Bug#839241: fails on HTTPS URLs: ImportError: cannot import name get_subj_alt_name
Package: linkchecker
Version: 9.3-1
Severity: grave
Tags: upstream patch
Forwarded: https://github.com/wummel/linkchecker/issues/566
Since Jessie, linkchecker is mostly useless because it fails to check
HTTPS URLs. Although it correctly checks plaintext URLs, the HTTPS
URLs are so common that it makes it impossible to use it on any site
that has any link to an HTTPS site, or is an HTTPS site itself.
I have made a patch upstream:
https://patch-diff.githubusercontent.com/raw/wummel/linkchecker/pull/656.patch
Which was bundled in the 9.3-1.1 NMU, but the issue still affects jessie.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 8.6
APT prefers stable-updates
APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'proposed-updates'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 4.6.0-0.bpo.1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=fr_CA.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_CA.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
Versions of packages linkchecker depends on:
ii libc6 2.19-18+deb8u6
ii python 2.7.9-1
ii python-requests 2.8.1-1~bpo8+1
linkchecker recommends no packages.
Versions of packages linkchecker suggests:
pn clamav-daemon <none>
pn linkchecker-gui <none>
pn linkchecker-web <none>
pn python-argcomplete <none>
ii python-cssutils 0.9.10-1
ii python-gconf 2.28.1+dfsg-1.1
ii python-geoip 1.3.2-1
pn python-meliae <none>
pn python-twill <none>
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