diff --git a/mesonbuild/wrap/wrap.py b/mesonbuild/wrap/wrap.py
index 8ad341825..c8c42e708 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/wrap/wrap.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/wrap/wrap.py
@@ -68,17 +68,20 @@ def open_wrapdburl(urlstring: str) -> 'http.client.HTTPResponse':
             return urllib.request.urlopen(urlstring, timeout=req_timeout)# , context=build_ssl_context())
         except urllib.error.URLError:
             if not ssl_warning_printed:
-                print('SSL connection failed. Falling back to unencrypted connections.')
+                print('SSL connection failed. Falling back to unencrypted connections.', file=sys.stderr)
                 ssl_warning_printed = True
     if not ssl_warning_printed:
-        print('Warning: SSL not available, traffic not authenticated.',
-              file=sys.stderr)
+        print('Warning: SSL not available, traffic not authenticated.', file=sys.stderr)
         ssl_warning_printed = True
     # Trying to open SSL connection to wrapdb fails because the
     # certificate is not known.
     if urlstring.startswith('https'):
         urlstring = 'http' + urlstring[5:]
-    return urllib.request.urlopen(urlstring, timeout=req_timeout)
+    try:
+        return urllib.request.urlopen(urlstring, timeout=req_timeout)
+    except urllib.error.URLError:
+        raise WrapException('failed to get {} is the internet available?'.format(urlstring))
+
 
 class WrapException(MesonException):
     pass
@@ -306,7 +309,10 @@ class Resolver:
         if url.startswith('https://wrapdb.mesonbuild.com'):
             resp = open_wrapdburl(url)
         else:
-            resp = urllib.request.urlopen(url, timeout=req_timeout)
+            try:
+                resp = urllib.request.urlopen(url, timeout=req_timeout)
+            except urllib.error.URLError:
+                raise WrapException('could not get {} is the internet available?'.format(url))
         with contextlib.closing(resp) as resp:
             try:
                 dlsize = int(resp.info()['Content-Length'])
diff --git a/mesonbuild/wrap/wraptool.py b/mesonbuild/wrap/wraptool.py
index a9d83fc83..cd15cef55 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/wrap/wraptool.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/wrap/wraptool.py
@@ -124,11 +124,11 @@ def update(options):
         raise SystemExit('Subprojects dir not found. Run this command in your source root directory.')
     wrapfile = os.path.join('subprojects', name + '.wrap')
     if not os.path.exists(wrapfile):
-        raise SystemExit('Project', name, 'is not in use.')
+        raise SystemExit('Project ' + name + ' is not in use.')
     (branch, revision, subdir, src_file, patch_file) = get_current_version(wrapfile)
     (new_branch, new_revision) = get_latest_version(name)
     if new_branch == branch and new_revision == revision:
-        print('Project', name, 'is already up to date.')
+        print('Project ' + name + ' is already up to date.')
         raise SystemExit
     update_wrap_file(wrapfile, name, new_branch, new_revision)
     shutil.rmtree(os.path.join('subprojects', subdir), ignore_errors=True)
diff --git a/test cases/common/91 dep fallback/tester.c b/test cases/common/91 dep fallback/tester.c
index e6651d961..a46f3f629 100644
--- a/test cases/common/91 dep fallback/tester.c	
+++ b/test cases/common/91 dep fallback/tester.c	
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #include<string.h>
 #include<stdio.h>
 
-int main(int argc, char **argv) {
+int main(void) {
     if(strcmp("bob", get_bob()) == 0) {
         printf("Bob is indeed bob.\n");
     } else {