Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: wget
WORKAROUND: Drop the hyperlink into Firefox.
1) lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu natty (development branch)
Release: 11.04
2) apt-cache policy wget
wget:
Installed: 1.12-2.1ubuntu1
Candidate: 1.12-2.1ubuntu1
Version table:
*** 1.12-2.1ubuntu1 0
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty/main i386 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
apt-cache policy firefox
firefox:
Installed: 4.0~b10+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu2
Candidate: 4.0~b10+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu2
Version table:
*** 4.0~b10+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu2 0
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty/main i386 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
3) What is expected to happen is when tries to download the following at
the Terminal:
wget
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=41&SrcFamilyId=1CD6ACF9-CE06
-4E1C-8DCF-
F33F669DBC3A&SrcDisplayLang=en&u=http%3a%2f%2fdownload.microsoft.com%2fdownload%2fe%2fa%2f9
%2fea913c8b-51a7-41b7-8697-9f0d0a7274aa%2fExcelViewer.exe
it downloads ExcelViewer.exe successfully.
4) What happens instead is a file named info.aspx?na=41 is downloaded.
One may drop the above hyperlink into Firefox and ExcelViewer.exe
downloads successfully.
wget
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=41&SrcFamilyId=1CD6ACF9-CE06-4E1C-8DCF-F33F669DBC3A&SrcDisplayLang=en&u=http%3a%2f%2fdownload.microsoft.com%2fdownload%2fe%2fa%2f9%2fea913c8b-51a7-41b7-8697-9f0d0a7274aa%2fExcelViewer.exe
[1] 11872
[2] 11873
[3] 11874
penalvch@penalvchvm:~/Desktop$ --2011-02-07 00:52:26--
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=41
Resolving www.microsoft.com... 65.55.12.249
Connecting to www.microsoft.com|65.55.12.249|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
Location: /downloads/Search.aspx?displaylang= [following]
--2011-02-07 00:52:26--
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/Search.aspx?displaylang=
Reusing existing connection to www.microsoft.com:80.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
Location: /downloads/Search.aspx?displaylang=en [following]
--2011-02-07 00:52:26--
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/Search.aspx?displaylang=en
Reusing existing connection to www.microsoft.com:80.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 301 Moved Permanently
Location: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/default.aspx [following]
--2011-02-07 00:52:26-- http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/default.aspx
Reusing existing connection to www.microsoft.com:80.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 46643 (46K) [text/html]
Saving to: `info.aspx?na=41'
100%[======================================>] 46,643 96.4K/s in
0.5s
2011-02-07 00:52:27 (96.4 KB/s) - `info.aspx?na=41' saved [46643/46643]
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: wget 1.12-2.1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-1.28-generic 2.6.38-rc2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-1-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Feb 7 00:40:19 2011
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha i386 (20110202)
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_US:en
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LC_MESSAGES=en_US.utf8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: wget
** Affects: wget (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: apport-bug i386 natty
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wget not downloading ExcelVeiwer.exe
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