Some HTTP downloads fail with "406 Not Acceptable"

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John Darrington wrote 10 years ago
Cannot download from (certain) https sources
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20141019133816.GA1224@jocasta.intra
----- Forwarded message from Ludovic Court??s <ludo@gnu.org> -----

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> +(define-public sane-backends
> + (package
> + (name "sane-backends")
> + (version "1.0.24")
> + (source (origin
> + (method url-fetch)
> + (uri (string-append
> + "http://fossies.org/linux/misc/" name "-" version ".tar.gz"))
> + ;; This is a private mirror. The canonical download site is
> + ;; "https://alioth.debian.org/frs/download.php/file/3958/"
> + ;; but it seems not to work with gnutls atm

Indeed, I get 406 "Not Acceptable". I???m not sure if this relates to
http://bugs.gnu.org/18526; could you open a bug?

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Ludovic Courtès wrote 10 years ago
(name . John Darrington)(address . john@darrington.wattle.id.au)(address . 18768-done@debbugs.gnu.org)
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John Darrington <john@darrington.wattle.id.au> skribis:

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> ----- Forwarded message from Ludovic Court??s <ludo@gnu.org> -----
>
>> +(define-public sane-backends
>> + (package
>> + (name "sane-backends")
>> + (version "1.0.24")
>> + (source (origin
>> + (method url-fetch)
>> + (uri (string-append
>> + "http://fossies.org/linux/misc/" name "-" version ".tar.gz"))
>> + ;; This is a private mirror. The canonical download site is
>> + ;; "https://alioth.debian.org/frs/download.php/file/3958/"
>> + ;; but it seems not to work with gnutls atm
>
> Indeed, I get 406 "Not Acceptable". I???m not sure if this relates to
> <http://bugs.gnu.org/18526>; could you open a bug?

Fixed in commit 38bf090e7c3952bb30707fe544987cccc85b8677.

Thanks,
Ludo’.
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Ludovic Courtès wrote 10 years ago
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retitle 18768 Some HTTP downloads fail with "406 Not Acceptable"
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