Mention in the README about possible problems with older wget versions refusing certificates.

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diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt
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@@ -83,6 +83,18 @@ Alternatively, Setuptools may be installed to a user-local path::
 
     > wget https://bootstrap.pypa.io/ez_setup.py -O - | python - --user
 
+Note that on some older systems (noted on Debian 6 and CentOS 5 installations), 
+`wget` may refuse to download `ez_setup.py`, complaining that the certificate common name `*.c.ssl.fastly.net` 
+does not match the host name `bootstrap.pypa.io`. In addition, the `ez_setup.py` script may then encounter similar problems using
+`wget` internally to download `setuptools-x.y.zip`, complaining that the certificate common name of `www.python.org` does not match the 
+host name `pypi.python.org`. Those are known issues, related to a bug in the older versions of `wget` 
+(see `Issue 59 <https://bitbucket.org/pypa/pypi/issue/59#comment-5881915>`_). If you happen to encounter them, 
+install Setuptools as follows::
+
+    > wget --no-check-certificate https://bootstrap.pypa.io/ez_setup.py
+    > python ez_setup.py --insecure
+
+
 Unix including Mac OS X (curl)
 ==============================