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Re: Stretch net install on EeePC - unable to resolve mirror host address



On Monday 19 February 2018 07:44:04 Brian wrote:

> On Sun 18 Feb 2018 at 20:21:57 -0500, Gene Heskett wrote:
> > On Sunday 18 February 2018 18:47:58 Brian wrote:
> > > On Sun 18 Feb 2018 at 17:51:50 -0500, Gene Heskett wrote:
> > > > On Sunday 18 February 2018 17:19:48 Roger Price wrote:
> > >
> > > [Snipped]
> > >
> > > > > It looks as if the network setup in the EeePC is correct, but
> > > > > wget fails. Any suggestion would be very welcome, Roger
> > > >
> > > > Check the list, I think wget was mentioned as a problem child
> > > > child within the last 2 or 3 weeks. Is the machine fully
> > > > uptodate?
> > >
> > > What significance does "fully uptodate" have when using the
> > > installer?
> >
> > The install media may be dated, so if it will boot at all, the first
> > thing should be to update it and see if wget is replaced and now
> > works.
>
> Sounds reasonable until one realises the installer uses a busybox
> version of wget. And busybox hasn't changed during the lifetime of
> 9.x.x.

while wget (and curl) has been updated, apparently trying to fix a bug or 
attack vector, several times in the last 6 weeks or so.

So this would appear to be a busybox problem from my point of view? Or 
possibly a broken link as I get that same pair of errors regardless of 
the machine on my home net that I initiate this query from:

wget -S --spider https://wiki.debian.org

And this is the response I get from here in WV,USA:
gene@coyote:~/Documents$ wget -S --spider https://wiki.debian.org
Spider mode enabled. Check if remote file exists.
--2018-02-19 09:39:51--  https://wiki.debian.org/
Resolving wiki.debian.org (wiki.debian.org)... 82.195.75.112, 
2001:41b8:202:deb:6564:a62:52c3:4b70
Connecting to wiki.debian.org (wiki.debian.org)|82.195.75.112|:443... 
connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response...
  HTTP/1.1 403 FORBIDDEN
  Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2018 14:39:42 GMT
  Server: Apache
  X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff
  X-Frame-Options: sameorigin
  Referrer-Policy: no-referrer
  X-Xss-Protection: 1
  Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=15552000
  Public-Key-Pins: 
pin-sha256="yPqY/77C2aLVJIEAYtuMrFy+cX6g4CatH03gcBQbxpo="; 
pin-sha256="TzmD7DK6d5d7RU66/XTJtlENSfv+i0P7x2Xmpl8uFrY="; 
max-age=5184000
  Content-Length: 166
  X-Clacks-Overhead: GNU Terry Pratchett
  Keep-Alive: timeout=5, max=100
  Connection: Keep-Alive
  Content-Type: text/html
Remote file does not exist -- broken link!!!

Found 1 broken link.

https://wiki.debian.org/

Converted 0 files in 0 seconds.

So either wget has been banned, or the file does not exist.

-- 
Cheers, Gene Heskett
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