Bug#1109021: www.debian.org: URL with ampersand to keyserver.ubuntu.com in /security/faq: validation error

Control: retitle -1 URLs with ampersand and validation errors


Another similar issue in /support.wml:

https://netsplit.de/channels/index.en.php?net=oftc&chat=debian

produces the validation error:
Line 69, character 275:  general entity "chat" not defined and no default
     entity

I can change the & for & but the resulting URL loses the "debian" 
parameter :(

Kind regards,

El 9/7/25 a las 20:32, Laura Arjona Reina escribió:
> Package: www.debian.org
> Severity: normal
>
> Hello all
>
> in */security/faq.wml we include a sentence "If desired, email can be 
> encrypted
> with the Debian Security Contact key (key ID <a
> href="https://keyserver.ubuntu.com/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x0d59d2b15144766a14d241c66baf400b05c3e651">0x0D59D2B15144766A14D241C66BAF400B05C3E651</a>)." 
>
>
> This URL has an & on it and it produces the following validation error:
>
>
> *** Errors validating /srv/www.debian.org/www/security/faq.en.html: ***
> Line 219, character 57: general entity "search" not defined and no 
> default
> entity
> Line 219, character 63: reference to entity "search" for which no system
> identifier could be generated
>
> I have tried the URL changing & for %26 but it does not work ("Bad 
> request")
> and also tried with &amp; with the same result.
>
> How sould we encode the URL in our wml file? Not sure if it's our 
> problem or
> the issue is in the underlying software in keyserver.ubuntu.com 
> (Honeypuck,
> source code in https://github.com/hockeypuck/hockeypuck).
>
> Kind regards
>