[Bug 1172101] Re: wget-udeb should install to /usr/bin/wget instead of /usr/bin/wget.gnu

[Mark Russell]

Hi Colin,

Thanks so much for the updates.  Interesting to see that debootstrap was
was actually involved.  I did want to clarify a couple of things about
the cert-checking side of the issue.  But I think that should go in LP
bug 833994.

Thanks!

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Title:
  wget-udeb should install to /usr/bin/wget instead of /usr/bin/wget.gnu

Status in “base-installer” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “debian-installer-utils” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “debootstrap” package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in “wget” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  In the Ubuntu raring (13.04) version of wget, there is a wget-udeb
  which installs its binary executable to /usr/bin/wget.gnu.

  This is presumably done in order to not break any setups that depend
  on busybox's wget implementation.

  However, since the primary reason wget-udeb exists in Ubuntu (wget-
  udeb is not built in Debian afaik) is because of the lack of SSL
  support in d-i and busybox-wget, it seems logical (to me) that it
  should overwrite the busybox wget symlink.  You're choosing to opt-in
  to GNU wget, so you're already rebuilding d-i/debian-cd and therefore
  know you're somewhat on your own.

  Unless there is a common use case I'm not considering where you want
  SSL support for something else, but somehow depend on the busybox
  implementation of wget for the debootstrap portion of the install.

  What I expect to happen:
  1) modify d-i source to include wget-udeb
  2) rebuild d-i and point my sources to HTTPS repositories
  3) install Ubuntu without fear of the traffic being snooped in transit

  What happens instead:
  1) modify d-i source to include wget-udeb
  2) rebuild d-i and point sources to HTTPS repositories
  3) install fails because d-i calls /usr/bin/wget which points to busybox (which has no SSL support)

  Thanks for your time!

  Please note: this suggestion is not intended to securely authenticate
  the repository; that's absolutely another issue.  This is simply to
  address potential snooping of traffic in transit.

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