[Bug 1391779] Re: curl not build with metalink support

[林博仁(Buo-ren, Lin)]

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

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Title:
  curl not build with metalink support

Status in curl package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged
Status in curl package in Debian:
  New

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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