[Bug 1647969] [NEW] ttf-mscorefonts-installer fails to download fonts, returns 404 Not Found

[willy123]

Public bug reported:

Note that I am reporting this bug against the package "msttcorefonts",
but it actually affects "ttf-mscorefonts-installer".

1) What I expect to happen: The ms core fonts should be downloaded and
installed.

2) What actually happens: The installer attempts to download the fonts,
but fails with a 404.

3) Error message:

root at host:~# apt-get install ttf-mscorefonts-installer 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  ttf-mscorefonts-installer
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/29.5 kB of archives.
After this operation, 134 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously unselected package ttf-mscorefonts-installer.
(Reading database ... 316325 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../ttf-mscorefonts-installer_3.4+nmu1ubuntu2_all.deb ...
Unpacking ttf-mscorefonts-installer (3.4+nmu1ubuntu2) ...
Processing triggers for fontconfig (2.11.94-0ubuntu1.1) ...
Processing triggers for update-notifier-common (3.168.2) ...
ttf-mscorefonts-installer: processing...
ttf-mscorefonts-installer: downloading http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/andale32.exe
Err:1 http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/andale32.exe
  404  Not Found
W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/var/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloads/partial/andale32.exe' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)
E: Failed to fetch https://freefr.dl.sourceforge.net/project/corefonts/the fonts/final/andale32.exe  404  Not Found

E: Download Failed
Setting up ttf-mscorefonts-installer (3.4+nmu1ubuntu2) ...

4) Version info

root at host:~# lsb_release -rd
Description:	Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS
Release:	16.04

root at root:~# apt-cache policy ttf-mscorefonts-installer
ttf-mscorefonts-installer:
  Installed: 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2
  Candidate: 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2
  Version table:
 *** 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2 500
        500 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/multiverse amd64 Packages
        500 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/multiverse i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

5) More hints:
The url reported by the installer actually works in the browser. My (un-educated) guess is that the error may be related to the whitespace in the redirect url. (".../corefonts/the fonts/final/andale32.exe")

** Affects: msttcorefonts (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  ttf-mscorefonts-installer fails to download fonts, returns 404 Not
  Found

Status in msttcorefonts package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Note that I am reporting this bug against the package "msttcorefonts",
  but it actually affects "ttf-mscorefonts-installer".

  1) What I expect to happen: The ms core fonts should be downloaded and
  installed.

  2) What actually happens: The installer attempts to download the
  fonts, but fails with a 404.

  3) Error message:

  root at host:~# apt-get install ttf-mscorefonts-installer 
  Reading package lists... Done
  Building dependency tree       
  Reading state information... Done
  The following NEW packages will be installed:
    ttf-mscorefonts-installer
  0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
  Need to get 0 B/29.5 kB of archives.
  After this operation, 134 kB of additional disk space will be used.
  Preconfiguring packages ...
  Selecting previously unselected package ttf-mscorefonts-installer.
  (Reading database ... 316325 files and directories currently installed.)
  Preparing to unpack .../ttf-mscorefonts-installer_3.4+nmu1ubuntu2_all.deb ...
  Unpacking ttf-mscorefonts-installer (3.4+nmu1ubuntu2) ...
  Processing triggers for fontconfig (2.11.94-0ubuntu1.1) ...
  Processing triggers for update-notifier-common (3.168.2) ...
  ttf-mscorefonts-installer: processing...
  ttf-mscorefonts-installer: downloading http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/andale32.exe
  Err:1 http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/andale32.exe
    404  Not Found
  W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/var/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloads/partial/andale32.exe' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)
  E: Failed to fetch https://freefr.dl.sourceforge.net/project/corefonts/the fonts/final/andale32.exe  404  Not Found

  E: Download Failed
  Setting up ttf-mscorefonts-installer (3.4+nmu1ubuntu2) ...

  4) Version info

  root at host:~# lsb_release -rd
  Description:	Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS
  Release:	16.04

  root at root:~# apt-cache policy ttf-mscorefonts-installer
  ttf-mscorefonts-installer:
    Installed: 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2
    Candidate: 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2
    Version table:
   *** 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2 500
          500 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/multiverse amd64 Packages
          500 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/multiverse i386 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

  5) More hints:
  The url reported by the installer actually works in the browser. My (un-educated) guess is that the error may be related to the whitespace in the redirect url. (".../corefonts/the fonts/final/andale32.exe")

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