3 files changed, 22 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/perl-install/install/NEWS b/perl-install/install/NEWS
index 8a428c2e0..afa95f705 100644
--- a/perl-install/install/NEWS
+++ b/perl-install/install/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+- auto_install:
+  o allow "automatic=met:http,ser:server,dir:/pub/dir
+    kickstart=/pub/auto_inst.cfg" to get http://server/pub/auto_inst.cfg (#31474)
 - add /etc/mke2fs.conf in order to format ext3fs with 4k blocks (#27377)
 - diskdrake
   o fix 1.9TB displayed as 1TB
diff --git a/perl-install/install/http.pm b/perl-install/install/http.pm
index 75d026d0d..bf59c273b 100644
--- a/perl-install/install/http.pm
+++ b/perl-install/install/http.pm
@@ -14,6 +14,23 @@ sub getFile {
     my ($_size, $fh) = get_file_and_size($url) or return;
     $fh;
 }
+
+sub parse_url {
+    my ($url) = @_;
+    $url =~ m,^(?:http|ftp)://([^/:]+)(?::(\d+))?(/\S*)?$,;
+}
+
+sub get_file_and_size_ {
+    my ($f, $url) = @_;
+
+    if ($f =~ m!^/!) {
+	my ($host, $port, $_path) = parse_url($url);
+	get_file_and_size("http://$host" . ($port ? ":$port" : '') . $f);
+    } else {
+	get_file_and_size("$url/$f");
+    }
+}
+
 sub get_file_and_size {
     local ($^W) = 0;
 
@@ -21,7 +38,7 @@ sub get_file_and_size {
     $sock->close if $sock;
 
     # can be used for ftp urls (with http proxy)
-    my ($host, $port, $path) = $url =~ m,^(?:http|ftp)://([^/:]+)(?::(\d+))?(/\S*)?$,;
+    my ($host, $port, $path) = parse_url($url);
     defined $host or return undef;
 
     my $use_http_proxy = $ENV{PROXY} && $ENV{PROXYPORT};
diff --git a/perl-install/install/media.pm b/perl-install/install/media.pm
index 8944cff34..4468c7d53 100644
--- a/perl-install/install/media.pm
+++ b/perl-install/install/media.pm
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ sub get_file_and_size {
 	install::ftp::get_file_and_size($f, $phys_m->{url});
     } elsif ($phys_m->{method} eq "http") {
 	require install::http;
-	install::http::get_file_and_size("$phys_m->{url}/$f");
+	install::http::get_file_and_size_($f, $phys_m->{url});
     } elsif ($f =~ m!^/!) {
 	open_file_and_size($f);
     } elsif ($postinstall_rpms && -e "$postinstall_rpms/$f") {