[Bug 1977795] Re: man page incorrectly lists "--metalink-over-http" as an option

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Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

** Changed in: wget (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

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Title:
  wget is not built with metalink support

Status in wget package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  The man page describes a "--metalink-over-http" option to wget:

  
         --metalink-over-http
             Issues HTTP HEAD request instead of GET and extracts Metalink metadata from response headers. Then it switches to Metalink download.
             If no valid Metalink metadata is found, it falls back to ordinary HTTP download.  Enables Content-Type: application/metalink4+xml
             files download/processing.

  However, attempting to use the "--metalink-over-http" option results
  in an error:

      $ wget --metalink-over-http https://www.example.com/
      wget: unrecognized option '--metalink-over-http'
      Usage: wget [OPTION]... [URL]...

      Try `wget --help' for more options.

  (I assume the error occurs because the Ubuntu version of wget is built
  without passing the `--with-metalink` flag to `configure`.)

  Since the man page should correctly describe the options wget can
  take, the `--metalink-over-http` section of it should be removed.

  (The same might apply to the man page discussion of `--metalink-
  index`, `--input-metalink`, `--keep-badhash`, `--preferred-location`,
  since those options mention metalinks, but I haven't investigated
  further.)

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