ttf-mscorefonts-installer fails to download fonts

Bug #1655531 reported by Oscar Tiderman
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This bug affects 4 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
msttcorefonts (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Medium
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Bug Description

ttf-mscorefonts-installer fails to download fonts due to a space in the URL
("...corefonts/the fonts/final..."):
'''
ttf-mscorefonts-installer: downloading http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/arial32.exe
Err:1 http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/arial32.exe
  404 Not Found
E: Failed to fetch https://kent.dl.sourceforge.net/project/corefonts/the fonts/final/arial32.exe 404 Not Found

E: Download Failed
Setting up ttf-mscorefonts-installer (3.4+nmu1ubuntu2) ...
'''
The folder on sourcefourge project should probably be named to something _not_ containting spaces, and/or the downloader script would have to be fixed to handle the space by changing it to %20 so the fonts can be downloaded.

'''
sudo wget https://kent.dl.sourceforge.net/project/corefonts/the%20fonts/final/andale32.exe -O /var/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloads/partial/andale32.exe
--2017-01-11 05:37:50-- https://kent.dl.sourceforge.net/project/corefonts/the%20fonts/final/andale32.exe
Resolving kent.dl.sourceforge.net (kent.dl.sourceforge.net)... 212.219.56.185
Connecting to kent.dl.sourceforge.net (kent.dl.sourceforge.net)|212.219.56.185|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 198384 (194K) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: ‘/var/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloads/partial/andale32.exe’

/var/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloads/partial/andal 100%[==============================================================================================================================================>] 193,73K 529KB/s in 0,4s

2017-01-11 05:37:51 (529 KB/s) - ‘/var/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloads/partial/andale32.exe’ saved [198384/198384]
'''

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-57.78-generic 4.4.35
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-57-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.4
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Wed Jan 11 05:38:48 2017
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-03-30 (1017 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64 (20131016.1)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: msttcorefonts
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-05-14 (241 days ago)

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Oscar Tiderman (oscar-tiderman) wrote :
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in msttcorefonts (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in msttcorefonts (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
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Naël (nathanael-naeri) wrote :

Duplicate of bug 1607535, whose cause was found in package apt, see bug 1651923.

Naël (nathanael-naeri)
Changed in msttcorefonts (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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