[Bug-wget] [bug #49319] Wget restarts the download if it receives a 206 response.

[anonymous]

URL:
  <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?49319>

                 Summary: Wget restarts the download if it receives a 206
response.
                 Project: GNU Wget
            Submitted by: None
            Submitted on: Tue 11 Oct 2016 09:39:06 PM UTC
                Category: Protocol Issue
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: Ralph Holmes
        Originator Email: address@hidden
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: 1.18
        Operating System: GNU/Linux
         Reproducibility: Every Time
           Fixed Release: None
         Planned Release: None
              Regression: None
           Work Required: None
          Patch Included: None

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Details:

On attempting to download https://swtch.com/~rsc/talks/venti-1.jpg, the server
returns a 206/partial response. Wget treats this as an error, and attempts to
redownload the file. This repeats, until Wget reaches its try limit (20), and
then fails. Other user agents have successfully downloaded this file (cURL,
Pale Moon and Chromium). Wget should not treat an unrequested partial download
as an error, and instead try to download the file in chunks.

The command used to invoke wget was `wget
https://swtch.com/~rsc/talks/venti-1.jpg`. It exited with status 4. The output
from the same command, albeit with the -d flag added, is attached.



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