#1042867 debmirror: add option to URL-encode paths when fetching packages using http to support repos in AWS S3

Package:
debmirror
Source:
debmirror
Submitter:
Richard Landster
Date:
2023-08-02 09:39:03 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1042867#5
Date:
2023-08-02 00:32:59 UTC
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Dear Maintainer,

When using debmirror to mirror from a package repository hosted in an AWS
S3 bucket debmirror fails to fetch files containing characters that have a
plus sign ("+") as AWS S3 expects such fetches to use a URL-encoded path,
but debmirror does not do any URL-encoding.

Please add a command-line option that turns on URL-encoding when fetching
packages using http or https.
#1042867#10
Date:
2023-08-02 09:37:52 UTC
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Is there any particular reason this needs to be an option, rather than
simply correcting the HTTP client implementation?