Bug 21502

Summary:	wget fails on ftp mirrors using a proxy (squid)
Product:	Portage Development	Reporter:	Alexander Holler <aholler>
Component:	Unclassified	Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers <bug-wranglers>
Status:	RESOLVED CANTFIX
Severity:	major
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Alexander Holler 2003-05-22 16:54:19 UTC

Hello, 
 
using a ftp-mirror through squid (I haven't tested other proxies)  fails on most text 
files. The problem is that wget will leave the proxy decide wether to fetch the file in 
ascii or binary. So all text files will get an 0d0a (fetched as text). 
 
I haven't found (nor searched) an workaround, but a quick google lookup found the 
following which describes the problem better than I. ;) 
 
http://www.geocrawler.com/archives/3/409/1999/6/0/2336937/ 
 
Files for testing are all *.c in usr/portage/distfiles, e.g. pdf.c, r128.c or ether-wake.c 
 
Regards, 
 
Alexander 
 
PS: I've marked the bug major, because I've bothered some ftp-mirror-admins to check 
if their files are correct. This is a really weired bug (in wget or squid?). 
 

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
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Comment 1 Martin Holzer (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2003-06-04 16:54:44 UTC

which wget version ?
which squid version ?

i'm going through 2 squids without any problems

Comment 2 Alexander Holler 2003-06-04 17:08:33 UTC

Any wget, any squid. I have this problem since many months, but noticing it seldom because 
I'm normally use a local rsync mirror and those *.c files are changing seldom. 
 
Try ftp://ftp.fu-berlin.de/unix/linux/mirrors/gentoo as mirror, this is a mirror which sends *.c as 
text. 
 
Regards, 
 
Alexander

Comment 3 Martin Holzer (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2003-08-03 08:06:12 UTC

not really a gentoo issue

a) wrong config (ftpd)
b) wrong squid config

Comment 4 Mr. Bones. (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2003-10-09 17:24:20 UTC

Old bug.  Should be CANTFIX.