GNU bug report logs - #66135
Unable to download Guile tar file

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From: ahmad khizir <ahmad.khizir <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-guile <at> gnu.org
Subject: Unable to download Guile tar file
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2023 13:06:48 +0530

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Dear team,

I tried to download a guile tar file from the below listed url, but it is
not working.
Please help to provide the correct url to download the guile tar file.

https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/guile/guile-3.0.9.tar.gz
https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/guile/


Thanks,

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Message #8 received at 66135 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Mikael Djurfeldt <mikael <at> djurfeldt.com>
To: ahmad khizir <ahmad.khizir <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 66135 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#66135: Unable to download Guile tar file
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2023 19:56:16 +0200

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It (the link you provided) works for me. Can you try again?

Den tors 21 sep. 2023 15:12ahmad khizir <ahmad.khizir <at> gmail.com> skrev:

> Dear team,
>
> I tried to download a guile tar file from the below listed url, but it is
> not working.
> Please help to provide the correct url to download the guile tar file.
>
> https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/guile/guile-3.0.9.tar.gz
> https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/guile/
>
>
> Thanks,
>

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Message #11 received at 66135 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: ahmad khizir <ahmad.khizir <at> gmail.com>
To: mikael <at> djurfeldt.com
Cc: 66135 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#66135: Unable to download Guile tar file
Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2023 09:19:54 +0530

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Not working for me, i can share the screenshot.




On Fri, 22 Sept 2023, 23:26 Mikael Djurfeldt, <mikael <at> djurfeldt.com> wrote:

> It (the link you provided) works for me. Can you try again?
>
> Den tors 21 sep. 2023 15:12ahmad khizir <ahmad.khizir <at> gmail.com> skrev:
>
>> Dear team,
>>
>> I tried to download a guile tar file from the below listed url, but it is
>> not working.
>> Please help to provide the correct url to download the guile tar file.
>>
>> https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/guile/guile-3.0.9.tar.gz
>> https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/guile/
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>

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Message #14 received at 66135 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Jean Abou Samra <jean <at> abou-samra.fr>
To: ahmad khizir <ahmad.khizir <at> gmail.com>
Cc: mikael <at> djurfeldt.com, 66135 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#66135: Unable to download Guile tar file
Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2023 09:03:29 +0200

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> Le 23 sept. 2023 à 06:38, ahmad khizir <ahmad.khizir <at> gmail.com> a écrit :
> 
> 
> Not working for me, i can share the screenshot.

Please do.

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Message #17 received at 66135 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: <tomas <at> tuxteam.de>
To: ahmad khizir <ahmad.khizir <at> gmail.com>
Cc: mikael <at> djurfeldt.com, 66135 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#66135: Unable to download Guile tar file
Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2023 09:48:38 +0200

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It worked for me too.

On Sat, Sep 23, 2023 at 09:19:54AM +0530, ahmad khizir wrote:
> Not working for me, i can share the screenshot.

Perhaps better if you describe what you are trying (how are
you downloading, perhaps whether you are in a company or
country which might enforce network restrictions) and what
the error message is.

What is your operating system? Are you comfortable with the
command line? (this might help debug the problm ).

Much more helpful than a screen dump which some of us won't
look at (I, for example have a text-only mail program and
currently so little bandwidth that I won't look at it for
sure :-)

Cheers
-- 
tomás

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Message #20 received at 66135 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: ahmad khizir <ahmad.khizir <at> gmail.com>
To: tomas <at> tuxteam.de
Cc: mikael <at> djurfeldt.com, 66135 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#66135: Unable to download Guile tar file
Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2023 14:18:24 +0530

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Operate system is redhat 7.4
I tried to download via wget command
I am using institute network.
I am ok with this point that you mentioned regarding, let me check with my
personal network and let you know.



On Sat, 23 Sept 2023, 13:18 , <tomas <at> tuxteam.de> wrote:

> It worked for me too.
>
> On Sat, Sep 23, 2023 at 09:19:54AM +0530, ahmad khizir wrote:
> > Not working for me, i can share the screenshot.
>
> Perhaps better if you describe what you are trying (how are
> you downloading, perhaps whether you are in a company or
> country which might enforce network restrictions) and what
> the error message is.
>
> What is your operating system? Are you comfortable with the
> command line? (this might help debug the problm ).
>
> Much more helpful than a screen dump which some of us won't
> look at (I, for example have a text-only mail program and
> currently so little bandwidth that I won't look at it for
> sure :-)
>
> Cheers
> --
> tomás
>

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Message #23 received at 66135 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: tomas <at> tuxteam.de
To: ahmad khizir <ahmad.khizir <at> gmail.com>
Cc: mikael <at> djurfeldt.com, 66135 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#66135: Unable to download Guile tar file
Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2023 11:14:54 +0200

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On Sat, Sep 23, 2023 at 02:18:24PM +0530, ahmad khizir wrote:

Hi, Ahmad

> Operate system is redhat 7.4
> I tried to download via wget command
> I am using institute network.
> I am ok with this point that you mentioned regarding, let me check with my
> personal network and let you know.

Thank you for the details!

You may try the "-S" options to wget: this will print the HTTP
headers, which might help in identifying the problem.

If I do that, this is what I see:

 | tomas <at> trotzki:/tmp$ wget -S https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/guile/guile-3.0.9.tar.gz
 | --2023-09-24 11:07:42--  https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/guile/guile-3.0.9.tar.gz
 | Resolving ftp.gnu.org (ftp.gnu.org)... 2001:470:142:3::b, 209.51.188.20
 | Connecting to ftp.gnu.org (ftp.gnu.org)|2001:470:142:3::b|:443... connected.
 | HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 
 |   HTTP/1.1 200 OK
 |   Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2023 09:07:44 GMT
 |   Server: Apache/2.4.29 (Trisquel_GNU/Linux)
 |   Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=63072000
 |   Last-Modified: Wed, 25 Jan 2023 13:51:41 GMT
 |   ETag: "948a4f-5f316eea157b8"
 |   Accept-Ranges: bytes
 |   Content-Length: 9734735
 |   Content-Security-Policy: default-src 'self'; img-src 'self' https://static.fsf.org https://static.gnu.org https://gnu.org http://static.fsf.org http://static.gnu.org http://gnu.org; object-src 'none'; frame-ancestors 'none'
 |   X-Frame-Options: DENY
 |   X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff
 |   Keep-Alive: timeout=5, max=100
 |   Connection: Keep-Alive
 |   Content-Type: application/x-gzip
 | Length: 9734735 (9.3M) [application/x-gzip]
 | Saving to: ‘guile-3.0.9.tar.gz’

[then it proceeds to download the file]

I could imagine that your institution has a HTTP proxy between you and the
internet, and that this just refuses to forward HTTPS.

Alas, trying the "http://" URL, the server insists (HSTS policy) in upgrading
that to the "https://" one, so if my guess is right above, we'd need a "Plan B".

This would be one of the cases where blindly applying something perceived to
be secure in spite of the users leads to bad results. Sigh.

Cheers
-- 
t

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