The problem seems to have to do with the HTTP redirect used on the
server.
Older versions of zsync did not support redirects at all, but 0.6.1 is
supposed to handle this properly.
As a workaround, I did this:
$ wget http://releases.ubuntu.co/10.10/ubuntu-10.10-netbook-i386.iso.zsync
[...]
$
Some information on zsync and redirects can be found on
http://zsync.moria.org.uk/server-issues
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zsync fails to download Maverick netbook image
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/661308
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The attached patch seems to fix the problem. I've tested it lightly with
a few different cases (with and without redirects) and didn't find any
regressions.
The root cause seems to be that when reconnecting due to a redirect,
zsync forgets to discard the data remaining in the buffer from the
I am getting the exact same error using zsync 0.6.1-1ubuntu1:
0.2% 0.0 kBps aborted
failed to retrieve from ubuntu-10.10-netbook-i386.iso
** Changed in: zsync (Ubuntu)
Status: New = Confirmed
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zsync fails to download Maverick netbook image
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zsync fails to download Maverick netbook image
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/661308
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