[Bug-wget] [bug #56091] Spanning host -H explanation unclear meaning

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URL:
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                 Summary: Spanning host -H explanation unclear meaning
                 Project: GNU Wget
            Submitted by: None
            Submitted on: Sun 07 Apr 2019 02:55:08 AM UTC
                Category: Documentation
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
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             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: trunk
        Operating System: GNU/Linux
         Reproducibility: Every Time
           Fixed Release: None
         Planned Release: None
              Regression: None
           Work Required: None
          Patch Included: No

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Details:

https://www.gnu.org/software/wget/manual/html_node/Spanning-Hosts.html#Spanning-Hosts

"Unless sufficient recursion-limiting criteria are applied depth, these
foreign hosts will typically link to yet more hosts, and so on until Wget ends
up sucking up much more data than you have intended."

first part of this sentence is unclear what is being communicated. 




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