Download GNU packages from mirrors (#8992)

52 files changed, 52 insertions, 52 deletions

diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/aspell6-de/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/aspell6-de/package.py
index 0ce4d045a1..18db0a16ea 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/aspell6-de/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/aspell6-de/package.py
@@ -29,6 +29,6 @@ class Aspell6De(AspellDictPackage):
     """German (de) dictionary for aspell."""
 
     homepage = "http://aspell.net/"
-    url      = "ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/aspell/dict/de/aspell6-de-20030222-1.tar.bz2"
+    url      = "https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/aspell/dict/de/aspell6-de-20030222-1.tar.bz2"
 
     version('6-de-20030222-1', '5950c5c8a36fc93d4d7616591bace6a6')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/aspell6-en/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/aspell6-en/package.py
index f5502ed40e..dc74dc7c51 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/aspell6-en/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/aspell6-en/package.py
@@ -29,6 +29,6 @@ class Aspell6En(AspellDictPackage):
     """English (en) dictionary for aspell."""
 
     homepage = "http://aspell.net/"
-    url      = "ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/aspell/dict/en/aspell6-en-2017.01.22-0.tar.bz2"
+    url      = "https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/aspell/dict/en/aspell6-en-2017.01.22-0.tar.bz2"
 
     version('2017.01.22-0', 'a6e002076574de9dc4915967032a1dab')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/aspell6-es/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/aspell6-es/package.py
index 8005f34694..7b513aae12 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/aspell6-es/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/aspell6-es/package.py
@@ -29,6 +29,6 @@ class Aspell6Es(AspellDictPackage):
     """Spanish (es) dictionary for aspell."""
 
     homepage = "http://aspell.net/"
-    url      = "ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/aspell/dict/es/aspell6-es-1.11-2.tar.bz2"
+    url      = "https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/aspell/dict/es/aspell6-es-1.11-2.tar.bz2"
 
     version('1.11-2', '8406336a89c64e47e96f4153d0af70c4')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/autoconf/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/autoconf/package.py
index 402f7e9767..fb202bbce3 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/autoconf/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/autoconf/package.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ class Autoconf(AutotoolsPackage):
     """Autoconf -- system configuration part of autotools"""
 
     homepage = 'https://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/'
-    url = 'http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/autoconf/autoconf-2.69.tar.gz'
+    url      = 'https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/autoconf/autoconf-2.69.tar.gz'
 
     version('2.69', '82d05e03b93e45f5a39b828dc9c6c29b')
     version('2.62', '6c1f3b3734999035d77da5024aab4fbd')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/autogen/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/autogen/package.py
index d7f70fdb4c..fa74a7aa4f 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/autogen/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/autogen/package.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ class Autogen(AutotoolsPackage):
     synchronized."""
 
     homepage = "https://www.gnu.org/software/autogen/index.html"
-    url      = "https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/autogen/rel5.18.12/autogen-5.18.12.tar.gz"
+    url      = "https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/autogen/rel5.18.12/autogen-5.18.12.tar.gz"
     list_url = "https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/autogen"
     list_depth = 1
 
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/automake/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/automake/package.py
index e25a3264a0..77d6cf2e9d 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/automake/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/automake/package.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ class Automake(AutotoolsPackage):
     """Automake -- make file builder part of autotools"""
 
     homepage = 'http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/'
-    url      = 'http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/automake/automake-1.15.tar.gz'
+    url      = 'https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/automake/automake-1.15.tar.gz'
 
     version('1.16.1', '83cc2463a4080efd46a72ba2c9f6b8f5')
     version('1.15.1', '95df3f2d6eb8f81e70b8cb63a93c8853')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/bash/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/bash/package.py
index 3839314ca8..606d992bc9 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/bash/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/bash/package.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ class Bash(AutotoolsPackage):
     """The GNU Project's Bourne Again SHell."""
 
     homepage = "https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/"
-    url      = "https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bash/bash-4.4.tar.gz"
+    url      = "https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/bash/bash-4.4.tar.gz"
 
     version('4.4.12', '7c112970cbdcadfc331e10eeb5f6aa41')
     version('4.4', '148888a7c95ac23705559b6f477dfe25')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/bc/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/bc/package.py
index 835a535e40..d2acb24752 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/bc/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/bc/package.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ class Bc(AutotoolsPackage):
     interactive execution of statements."""
 
