Bug#651413: Double slash in wget request

2011-12-08 Thread Dmitri Medvedev
Package: choose-mirror Version: Unknown While installing (using default graphical installator) Debian Squeeze 6.0.3 AMD64 (using debian-6.0.3-amd64-netinst.iso) on virtual machine running on VirtualBox 4.1.6r74713 on my Windows 7 Pro working machine, I've experienced an error in the installer

Bug#651413: Double slash in wget request

2011-12-08 Thread Joey Hess
Dmitri Medvedev wrote: While installing (using default graphical installator) Debian Squeeze 6.0.3 AMD64 (using debian-6.0.3-amd64-netinst.iso) on virtual machine running on VirtualBox 4.1.6r74713 on my Windows 7 Pro working machine, I've experienced an error in the installer while choosing a

Bug#651413: Double slash in wget request

2011-12-08 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Thu, Dec 08, 2011 at 03:14:45PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: I see a doubled slash, but no indication it has anything to do with the problem you experienced. joey@wren:~ wget -q http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian//dists/squeeze/Release -O - | grep -E '^(Suite|Codename):' Suite: stable

Bug#651413: Double slash in wget request

2011-12-08 Thread Joey Hess
Lennart Sorensen wrote: On Thu, Dec 08, 2011 at 03:14:45PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: I see a doubled slash, but no indication it has anything to do with the problem you experienced. joey@wren:~ wget -q http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian//dists/squeeze/Release -O - | grep -E

Bug#651413: Double slash in wget request

2011-12-08 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Thu, Dec 08, 2011 at 04:06:07PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: This could be fixed by running wget, checking its exit status, and displaying a network error message, and only then parsing the Release file (probably in C code) and displaying the current message. That would certainly make it a lot

Re: Bug#651413: Double slash in wget request

2011-12-08 Thread Philipp Kern
On Thu, Dec 08, 2011 at 03:12:44PM -0500, Lennart Sorensen wrote: I also keep hearing complaints about not having ping in the installer for checking network connectivity when things aren't working. :) But that would add a whole bunch of bytes to the installer size. Yeah, count me in. And no,