Public bug reported:

winetricks fails to install ie6 due to a broken URL.

user@localhost ~ $ winetricks ie6 
Executing w_do_call ie6 
Executing load_ie6 
Executing mkdir -p /home/user/.cache/winetricks/ie6 
Downloading browsers-us.mirrors.zensoft.net/ie/win32/6.0/ie60.exe to 
/home/user/.cache/winetricks/ie6 
--2011-09-02 11:35:28-- browsers-us.mirrors.zensoft.net/ie/win32/6.0/ie60.exe 
Resolving browsers-us.mirrors.zensoft.net... 173.236.192.130 
Connecting to browsers-us.mirrors.zensoft.net|173.236.192.130|:80... connected. 
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found 
2011-09-02 11:35:28 ERROR 404: Not Found. 

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Downloading browsers-us.mirrors.zensoft.net/ie/win32/6.0/ie60.exe failed 
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There is a workaround described here: 
http://appdb.winehq.org/commentview.php?iAppId=25&iVersionId=469&iThreadId=71579
However an alternate URL should be used and put into the winetricks package.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: winetricks 0.0+20110402 [modified: usr/bin/winetricks]
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-12.51-generic 2.6.38.8
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-12-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Nov  8 13:57:01 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: winetricks
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: winetricks (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug i386 natty

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