     homepage = "https://www.gnu.org/software/bc"
-    url = "https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bc/bc-1.07.tar.gz"
+    url      = "https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/bc/bc-1.07.tar.gz"
 
     version('1.07', 'e91638a947beadabf4d7770bdbb3d512')
 
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/binutils/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/binutils/package.py
index cd9f7fc74c..6c3735a351 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/binutils/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/binutils/package.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ class Binutils(AutotoolsPackage):
     """GNU binutils, which contain the linker, assembler, objdump and others"""
 
     homepage = "http://www.gnu.org/software/binutils/"
-    url      = "https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/binutils/binutils-2.28.tar.bz2"
+    url      = "https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/binutils/binutils-2.28.tar.bz2"
 
     version('2.29.1', '9af59a2ca3488823e453bb356fe0f113')
     version('2.28', '9e8340c96626b469a603c15c9d843727')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/bison/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/bison/package.py
index 8a2d4a111b..577c30b5ca 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/bison/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/bison/package.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ class Bison(AutotoolsPackage):
     generalized LR (GLR) parser employing LALR(1) parser tables."""
 
     homepage = "http://www.gnu.org/software/bison/"
-    url      = "http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bison/bison-3.0.4.tar.gz"
+    url      = "https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/bison/bison-3.0.4.tar.gz"
 
     version('3.0.4', 'a586e11cd4aff49c3ff6d3b6a4c9ccf8')
     version('2.7',   'ded660799e76fb1667d594de1f7a0da9')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/coreutils/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/coreutils/package.py
index eca635a712..5d41e715f7 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/coreutils/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/coreutils/package.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ class Coreutils(AutotoolsPackage):
        operating system.
     """
     homepage = "http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/"
-    url      = "http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/coreutils/coreutils-8.26.tar.xz"
+    url      = "https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/coreutils/coreutils-8.26.tar.xz"
 
     version('8.29', '960cfe75a42c9907c71439f8eb436303')
     version('8.26', 'd5aa2072f662d4118b9f4c63b94601a6')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/cvs/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/cvs/package.py
index 726d7e8e9f..9f6f12590c 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/cvs/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/cvs/package.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ from spack import *
 class Cvs(AutotoolsPackage):
     """CVS a very traditional source control system"""
     homepage = "http://www.nongnu.org/cvs/"
-    url      = "https://ftp.gnu.org/non-gnu/cvs/source/feature/1.12.13/cvs-1.12.13.tar.bz2"
+    url      = "https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/non-gnu/cvs/source/feature/1.12.13/cvs-1.12.13.tar.bz2"
 
     version('1.12.13', '93a8dacc6ff0e723a130835713235863f1f5ada9')
 
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/datamash/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/datamash/package.py
index 0b5ed4663a..309ad5a01f 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/datamash/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/datamash/package.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ class Datamash(AutotoolsPackage):
     """
 
     homepage = "https://www.gnu.org/software/datamash/"
-    url      = "http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/datamash/datamash-1.0.5.tar.gz"
+    url      = "https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/datamash/datamash-1.0.5.tar.gz"
 
     version('1.3',   '47d382090e367ddb4967d640aba77b66')
     version('1.1.0', '79a6affca08107a095e97e4237fc8775')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/dejagnu/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/dejagnu/package.py
index d49268bf22..62e972c3a2 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/dejagnu/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/dejagnu/package.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class Dejagnu(AutotoolsPackage):
     is to provide a single front end for all tests."""
 
     homepage = "https://www.gnu.org/software/dejagnu/"
-    url      = "http://mirror.team-cymru.org/gnu/dejagnu/dejagnu-1.6.tar.gz"
+    url      = "https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/dejagnu/dejagnu-1.6.tar.gz"
 
     version('1.6',   '1fdc2eb0d592c4f89d82d24dfdf02f0b')
     version('1.4.4', '053f18fd5d00873de365413cab17a666')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/ed/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/ed/package.py
index 39fff79178..fdb111fcf9 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/ed/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/ed/package.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ class Ed(AutotoolsPackage):
        interactively and via shell scripts."""
 
