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[Update Request]: Update JernejSimoncic.Wget to 1.25.0

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Issue type
Feature
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Domain
release

Research direction

Start by locating the existing JernejSimoncic.Wget manifests in the repository and compare their fields with the package's 1.25.0 release details and download links in the issue. Update the version and release metadata for the listed architectures, then confirm the manifests point to the requested downloads and match the package's existing structure.

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Description

Help-Wanted Needs-Triage Package-Update
What type of update are you requesting?

A new version of an existing package

Current Package Identifier

JernejSimoncic.Wget

Package Version

1.25.0

Please describe the changes you would like to see

A new version of wget is available which fixes a potential security issue, so fast package update would be nice:

https://eternallybored.org/misc/wget/

Security warning: wget version 1.21.4 and older from this page attempt to load system-wide configuration file from a subdirectory of C:\msys64 (the exact path depends on where I compiled the binary; for version 1.21.4, the path is C:\msys64\qemu\opt\misc{-x64|-i686}\etc\wgetrc. Since Windows lets any user create directories on the root of C: drive, this can lead to code execution through the use_askpass directive, which can lead to privilege elevation.
Version 1.25.0 avoids this problem by using C:\Windows\wgetrc (which is only writable to Administrators) as system-wide configuration file.

OpenSSL 4.0.3, ZLib 1.3.2, gpgme-2.2.0, pcre2 10.49, libpsl 0.23.3, c-ares 1.34.8

Download:
x86 (Zip): https://eternallybored.org/misc/wget/releases/wget-1.25.0-win32.zip
x86 (Exe): https://eternallybored.org/misc/wget/1.25.0/32/wget.exe
x64 (Zip): https://eternallybored.org/misc/wget/releases/wget-1.25.0-win64.zip
x64 (Exe): https://eternallybored.org/misc/wget/1.25.0/64/wget.exe

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