stole some code from AmandaC to handle an undocumented condition with 404 errors returned by the internet card

lib/download.lua

@@ -85,8 +85,15 @@ function dl.protos.http(host, optPort, path, dest, url) -- string string string
  local R,r=component.invoke(component.list("internet")(),"request",url)
  if not R then error(r) end
  repeat
+  ok, err = R.finishConnect()
+  if type(ok) ~= "boolean" then
+   if err == url then
+    return 404, "This is a bug in OC, I think?"
+   end
+   return -1, err or "Connection Error"
+  end
   coroutine.yield()
- until R.finishConnect()
+ until ok
  local code, messsage, headers
  repeat
   coroutine.yield()