From 5f5ad73d306818b6dd4ac94dc67f5abb60534037 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Konstantin Tretyakov Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2014 17:11:31 +0200 Subject: Mention in the README about possible problems with older wget versions refusing certificates. --- README.txt | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt index 6920b90c..c6973298 100755 --- a/README.txt +++ b/README.txt @@ -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 `_). 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) ============================== -- cgit v1.2.1