Bug#521196: debootstrap does not support https transport
On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 01:32:33PM -0300, Cody A.W. Somerville wrote:
> Package: debootstrap
> Version: 1.0.12
> debootstrap does not support https transport although it probably could.
> When you attempt to debootstrap using a mirror served over https,
> debootstrap will fail complaining about the url being an unknown location.
> This is due to debootstrap specifically looking for "http:// <http:///>" in
> the url.
HTTPS may require more configuration than HTTP. Do you need
authentication on the HTTPS downloads (e.g. basic auth, client
certificates)? Do you need to check the server certificate, or is wget
--no-check-certificate sufficient?
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Colin Watson [cjwatson@debian.org]
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