     homepage = "https://www.gnu.org/software/ed"
-    url = "https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/ed/ed-1.4.tar.gz"
+    url      = "https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/ed/ed-1.4.tar.gz"
 
     version('1.4', 'da0ddc0e0b0bec2da4b13b0d0d1bce2b')
 
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/emacs/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/emacs/package.py
index 9fa1c30fd8..2377d747fb 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/emacs/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/emacs/package.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ class Emacs(AutotoolsPackage):
     """The Emacs programmable text editor."""
 
     homepage = "https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs"
-    url      = "http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/emacs-24.5.tar.gz"
+    url      = "https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/emacs/emacs-24.5.tar.gz"
 
     version('26.1', '544d2ab5eb142e9ca69adb023d17bf4b')
     version('25.3', '74ddd373dc52ac05ca7a8c63b1ddbf58')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/findutils/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/findutils/package.py
index 37bfd87a31..c1a7e08167 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/findutils/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/findutils/package.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class Findutils(AutotoolsPackage):
        utilities of the GNU operating system."""
 
     homepage = "https://www.gnu.org/software/findutils/"
-    url      = "http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/findutils/findutils-4.6.0.tar.gz"
+    url      = "https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/findutils/findutils-4.6.0.tar.gz"
 
     version('4.6.0',  '9936aa8009438ce185bea2694a997fc1')
     version('4.4.2',  '351cc4adb07d54877fa15f75fb77d39f')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gawk/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gawk/package.py
index 57744ceaa7..271e40902d 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gawk/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gawk/package.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ class Gawk(AutotoolsPackage):
     """
 
     homepage = "https://www.gnu.org/software/gawk/"
-    url      = "http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gawk/gawk-4.1.4.tar.xz"
+    url      = "https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/gawk/gawk-4.1.4.tar.xz"
 
     version('4.1.4', '4e7dbc81163e60fd4f0b52496e7542c9')
 
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gcc/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gcc/package.py
index 7bf95acb94..2003bdfcd8 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gcc/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gcc/package.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class Gcc(AutotoolsPackage):
     Fortran, Ada, and Go, as well as libraries for these languages."""
 
     homepage = 'https://gcc.gnu.org'
-    url      = 'http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gcc/gcc-7.1.0/gcc-7.1.0.tar.bz2'
+    url      = 'https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/gcc/gcc-7.1.0/gcc-7.1.0.tar.bz2'
     list_url = 'http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gcc/'
     list_depth = 1
 
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gdb/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gdb/package.py
index 15dfb1d491..1e5bc7be18 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gdb/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gdb/package.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ class Gdb(AutotoolsPackage):
     """
 
     homepage = "https://www.gnu.org/software/gdb"
-    url = "http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gdb/gdb-7.10.tar.gz"
+    url      = "https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/gdb/gdb-7.10.tar.gz"
 
     version('8.1', '0c85ecbb43569ec43b1c9230622e84ab')
     version('8.0.1', 'bb45869f8126a84ea2ba13a8c0e7c90e')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gdbm/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gdbm/package.py
index 5898d8ca78..a4abc46f58 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gdbm/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gdbm/package.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ class Gdbm(AutotoolsPackage):
     manipulate a hashed database."""
 
     homepage = "http://www.gnu.org.ua/software/gdbm/gdbm.html"
-    url      = "http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gdbm/gdbm-1.13.tar.gz"
+    url      = "https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/gdbm/gdbm-1.13.tar.gz"
 
     version('1.14.1', 'c2ddcb3897efa0f57484af2bd4f4f848')
     version('1.13',  '8929dcda2a8de3fd2367bdbf66769376')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gettext/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gettext/package.py
index c36d518ef3..c7f2d396a1 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gettext/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gettext/package.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ class Gettext(AutotoolsPackage):
     """GNU internationalization (i18n) and localization (l10n) library."""
 
