[MacPorts] #55552: py27-appdirs: fetch failure

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#55552: py27-appdirs: fetch failure
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  Reporter:  noloader    |      Owner:
      Type:  defect      |     Status:  new
  Priority:  Normal      |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports       |    Version:  2.4.2
Resolution:              |   Keywords:
      Port:  py-appdirs  |
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Comment (by ccorn):

 Fetching has indeed been a problem for my {{{apple-darwin9-powerpc}}} too.
 To me, it looks like the MacPorts Tcl {{{curl}}} command does not use
 current CA bundles and/or does not handle redirects properly. There seems
 to have been an approach in use that tries HTTP instead of HTTPS on older
 Darwin versions, but that does not work well because most sites redirect
 to HTTPS nowadays. I suppose that the Tcl {{{curl}}} command needs an
 update that renders such kludges obsolete.

 As a temporary workaround I have removed most mirror sites that the
 current fetch mechanism cannot handle with HTTP. For python eggs this
 would have left nothing, so I ended up with an own shell script that
 fetches the ports using {{{sudo -u macports curl -L $URL}}}. Of course
 this is an unsatisfactory state of affairs.

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