wget not downloading ExcelViewer.exe
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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wget |
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wget (Ubuntu) |
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Bug Description
Binary package hint: wget
WORKAROUND: Drop the hyperlink into Firefox.
1) lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu natty (development branch)
Release: 11.04
2) apt-cache policy wget
wget:
Installed: 1.12-2.1ubuntu1
Candidate: 1.12-2.1ubuntu1
Version table:
*** 1.12-2.1ubuntu1 0
500 http://
100 /var/lib/
apt-cache policy firefox
firefox:
Installed: 4.0~b10+
Candidate: 4.0~b10+
Version table:
*** 4.0~b10+
500 http://
100 /var/lib/
3) What is expected to happen is when tries to download the following at the Terminal:
it downloads ExcelViewer.exe successfully.
4) What happens instead is a file named info.aspx?na=41 is downloaded. One may drop the above hyperlink into Firefox and ExcelViewer.exe downloads successfully.
wget http://
[1] 11872
[2] 11873
[3] 11874
penalvch@
Resolving www.microsoft.
Connecting to www.microsoft.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
Location: /downloads/
--2011-02-07 00:52:26-- http://
Reusing existing connection to www.microsoft.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
Location: /downloads/
--2011-02-07 00:52:26-- http://
Reusing existing connection to www.microsoft.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 301 Moved Permanently
Location: http://
--2011-02-07 00:52:26-- http://
Reusing existing connection to www.microsoft.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 46643 (46K) [text/html]
Saving to: `info.aspx?na=41'
100%[==
2011-02-07 00:52:27 (96.4 KB/s) - `info.aspx?na=41' saved [46643/46643]
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: wget 1.12-2.1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-1-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Feb 7 00:40:19 2011
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha i386 (20110202)
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_US:en
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LC_MESSAGES=
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: wget
summary: |
- wget not downloading ExcelVeiwer.exe + wget not downloading ExcelViewer.exe |
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