     homepage = "https://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/"
-    url      = "http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/gettext/gettext-0.19.7.tar.xz"
+    url      = "https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/gettext/gettext-0.19.7.tar.xz"
 
     version('0.19.8.1', 'df3f5690eaa30fd228537b00cb7b7590')
     version('0.19.7',   'f81e50556da41b44c1d59ac93474dca5')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/glpk/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/glpk/package.py
index 7710bdf91c..f449edd9a6 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/glpk/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/glpk/package.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ class Glpk(AutotoolsPackage):
     """
 
     homepage = "https://www.gnu.org/software/glpk"
-    url = "http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/glpk/glpk-4.65.tar.gz"
+    url      = "https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/glpk/glpk-4.65.tar.gz"
 
     version('4.65', '470a984a8b1c0e027bdb6d5859063fe8')
     version('4.61', '3ce3e224a8b6e75a1a0b378445830f21')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gmake/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gmake/package.py
index a47d3a0fdc..d0133ea33f 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gmake/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gmake/package.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class Gmake(AutotoolsPackage):
     other non-source files of a program from the program's source files."""
 
     homepage = "https://www.gnu.org/software/make/"
-    url      = "https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/make/make-4.2.1.tar.gz"
+    url      = "https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/make/make-4.2.1.tar.gz"
 
     version('4.2.1', '7d0dcb6c474b258aab4d54098f2cf5a7')
     version('4.0',   'b5e558f981326d9ca1bfdb841640721a')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gmp/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gmp/package.py
index df0b3865d7..19bc4f8bbb 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gmp/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gmp/package.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class Gmp(AutotoolsPackage):
     on signed integers, rational numbers, and floating-point numbers."""
 
     homepage = "https://gmplib.org"
-    url      = "https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gmp/gmp-6.1.2.tar.bz2"
+    url      = "https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/gmp/gmp-6.1.2.tar.bz2"
 
     version('6.1.2',  '8ddbb26dc3bd4e2302984debba1406a5')
     version('6.1.1',  '4c175f86e11eb32d8bf9872ca3a8e11d')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gperf/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gperf/package.py
index 8dbb394878..3565ab3629 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gperf/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gperf/package.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class Gperf(AutotoolsPackage):
     single string comparison only."""
 
     homepage = "https://www.gnu.org/software/gperf/"
-    url      = "http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/gperf/gperf-3.0.4.tar.gz"
+    url      = "https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/gperf/gperf-3.0.4.tar.gz"
 
     version('3.0.4', 'c1f1db32fb6598d6a93e6e88796a8632')
 
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/groff/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/groff/package.py
index 480184f2a7..365be697e4 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/groff/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/groff/package.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ class Groff(AutotoolsPackage):
     ASCII/UTF8 for display at the terminal."""
 
     homepage = "https://www.gnu.org/software/groff/"
-    url      = "http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/groff/groff-1.22.3.tar.gz"
+    url      = "https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/groff/groff-1.22.3.tar.gz"
 
     # TODO: add html variant, spack doesn't have netpbm and its too
     # complicated for me to find out at this point in time.
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gsl/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gsl/package.py
index 0ac2e2b1a5..0eb95c4576 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gsl/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gsl/package.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class Gsl(AutotoolsPackage):
     over 1000 functions in total with an extensive test suite."""
 
     homepage = "http://www.gnu.org/software/gsl"
-    url      = "http://mirror.switch.ch/ftp/mirror/gnu/gsl/gsl-2.3.tar.gz"
+    url      = "https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/gsl/gsl-2.3.tar.gz"
 
     version('2.5', sha256='0460ad7c2542caaddc6729762952d345374784100223995eb14d614861f2258d')
     version('2.4',   'dba736f15404807834dc1c7b93e83b92')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/guile/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/guile/package.py
index 0bf23011b2..69fe8f1bf4 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/guile/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/guile/package.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class Guile(AutotoolsPackage):
     the official extension language for the GNU operating system."""
 
     homepage = "https://www.gnu.org/software/guile/"
-    url      = "https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/guile/guile-2.2.0.tar.gz"
+    url      = "https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/guile/guile-2.2.0.tar.gz"
 
     version('2.2.0',  '0d5de8075b965f9ee5ea04399b60a3f9')
     version('2.0.14', '333b6eec83e779935a45c818f712484e')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/help2man/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/help2man/package.py
index ede8d67848..f7940547d4 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/help2man/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/help2man/package.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class Help2man(AutotoolsPackage):
     output of other commands."""
 
