[Bug 1655531] Re: ttf-mscorefonts-installer fails to download fonts

[Alberto Salvia Novella]

** Changed in: msttcorefonts (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Medium

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Title:
  ttf-mscorefonts-installer fails to download fonts

Status in msttcorefonts package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  ttf-mscorefonts-installer fails to download fonts due to a space in the URL
  ("...corefonts/the fonts/final..."):
  '''
  ttf-mscorefonts-installer: downloading http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/arial32.exe
  Err:1 http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/arial32.exe
    404  Not Found
  E: Failed to fetch https://kent.dl.sourceforge.net/project/corefonts/the fonts/final/arial32.exe  404  Not Found

  E: Download Failed
  Setting up ttf-mscorefonts-installer (3.4+nmu1ubuntu2) ...
  '''
  The folder on sourcefourge project should probably be named to something _not_ containting spaces, and/or the downloader script would have to be fixed to handle the space by changing it to %20 so the fonts can be downloaded.

  '''
  sudo wget https://kent.dl.sourceforge.net/project/corefonts/the%20fonts/final/andale32.exe -O /var/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloads/partial/andale32.exe
  --2017-01-11 05:37:50--  https://kent.dl.sourceforge.net/project/corefonts/the%20fonts/final/andale32.exe
  Resolving kent.dl.sourceforge.net (kent.dl.sourceforge.net)... 212.219.56.185
  Connecting to kent.dl.sourceforge.net (kent.dl.sourceforge.net)|212.219.56.185|:443... connected.
  HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
  Length: 198384 (194K) [application/octet-stream]
  Saving to: ‘/var/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloads/partial/andale32.exe’

  /var/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloads/partial/andal
  100%[==============================================================================================================================================>]
  193,73K   529KB/s    in 0,4s

  2017-01-11 05:37:51 (529 KB/s) - ‘/var/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloads/partial/andale32.exe’ saved [198384/198384]
  '''

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-57.78-generic 4.4.35
  Uname: Linux 4.4.0-57-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.4
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Wed Jan 11 05:38:48 2017
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-03-30 (1017 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64 (20131016.1)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: msttcorefonts
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-05-14 (241 days ago)

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