bug#18768: Cannot download from (certain) https sources

[Ludovic Courtès]

John Darrington <address@hidden> skribis:

> ----- Forwarded message from Ludovic Court??s <address@hidden> -----
>
>> +(define-public sane-backends
>> +  (package
>> +    (name "sane-backends")
>> +    (version "1.0.24")
>> +    (source (origin
>> +             (method url-fetch)
>> +             (uri (string-append 
>> +                   "http://fossies.org/linux/misc/"; name "-" version 
>> ".tar.gz"))
>> +             ;; This is a private mirror.  The canonical download site is
>> +             ;; "https://alioth.debian.org/frs/download.php/file/3958/";
>> +             ;; but it seems not to work with gnutls atm
>
> Indeed, I get 406 "Not Acceptable".  I???m not sure if this relates to
> <http://bugs.gnu.org/18526>; could you open a bug?

Fixed in commit 38bf090e7c3952bb30707fe544987cccc85b8677.

Thanks,
Ludo’.