     homepage = "https://www.gnu.org/software/help2man/"
-    url      = "http://gnu.askapache.com/help2man/help2man-1.47.4.tar.xz"
+    url      = "https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/help2man/help2man-1.47.4.tar.xz"
 
     version('1.47.4', '544aca496a7d89de3e5d99e56a2f03d3')
 
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libiberty/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libiberty/package.py
index d07f966413..3d4fbe66b7 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libiberty/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libiberty/package.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ class Libiberty(AutotoolsPackage):
     demangling and support functions for the GNU toolchain."""
 
     homepage = "https://www.gnu.org/software/binutils/"
-    url = "https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/binutils/binutils-2.31.1.tar.xz"
+    url      = "https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/binutils/binutils-2.31.1.tar.xz"
 
     version('2.31.1', '5b7c9d4ce96f507d95c1b9a255e52418')
     version('2.30',   'ffc476dd46c96f932875d1b2e27e929f')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libiconv/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libiconv/package.py
index d9ff4a251a..af3f0bbc1f 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libiconv/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libiconv/package.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class Libiconv(AutotoolsPackage):
     and the iconv program for character set conversion."""
 
     homepage = "https://www.gnu.org/software/libiconv/"
-    url      = "http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/libiconv/libiconv-1.15.tar.gz"
+    url      = "https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/libiconv/libiconv-1.15.tar.gz"
 
     version('1.15', 'ace8b5f2db42f7b3b3057585e80d9808')
     version('1.14', 'e34509b1623cec449dfeb73d7ce9c6c6')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libmatheval/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libmatheval/package.py
index 223f6b4a8e..a37c15e10f 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libmatheval/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libmatheval/package.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class Libmatheval(AutotoolsPackage):
     compute symbolic derivatives and output expressions to strings."""
 
     homepage = "https://www.gnu.org/software/libmatheval/"
-    url      = "https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libmatheval/libmatheval-1.1.11.tar.gz"
+    url      = "https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/libmatheval/libmatheval-1.1.11.tar.gz"
 
     version('1.1.11', '595420ea60f6ddd75623847f46ca45c4')
 
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libsigsegv/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libsigsegv/package.py
index e625d238ef..70bf343458 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libsigsegv/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libsigsegv/package.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ class Libsigsegv(AutotoolsPackage):
     """GNU libsigsegv is a library for handling page faults in user mode."""
 
     homepage = "https://www.gnu.org/software/libsigsegv/"
-    url      = "https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libsigsegv/libsigsegv-2.11.tar.gz"
+    url      = "https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/libsigsegv/libsigsegv-2.11.tar.gz"
 
     patch('patch.new_config_guess', when='@2.10')
 
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libtool/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libtool/package.py
index b0b8208bb9..b2490cc941 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libtool/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libtool/package.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ class Libtool(AutotoolsPackage):
     """libtool -- library building part of autotools."""
 
     homepage = 'https://www.gnu.org/software/libtool/'
-    url = 'http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/libtool/libtool-2.4.2.tar.gz'
+    url      = 'https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/libtool/libtool-2.4.2.tar.gz'
 
     version('develop', git='https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/libtool.git',
             branch='master', submodules=True)
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libunistring/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libunistring/package.py
index 52b29dda56..ff69c02247 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libunistring/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libunistring/package.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class Libunistring(AutotoolsPackage):
     and for manipulating C strings according to the Unicode standard."""
 
     homepage = "https://www.gnu.org/software/libunistring/"
-    url      = "http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libunistring/libunistring-0.9.7.tar.xz"
+    url      = "https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/libunistring/libunistring-0.9.7.tar.xz"
 
     version('0.9.7', '82e0545363d111bfdfec2ddbfe62ffd3')
     version('0.9.6', 'cb09c398020c27edac10ca590e9e9ef3')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/m4/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/m4/package.py
index 35adc3c0af..0265accf5f 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/m4/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/m4/package.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ class M4(AutotoolsPackage):
     """GNU M4 is an implementation of the traditional Unix macro processor."""
 
     homepage = "https://www.gnu.org/software/m4/m4.html"
-    url      = "https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/m4/m4-1.4.18.tar.gz"
+    url      = "https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/m4/m4-1.4.18.tar.gz"
 
     version('1.4.18', 'a077779db287adf4e12a035029002d28')
     version('1.4.17', 'a5e9954b1dae036762f7b13673a2cf76')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/mpc/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/mpc/package.py
index 77e293c3bf..e7b591c0fe 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/mpc/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/mpc/package.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ class Mpc(AutotoolsPackage):
        result."""
 
