I have tested the new package on Xenial, following the instructions in https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed
APT packages installed before updating: apt 1.2.18 apt-transport-https 1.2.18 apt-utils 1.2.18 libapt-inst2.0 1.2.18 libapt-pkg5.0 1.2.18 Bug cases reproduced before updating: 1) dpkg-reconfigure update-notifier-common (calls apt-helper) 2) apt-helper download-file downloads.sourceforge.net 3) apt-helper download-file people.debian.org/~jak Bug case *not* reproduced before updating: 4) apt-helper download-file kxstudio.linuxaudio.org In this case, it appears that GitHub fixed its redirect response so it does not include spaces anymore (I see a %20 in the reply now). APT packages installed after updating: apt 1.2.19 apt-transport-https 1.2.19 apt-utils 1.2.19 libapt-inst2.0 1.2.19 libapt-pkg5.0 1.2.19 Bug cases fixed by updating: 1) dpkg-reconfigure update-notifier-common (calls apt-helper) 2) apt-helper download-file downloads.sourceforge.net 3) apt-helper download-file people.debian.org/~jak -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1651923 Title: apt https method decodes redirect locations and sends them to the destination undecoded. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1651923/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
