[Bug 977812] Re: package downloader doesn't follow redirects

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement]

reproduced on precise when the downloader hits this URL
http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/andale32.exe

** Summary changed:

- error downloading/installing andale32.exe font
+ package downloader doesn't follow redirects

** Changed in: update-notifier (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => High

** Also affects: update-notifier (Ubuntu Precise)
   Importance: High
       Status: New

** Tags added: regression-release

** Changed in: update-notifier (Ubuntu Precise)
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Canonical Foundations Team (canonical-foundations)

** Changed in: update-notifier (Ubuntu Precise)
    Milestone: None => ubuntu-12.04

** Changed in: update-notifier (Ubuntu Precise)
       Status: New => Triaged

** Changed in: update-notifier (Ubuntu Precise)
     Assignee: Canonical Foundations Team (canonical-foundations) => (unassigned)

** Changed in: update-notifier (Ubuntu Precise)
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Canonical Foundations Team (canonical-foundations)

** Tags added: rls-p-tracking

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Title:
  package downloader doesn't follow redirects

Status in “update-notifier” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged
Status in “update-notifier” source package in Precise:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  Description:	Ubuntu precise (development branch)
  Release:	12.04
  ubuntu at ubuntu-sin:/var/log/apt$ apt-cache policy ttf-mscorefonts-installer
  ttf-mscorefonts-installer:
    Installato: 3.4ubuntu3
    Candidato:  3.4ubuntu3
    Tabella versione:
   *** 3.4ubuntu3 0
          500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/multiverse i386 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

  
  Here the /var/log/apt/term.log part with error i get... seems a temporary error: i report,  it may help developers

  http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/andale32.exe^M
  Traceback (most recent call last):^M
    File "/usr/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloader", line 233, in process_download_requests^M
      dest_file = urllib.urlretrieve(files[i])[0]^M
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib.py", line 93, in urlretrieve^M
      return _urlopener.retrieve(url, filename, reporthook, data)^M
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib.py", line 239, in retrieve^M
      fp = self.open(url, data)^M
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib.py", line 207, in open^M
      return getattr(self, name)(url)^M
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib.py", line 358, in open_http^M
      return self.http_error(url, fp, errcode, errmsg, headers)^M
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib.py", line 375, in http_error^M
      return self.http_error_default(url, fp, errcode, errmsg, headers)^M
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib.py", line 380, in http_error_default^M
      raise IOError, ('http error', errcode, errmsg, headers)^M
  IOError: ('http error', 307, 'Temporary Redirect', <httplib.HTTPMessage instance at 0xb73b18cc>)^M
  Setting up update-notifier (0.119ubuntu5) ...^M

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4ubuntu3
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-22.35-generic-pae 3.2.14
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-22-generic-pae i686
  ApportVersion: 2.0-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Tue Apr 10 09:37:40 2012
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=it:en
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=it_IT.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: msttcorefonts
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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