification>
         <hash type="md5">28a965040d7e738e93f7b1e43d6977f1</hash>
         <hash type="sha256">3d6e838e98cbeeeedb83860dc4ef9cc5d559b78bad5fd48b014b8d863d575356</hash>
       </verification>
       <resources>
         <url type="https" location="en" preference="10">https://github.com/Kitware/CMake/releases/download/v3.18.4/cmake-3.18.4-Linux-x86_64.sh</url>
         <url type="https" location="ch" preference="90">http://185.13.148.211/downloads3/2020-11-12-15-13-13-download-cmake-3.18.4-Linux-x86_64.sh</url>
       </resources>
     </file>
   </files>
 </metalink>
Expected Results: cmake-3.18.4-Linux-x86_64.sh file downloaded.
Actual Result: You see metalink file content instead of a requested file.
Additional Informationcurl --version
curl 7.29.0 (x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) libcurl/7.29.0 NSS/3.53.1 zlib/1.2.7 libidn/1.28 libssh2/1.8.0
Protocols: dict file ftp ftps gopher http https imap imaps ldap ldaps pop3 pop3s rtsp scp sftp smtp smtps telnet tftp
Features: AsynchDNS GSS-Negotiate IDN IPv6 Largefile NTLM NTLM_WB SSL libz unix-sockets

uname -smor
Linux 3.10.0-1160.2.2.el7.x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Tagscurl, metalink
abrt_hash
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ManuelWolfshant

ManuelWolfshant

2020-11-19 17:04

manager   ~0037945

Last edited: 2020-11-19 17:04

 CentOS is a rebuild of the sources used to create RHEL and aims to reproduce RHEL bug for bug and feature for feature. Please submit your request to Redhat via bugzilla.redhat.com and if/when RH accepts it and incorporates it into RHEL and releases a patched version, then CentOS will pick it up automatically.
For easier tracking, please crosslink this bug with the one opened at bugzilla.redhat.com.
salmira

salmira

2020-11-19 17:09

reporter   ~0037946

Available packages to build curl with Metalink support:
(EPEL Release repo)
libmetalink.x86_64 : Metalink library written in C
libmetalink-devel.x86_64 : Files needed for developing with libmetalink
mirrorbrain.x86_64 : A download redirector and metalink generator
aria2.x86_64 : High speed download utility with resuming and segmented downloading
mod_autoindex_mb.x86_64 : Apache module generating directory indexes for MirrorBrain
ManuelWolfshant

ManuelWolfshant

2020-11-20 01:08

manager   ~0037952

Even if the packages needed to rebuild curl are available, you still have to report it to RedHat and persuade them to implement the change , as I have explained earlier. However given the late stage of RHEL 7's life and the need for using packages from outside the distro, I very much doubt that your request will be accepted for RHEL 7.
salmira

salmira

2020-11-23 11:40

reporter   ~0037979

The same bug reported to RHEL7 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1900559

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2020-11-19 16:58 salmira New Issue
2020-11-19 16:58 salmira Tag Attached: curl
2020-11-19 16:58 salmira Tag Attached: metalink
2020-11-19 17:04 ManuelWolfshant Note Added: 0037945
2020-11-19 17:04 ManuelWolfshant Note Edited: 0037945
2020-11-19 17:09 salmira Note Added: 0037946
2020-11-20 01:08 ManuelWolfshant Note Added: 0037952
2020-11-23 11:40 salmira Note Added: 0037979