     homepage = "http://www.multiprecision.org"
-    url      = "https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/mpc/mpc-1.1.0.tar.gz"
+    url      = "https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/mpc/mpc-1.1.0.tar.gz"
     list_url = "http://www.multiprecision.org/mpc/download.html"
 
     version('1.1.0', '4125404e41e482ec68282a2e687f6c73')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/mpfr/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/mpfr/package.py
index 67c07b66e7..3b385aabe5 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/mpfr/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/mpfr/package.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class Mpfr(AutotoolsPackage):
        floating-point computations with correct rounding."""
 
     homepage = "http://www.mpfr.org"
-    url      = "https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/mpfr/mpfr-4.0.1.tar.bz2"
+    url      = "https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/mpfr/mpfr-4.0.1.tar.bz2"
 
     version('4.0.1', '8c21d8ac7460493b2b9f3ef3cc610454')
     version('4.0.0', 'ef619f3bb68039e35c4a219e06be72d0')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/ncurses/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/ncurses/package.py
index cc1b6a7287..a8ff84755b 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/ncurses/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/ncurses/package.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class Ncurses(AutotoolsPackage):
     SYSV-curses enhancements over BSD curses."""
 
     homepage = "http://invisible-island.net/ncurses/ncurses.html"
-    url      = "http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/ncurses/ncurses-6.1.tar.gz"
+    url      = "https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/ncurses/ncurses-6.1.tar.gz"
 
     version('6.1', '98c889aaf8d23910d2b92d65be2e737a')
     version('6.0', 'ee13d052e1ead260d7c28071f46eefb1')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/nettle/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/nettle/package.py
index 60a76789ac..5c1855c523 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/nettle/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/nettle/package.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class Nettle(AutotoolsPackage):
     that is designed to fit easily in many contexts."""
 
     homepage = "https://www.lysator.liu.se/~nisse/nettle/"
-    url      = "http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/nettle/nettle-3.3.tar.gz"
+    url      = "https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/nettle/nettle-3.3.tar.gz"
 
     version('3.4',   'dc0f13028264992f58e67b4e8915f53d')
     version('3.3',   '10f969f78a463704ae73529978148dbe')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/octave/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/octave/package.py
index 2076725bb1..5587e79396 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/octave/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/octave/package.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class Octave(AutotoolsPackage):
     Matlab. It may also be used as a batch-oriented language."""
 
     homepage = "https://www.gnu.org/software/octave/"
-    url      = "https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/octave/octave-4.0.0.tar.gz"
+    url      = "https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/octave/octave-4.0.0.tar.gz"
 
     extendable = True
 
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/parallel/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/parallel/package.py
index 97d0abfc1c..eab85c166b 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/parallel/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/parallel/package.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ class Parallel(AutotoolsPackage):
     """
 
     homepage = "http://www.gnu.org/software/parallel/"
-    url      = "http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/parallel/parallel-20170122.tar.bz2"
+    url      = "https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/parallel/parallel-20170122.tar.bz2"
 
     version('20170322', '4fe1b8d2e3974d26c77f0b514988214d')
     version('20170122', 'c9f0ec01463dc75dbbf292fd8be5f1eb')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/patch/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/patch/package.py
index 8177a3ba5a..7b7ed2b19f 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/patch/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/patch/package.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ class Patch(AutotoolsPackage):
     """
 
     homepage = "http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/patch/"
-    url      = "http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/patch/patch-2.7.6.tar.xz"
+    url      = "https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/patch/patch-2.7.6.tar.xz"
 
     version('2.7.6', '78ad9937e4caadcba1526ef1853730d5')
     version('2.7.5', 'e3da7940431633fb65a01b91d3b7a27a')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/readline/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/readline/package.py
index 8a48361f1b..2e83fc4e82 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/readline/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/readline/package.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class Readline(AutotoolsPackage):
     csh-like history expansion on previous commands."""
 
