Re: Problem at https://packages.debian.org/buster/timeshift

On 02/26/2020 04:13 AM, Paul Wise wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 26, 2020 at 9:29 AM Richard Owlett wrote:
> 
>> I followed the link. And, needing more information, I clicked on
>> "Homepage [teejeetech.blogspot.in]" and received the message:
>>> You're about to be redirected
>>>
>>> The blog that used to be here is now at http://www.teejeetech.in/.
>>>
>>> Do you wish to be redirected?
>>
>> Is this a bug or some sort of "man-in-the-middle attack"?
>> How can I safely tell the difference?
>> If it is, how/where do I report it? I've never filed a bug report.
> 
> It looks like the timeshift author used to host their blog on Google
> Blogspot, but later moved it to an external domain. There is no attack
> because it happens even when you connect over https. Please report a
> bug against timeshift asking for the Homepage to be updated to the URL
> below, which seems to be the correct location.
> 
> https://www.debian.org/Bugs/Reporting
> https://teejeetech.in/timeshift/

I attempted to submit and got a "SMTP send failure: (421, 
b'buxtehude.debian.org: Too much load; please try
again later')." message.
I posted related questions on debian-user.

> 
> While you are at it, please also file a bug or patch against the DUCK
> tool so that this strange form of redirect gets automatically detected
> and reported. Probably just detecting the phrase "used to be here"
> should be enough. IIRC duck already has a list of "redirect" phrases,
> so you could just patch the list to add that.
> 
> http://duck.debian.net/
> https://packages.debian.org/sid/duck
> 

I looked at, but did not really comprehend, the available documentation.
The first said that duck could be run locally. I attempted to install.
It wanted to install over 100 otherwise useless packages. I aborted.
As I have spent >50 years in assorted tech support roles, I'll not 
attempt to fix something I know nothing about.
P.S. Linux is not my strong suit ;/!