[Bug 274421] Re: Cannot download fonts, "Error parsing proxy URL http://:8080/"

[Brian Murray]

As mentioned in comment #31 this bug was due to an error in the proxy
configuration tool for Ubuntu which would set http_proxy to
http://:8080.  This is no longer an issue with Ubuntu in 12.04 so I am
marking this bug as Fix Released.

** Changed in: msttcorefonts (Ubuntu)
       Status: Triaged => Fix Released

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Title:
  Cannot download fonts, "Error parsing proxy URL http://:8080/"

Status in “msttcorefonts” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  I got the following when trying to install:


  The following partially installed packages will be configured:
    msttcorefonts 
  0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
  Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used.
  Writing extended state information... Done
  Setting up msttcorefonts (2.4) ...

  These fonts were provided by Microsoft "in the interest of cross-
  platform compatibility".  This is no longer the case, but they are
  still available from third parties.

  You are free to download these fonts and use them for your own use,
  but you may not redistribute them in modified form, including changes
  to the file name or packaging format.

  Error parsing proxy URL http://:8080/: Invalid host name.
  Error parsing proxy URL http://:8080/: Invalid host name.
  Error parsing proxy URL http://:8080/: Invalid host name.
  Error parsing proxy URL http://:8080/: Invalid host name.
  Error parsing proxy URL http://:8080/: Invalid host name.
  Error parsing proxy URL http://:8080/: Invalid host name.
  Error parsing proxy URL http://:8080/: Invalid host name.
  Error parsing proxy URL http://:8080/: Invalid host name.
  Error parsing proxy URL http://:8080/: Invalid host name.
  Error parsing proxy URL http://:8080/: Invalid host name.
  Error parsing proxy URL http://:8080/: Invalid host name.
  Error parsing proxy URL http://:8080/: Invalid host name.
  Error parsing proxy URL http://:8080/: Invalid host name.
  andale32.exe: No such file or directory

  All done, errors in processing 1 file(s)
  dpkg: error processing msttcorefonts (--configure):
   subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
  Errors were encountered while processing:
   msttcorefonts
  E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
  A package failed to install.  Trying to recover:
  Setting up msttcorefonts (2.4) ...

  These fonts were provided by Microsoft "in the interest of cross-
  platform compatibility".  This is no longer the case, but they are
  still available from third parties.

  You are free to download these fonts and use them for your own use,
  but you may not redistribute them in modified form, including changes
  to the file name or packaging format.

  Error parsing proxy URL http://:8080/: Invalid host name.
  Error parsing proxy URL http://:8080/: Invalid host name.
  Error parsing proxy URL http://:8080/: Invalid host name.
  Error parsing proxy URL http://:8080/: Invalid host name.
  Error parsing proxy URL http://:8080/: Invalid host name.
  Error parsing proxy URL http://:8080/: Invalid host name.
  Error parsing proxy URL http://:8080/: Invalid host name.
  Error parsing proxy URL http://:8080/: Invalid host name.
  Error parsing proxy URL http://:8080/: Invalid host name.
  Error parsing proxy URL http://:8080/: Invalid host name.
  Error parsing proxy URL http://:8080/: Invalid host name.
  Error parsing proxy URL http://:8080/: Invalid host name.
  Error parsing proxy URL http://:8080/: Invalid host name.
  andale32.exe: No such file or directory

  All done, errors in processing 1 file(s)
  dpkg: error processing msttcorefonts (--configure):
   subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
  Errors were encountered while processing:
   msttcorefonts

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