Public bug reported:
[Impact]
* NOAA changed the URL for the service metar relies on to retrieve weather
information
* This has been fixed in 20061030.1-2.2 that is in YY and ZZ (LP: #1610210)
but not yet in XX (16.04 LTS) and previous releases
* justification: the metar program will not display any weather information
anymore without the fix (complete functionality loss for users)
* remedy: update URL in the source (it is hardcoded)
(a work-around is to set the environment variable to the new URL
METARURL=http://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/data/observations/metar/stations)
[Test Case]
* install metar # 20061030.1-2ubuntu2
* metar FACT # metar information for Cape Town Airport (CPT)
-> METAR pattern not found in NOAA data
(correct would be something like: FACT 251000Z 18020KT CAVOK 22/13 Q1017
NOSIG)
[Regression Potential]
* just a hardcoded URL fix, no program change otherwise
* works in Debian sid & testing, Ubuntu YY and ZZ
[Other Info]
* Stable upload in progress as well for next Debian Jessie point-release
** Affects: metar (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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[SRU] backport metar URL fix to supported releases <= 16.04
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