Re: Stretch net install on EeePC - unable to resolve mirror host address
Hi.
On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 09:46:27AM -0500, Gene Heskett wrote:
> 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
>
<skip>
> HTTP/1.1 403 FORBIDDEN
<skip>
>
> 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.
It gets better. Force wget to send GET instead of HEAD, and it works:
$ wget -O /dev/null https://wiki.debian.org
--2018-02-19 18:16:48-- https://wiki.debian.org/
Resolving wiki.debian.org (wiki.debian.org)... 2001:41b8:202:deb:6564:a62:52c3:4b70, 82.195.75.112
Connecting to wiki.debian.org (wiki.debian.org)|2001:41b8:202:deb:6564:a62:52c3:4b70|:443...
connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Busybox's wget fails, of course as https is not implemented there:
$ busybox wget -O /dev/null https://wiki.debian.org
wget: not an http or ftp url: https://wiki.debian.org
Reco
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