From 0e991351c8bd3996bfc396402a67445abcf1319e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001

From: =?UTF-8?q?Tim=20R=C3=BChsen?= <tim.ruehsen@gmx.de>

Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2018 13:51:48 +0100

Subject: [PATCH] Don't use extended attributes (--xattr) by default

---

 doc/wget.texi | 8 ++++++++

 src/init.c    | 4 ----

 src/main.c    | 2 +-

 3 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/wget.texi b/doc/wget.texi

index 66edab8..d672bbf 100644

--- a/doc/wget.texi

+++ b/doc/wget.texi

@@ -540,6 +540,14 @@ right NUMBER.

 Set preferred location for Metalink resources. This has effect if multiple

 resources with same priority are available.

+@cindex xattr

+@item --xattr

+Enable use of file system's extended attributes to save the

+original URL and the Referer HTTP header value if used.

+

+Be aware that the URL might contain private information like

+access tokens or credentials.

+

 @cindex force html

 @item -F

diff --git a/src/init.c b/src/init.c

index eb81ab4..800970c 100644

--- a/src/init.c

+++ b/src/init.c

@@ -509,11 +509,7 @@ defaults (void)

   opt.hsts = true;

 #endif

-#ifdef ENABLE_XATTR

-  opt.enable_xattr = true;

-#else

   opt.enable_xattr = false;

-#endif

 }

 /* Return the user's home directory (strdup-ed), or NULL if none is

diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c

index 81db931..6ac1621 100644

--- a/src/main.c

+++ b/src/main.c

@@ -754,7 +754,7 @@ Download:\n"),

 #endif

 #ifdef ENABLE_XATTR

     N_("\

-       --no-xattr                  turn off storage of metadata in extended file attributes\n"),

+       --xattr                     turn on storage of metadata in extended file attributes\n"),

 #endif

     "\n",

-- 

2.17.2