Bug 74996

Summary:	wget instructions fail for older versions of wget
Product:	Red Hat Satellite 5	Reporter:	Need Real Name <dbarrett>
Component:	Documentation	Assignee:	Tammy Fox <tammy.c.fox>
Status:	CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE	QA Contact:	Fanny Augustin <fmoquete>
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Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	alikins, bretm, cturner, gafton, gdk, mihai.ibanescu
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OS:	Linux
URL:	https://rhn.redhat.com/network/channel/download_isos.pxt
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Description Need Real Name 2002-10-03 14:57:54 UTC

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Description of problem:
The page https://rhn.redhat.com/network/channel/download_isos.pxt recommends 
the use of wget for downloading ISOs, via the command "wget -
c 'very_long_url'".  This command fails for older versions of wget, such as 
RedHat 7.0's wget-1.5.3-10, so I think you should change the documentation on 
this page.

The error message displayed by wget is:

Connecting to https:21... 
https: Host not found

I think your documentation should add a sentence like this: "If you experience 
problems with wget, try upgrading to the latest version of wget at 
http://www.gnu.org/software/wget/wget.html."



Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Use RedHat 7.0 with the latest patches.
2. Visit https://rhn.redhat.com/network/channel/download_isos.pxt with a web 
browser.
3. Right-click on an ISO link and copy the URL to the copy/paste buffer.
4. Type "/usr/bin/wget -c " and paste the ISO URL onto the command line, within 
single quotes.
5. Press ENTER.
6. Get an error message like this:
           => `Psyche-i386-disc1.iso'
Connecting to https:21... 
https: Host not found

	

Actual Results:             => `Psyche-i386-disc1.iso'
Connecting to https:21... 
https: Host not found

Expected Results:  wget should have downloaded the selected ISO.  Later 
versions of wget such as 1.8.2 work fine. That's why you should update your doc.

Additional info:

Comment 1 Tammy Fox 2002-10-09 14:36:49 UTC

It looks like the page says to use curl instead of wget now.

Comment 2 Josef Komenda 2002-10-14 18:28:08 UTC

Since rhn now officially advocates CURL instead of wget, this bug is no longer
valid -- closing.