René's URL Explorer Experiment

{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"[Bug]: outdated savannah URL in subprojects/freetype-2.6.1.wrap","articleBody":"### Bug summary\n\nWhen building from source of matplotlib v3.10.8 downloaded from PyPi, the following message is observed\n\n             Downloading freetype-2.6.1 source from https://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/freetype/freetype-old/freetype-2.6.1.tar.gz\n              HTTP Error 502: Bad Gateway\n              WARNING: failed to download with error: could not get https://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/freetype/freetype-old/freetype-2.6.1.tar.gz; is the internet available?. Trying after a delay...\n               HTTP Error 502: Bad Gateway\n\nThis is because there is an outdated URL in subprojects/freetype-2.6.1.wrap\n\nThe line in freetype-2.6.1.wrap should be changed from\n\n          source_url = https://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/freetype/freetype-old/freetype-2.6.1.tar.gz\n\nto\n\n         source_url=https://download.savannah.nongnu.org/releases/freetype/freetype-old/freetype-2.6.1.tar.gz\n\nTo show that this updated URL works, here is the output from wget.\nPlease note that downloads from savannah get redirected to a third party site, so that should raise security concerns.\n\n           wget  https://download.savannah.nongnu.org/releases/freetype/freetype-old/freetype-2.6.1.tar.gz\n           --2026-03-20 18:10:33--  https://download.savannah.nongnu.org/releases/freetype/freetype-old/freetype-2.6.1.tar.gz\n          Resolving download.savannah.nongnu.org... 2001:470:142:5::200, 209.51.188.200\n          Connecting to download.savannah.nongnu.org|2001:470:142:5::200|:443... connected.\n          HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Moved Temporarily\n          Location: https://fosszone.csd.auth.gr/nongnu/freetype/freetype-old/freetype-2.6.1.tar.gz [following]\n         --2026-03-20 18:10:36--  https://fosszone.csd.auth.gr/nongnu/freetype/freetype-old/freetype-2.6.1.tar.gz\n         Resolving fosszone.csd.auth.gr... 155.207.200.222\n         Connecting to fosszone.csd.auth.gr|155.207.200.222|:443... connected.\n        HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK\n        Length: 2302080 (2.2M) [application/x-gzip]\n        Saving to: ‘freetype-2.6.1.tar.gz.1’\n\n        freetype-2.6.1.tar.gz.1                         100%[====================================================================================================\u003e]   2.20M  5.57MB/s    in 0.4s    \n\n        2026-03-20 18:10:37 (5.57 MB/s) - ‘freetype-2.6.1.tar.gz.1’ saved [2302080/2302080]\n\n\n\n\n### Code for reproduction\n\n```Python\n/usr/local/bin/pip3.12 install /usr/src/build/matplotlib-3.10.8/ --no-binary all --no-build-isolation --no-cache-dir --no-deps --no-index --no-warn-script-location --progress-bar off --root \"/usr/local/stow/Languages/Python_312/matplotlib_312-3.10.8\" --verbose\n```\n\n### Actual outcome\n\n  Downloading freetype-2.6.1 source from https://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/freetype/freetype-old/freetype-2.6.1.tar.gz\n  HTTP Error 502: Bad Gateway\n\n\n### Expected outcome\n\nThe file freetype-2.6.1.tar.gz should be downloaded.\n\n### Additional information\n\n_No response_\n\n### Operating system\n\n_No response_\n\n### Matplotlib Version\n\n3.10.8\n\n### Matplotlib Backend\n\n_No response_\n\n### Python version\n\nPython 3.12\n\n### Jupyter version\n\n_No response_\n\n### Installation\n\nfrom source (.tar.gz)","author":{"url":"https://github.com/Corin-EU","@type":"Person","name":"Corin-EU"},"datePublished":"2026-03-20T17:18:37.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":6},"url":"https://github.com/31340/matplotlib/issues/31340"}