[Bug 1658000] [NEW] Package fails to install fonts

[Peter Van Tilborgh]

Public bug reported:

When upgrading the mssttcorefonts, the ttf-mscorefonts-installer returns an error. Output added below.
Do note the space in the second (redirected) url. When downloading the file in a browser throught the second url (redirected from the first), it does work. This happens even with multiple runs and various redirects, so it is not directly related to this single example.

peter at orion:~$ sudo apt-get install --reinstall ttf-mscorefonts-installer
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 15 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/29.5 kB of archives.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Preconfiguring packages ...
(Reading database ... 361435 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../ttf-mscorefonts-installer_3.4+nmu1ubuntu2_all.deb ...
mscorefonts-eula license has already been accepted
Unpacking ttf-mscorefonts-installer (3.4+nmu1ubuntu2) over (3.4+nmu1ubuntu2) ...
Processing triggers for fontconfig (2.11.94-0ubuntu1.1) ...
Processing triggers for update-notifier-common (3.168.3) ...
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
E: Failed to fetch https://netix.dl.sourceforge.net/project/corefonts/the fonts/final/andale32.exe  404  Not Found

E: Download Failed

Other urls the link redirects to were:

https://kent.dl.sourceforge.net/project/corefonts/the fonts/final/andale32.exe
https://freefr.dl.sourceforge.net/project/corefonts/the fonts/final/andale32.exe
https://vorboss.dl.sourceforge.net/project/corefonts/the fonts/final/andale32.exe

I suspect the installer is not dealing well with the space in the url.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-59.80-generic 4.4.35
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-59-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.5
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Fri Jan 20 08:41:13 2017
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-01-12 (1103 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20130820.1)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: msttcorefonts
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-11-09 (71 days ago)

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


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug xenial

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Title:
  Package fails to install fonts

Status in msttcorefonts package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  When upgrading the mssttcorefonts, the ttf-mscorefonts-installer returns an error. Output added below.
  Do note the space in the second (redirected) url. When downloading the file in a browser throught the second url (redirected from the first), it does work. This happens even with multiple runs and various redirects, so it is not directly related to this single example.

  peter at orion:~$ sudo apt-get install --reinstall ttf-mscorefonts-installer
  Reading package lists... Done
  Building dependency tree       
  Reading state information... Done
  0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 15 not upgraded.
  Need to get 0 B/29.5 kB of archives.
  After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
  Preconfiguring packages ...
  (Reading database ... 361435 files and directories currently installed.)
  Preparing to unpack .../ttf-mscorefonts-installer_3.4+nmu1ubuntu2_all.deb ...
  mscorefonts-eula license has already been accepted
  Unpacking ttf-mscorefonts-installer (3.4+nmu1ubuntu2) over (3.4+nmu1ubuntu2) ...
  Processing triggers for fontconfig (2.11.94-0ubuntu1.1) ...
  Processing triggers for update-notifier-common (3.168.3) ...
  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
  E: Failed to fetch https://netix.dl.sourceforge.net/project/corefonts/the fonts/final/andale32.exe  404  Not Found

  E: Download Failed

  Other urls the link redirects to were:

  https://kent.dl.sourceforge.net/project/corefonts/the fonts/final/andale32.exe
  https://freefr.dl.sourceforge.net/project/corefonts/the fonts/final/andale32.exe
  https://vorboss.dl.sourceforge.net/project/corefonts/the fonts/final/andale32.exe

  I suspect the installer is not dealing well with the space in the url.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-59.80-generic 4.4.35
  Uname: Linux 4.4.0-59-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.5
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: XFCE
  Date: Fri Jan 20 08:41:13 2017
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-01-12 (1103 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20130820.1)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: msttcorefonts
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-11-09 (71 days ago)

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