> I am trying to use wget 1.9.1 to download a file using https. The initial > request URL is a script that redirects to another file in the same domain. > If I try this using normal http, it works - the first request returns a > 302 response, and wget follows the new URL to download the file. If I try > this with https, it doesn't work. The 302 response comes back and it looks > like wget is trying to follow to the new URL, but after that it just hangs > - no error message or anything, just hangs. Note that this happens both in > Linux and Windows versions of wget 1.9.1 (with SSL libraries included) > > I then downloaded version 1.8.2, and the same request works properly, i.e. > even against https, the 302 response is followed correctly and it > downloads the file.
I'm not sure what could be causing this, but a publically available URL to trace the problem would help. Also, could you try if the same happens with Wget 1.10-rc1, available at ftp://ftp.deepspace6.net/pub/ds6/sources/wget/wget-1.10-rc1.tar.gz Thanks for the report.
