GNU bug report logs - #18768
Some HTTP downloads fail with "406 Not Acceptable"

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Package: guix;

Reported by: John Darrington <john <at> darrington.wattle.id.au>

Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2014 13:39:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)

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Report forwarded to bug-guix <at> gnu.org:
bug#18768; Package guix. (Sun, 19 Oct 2014 13:39:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

Acknowledgement sent to John Darrington <john <at> darrington.wattle.id.au>:
New bug report received and forwarded. Copy sent to bug-guix <at> gnu.org. (Sun, 19 Oct 2014 13:39:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

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From: John Darrington <john <at> darrington.wattle.id.au>
To: bug-guix <at> gnu.org
Subject: Cannot download from (certain) https sources
Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2014 15:38:16 +0200
[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]
----- Forwarded message from Ludovic Court??s <ludo <at> gnu.org> -----

> +(define-public sane-backends
> +  (package
> +    (name "sane-backends")
> +    (version "1.0.24")
> +    (source (origin
> +             (method url-fetch)
> +             (uri (string-append 
> +                   "http://fossies.org/linux/misc/" name "-" version ".tar.gz"))
> +             ;; This is a private mirror.  The canonical download site is
> +             ;; "https://alioth.debian.org/frs/download.php/file/3958/"
> +             ;; but it seems not to work with gnutls atm

Indeed, I get 406 "Not Acceptable".  I???m not sure if this relates to
<http://bugs.gnu.org/18526>; could you open a bug?

----- End forwarded message -----

J'

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Reply sent to ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès):
You have taken responsibility. (Sun, 19 Oct 2014 17:42:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

Notification sent to John Darrington <john <at> darrington.wattle.id.au>:
bug acknowledged by developer. (Sun, 19 Oct 2014 17:42:03 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

Message #10 received at 18768-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
To: John Darrington <john <at> darrington.wattle.id.au>
Cc: 18768-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#18768: Cannot download from (certain) https sources
Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2014 19:41:57 +0200
John Darrington <john <at> darrington.wattle.id.au> skribis:

> ----- Forwarded message from Ludovic Court??s <ludo <at> gnu.org> -----
>
>> +(define-public sane-backends
>> +  (package
>> +    (name "sane-backends")
>> +    (version "1.0.24")
>> +    (source (origin
>> +             (method url-fetch)
>> +             (uri (string-append 
>> +                   "http://fossies.org/linux/misc/" name "-" version ".tar.gz"))
>> +             ;; This is a private mirror.  The canonical download site is
>> +             ;; "https://alioth.debian.org/frs/download.php/file/3958/"
>> +             ;; but it seems not to work with gnutls atm
>
> Indeed, I get 406 "Not Acceptable".  I???m not sure if this relates to
> <http://bugs.gnu.org/18526>; could you open a bug?

Fixed in commit 38bf090e7c3952bb30707fe544987cccc85b8677.

Thanks,
Ludo’.




Changed bug title to 'Some HTTP downloads fail with "406 Not Acceptable"' from 'Cannot download from (certain) https sources' Request was from ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Sun, 19 Oct 2014 17:43:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

bug archived. Request was from Debbugs Internal Request <help-debbugs <at> gnu.org> to internal_control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Mon, 17 Nov 2014 12:24:03 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

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