As per Wget 1.16.3, the default SSL backend is GnuTLS, so the docs are lying. The default SSL backend is the one that gets compiled by make if ./configure is run without '--with-ssl'.
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index e69de29..0e6974a 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -0,0 +1,4 @@ +2015-03-15 Ander Juaristi <ajuari...@gmx.es> + + * wget.texi: The default is GnuTLS, not OpenSSL. + diff --git a/doc/wget.texi b/doc/wget.texi index 5a214cf..9a66586 100644 --- a/doc/wget.texi +++ b/doc/wget.texi @@ -1642,7 +1642,7 @@ @cindex SSL To support encrypted HTTP (HTTPS) downloads, Wget must be compiled -with an external SSL library, currently OpenSSL. If Wget is compiled +with an external SSL library. The current default is GnuTLS. If Wget is compiled without SSL support, none of these options are available. @table @samp Regards, - AJ