     homepage = "http://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/php/chet/readline/rltop.html"
-    url      = "https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/readline/readline-7.0.tar.gz"
+    url      = "https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/readline/readline-7.0.tar.gz"
 
     version('7.0', '205b03a87fc83dab653b628c59b9fc91')
     version('6.3', '33c8fb279e981274f485fd91da77e94a')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/screen/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/screen/package.py
index 40bcf4b5b4..cb1daf4da7 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/screen/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/screen/package.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ class Screen(AutotoolsPackage):
     """
 
     homepage = "https://www.gnu.org/software/screen/"
-    url      = "http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/screen/screen-4.3.1.tar.gz"
+    url      = "https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/screen/screen-4.3.1.tar.gz"
 
     version('4.6.2', 'a0f529d3333b128dfaa324d978ba73a8')
     version('4.3.1', '5bb3b0ff2674e29378c31ad3411170ad')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/sed/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/sed/package.py
index 4bf6fa56d3..90ad6729ee 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/sed/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/sed/package.py
@@ -28,6 +28,6 @@ from spack import *
 class Sed(AutotoolsPackage):
     """GNU implementation of the famous stream editor."""
     homepage = "http://www.gnu.org/software/sed/"
-    url      = "http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/sed/sed-4.2.2.tar.bz2"
+    url      = "https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/sed/sed-4.2.2.tar.bz2"
 
     version('4.2.2', '7ffe1c7cdc3233e1e0c4b502df253974')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/stow/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/stow/package.py
index 2e539b7e88..efea5991ad 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/stow/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/stow/package.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class Stow(AutotoolsPackage):
        installed in the same place."""
 
     homepage = "https://www.gnu.org/software/stow/"
-    url      = "https://mirrors.kernel.org/gnu/stow/stow-2.2.2.tar.bz2"
+    url      = "https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/stow/stow-2.2.2.tar.bz2"
 
     version('2.2.2', 'af1e1de9d973c835bee80c745b5ee849')
     version('2.2.0', '5bb56592eff9aaf9dfb6c975b3004240')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/tar/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/tar/package.py
index af78a051bd..92674de7f8 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/tar/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/tar/package.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class Tar(AutotoolsPackage):
     other kinds of manipulation."""
 
     homepage = "https://www.gnu.org/software/tar/"
-    url = "https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/tar/tar-1.29.tar.gz"
+    url      = "https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/tar/tar-1.29.tar.gz"
 
     version('1.30', 'e0c5ed59e4dd33d765d6c90caadd3c73')
     version('1.29', 'cae466e6e58c7292355e7080248f244db3a4cf755f33f4fa25ca7f9a7ed09af0')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/texinfo/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/texinfo/package.py
index 487f5f2e45..10a1a4ba52 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/texinfo/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/texinfo/package.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class Texinfo(AutotoolsPackage):
     of the time. It is used by many non-GNU projects as well."""
 
     homepage = "https://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/"
-    url      = "http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/texinfo/texinfo-6.0.tar.gz"
+    url      = "https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/texinfo/texinfo-6.0.tar.gz"
 
     version('6.5', '94e8f7149876793030e5518dd8d6e956')
     version('6.3', '9b08daca9bf8eccae9b0f884aba41f9e')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/units/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/units/package.py
index d5f437a6f1..a855969fac 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/units/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/units/package.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ class Units(AutotoolsPackage):
     """GNU units converts between different systems of units"""
 
     homepage = "https://www.gnu.org/software/units/"
-    url      = "https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/units/units-2.13.tar.gz"
+    url      = "https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/units/units-2.13.tar.gz"
 
     version('2.13', '5cbf2a6af76e94ba0ac55fc8d99d5a3e')
 
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/wget/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/wget/package.py
index d3ebfbd0fb..85c750252a 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/wget/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/wget/package.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ class Wget(AutotoolsPackage):
     cron jobs, terminals without X-Windows support, etc."""
 
     homepage = "http://www.gnu.org/software/wget/"
-    url      = "http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/wget/wget-1.19.1.tar.gz"
+    url      = "https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/wget/wget-1.19.1.tar.gz"
 
     version('1.19.1', '87cea36b7161fd43e3fd51a4e8b89689')
     version('1.17',   'c4c4727766f24ac716936275014a0536')