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

[Poil]

Hi,

I've tried to update my installer from 12.04 to 12.04.5 and all packages
referenced in the comment #10 failed to download. (All is working fine
when I switch back on the 12.04 installer)

Is this fix is included in the 12.04.5 netboot
(http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/netboot/12.04/) ?

Best regards,

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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:
  Fix Released
Status in wget package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in base-installer source package in Precise:
  Fix Released
Status in debian-installer-utils source package in Precise:
  Fix Released
Status in debootstrap source package in Precise:
  Fix Released
Status in wget source package in Precise:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  SRU justification:
  This is a prerequisite for bug 833994, which is a customer requirement for Ubuntu 12.04.5.  It's probably simplest to test them all together.

  Original report:

  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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