Subject: bug#11981: 24.1.50; url-http-parse-headers should not disable file name handlers since it breaks auth-source

From: Stefan Monnier <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 06 Aug 2012 12:01:13 -0400

> @@ -246,18 +246,24 @@
>    "Return the directory part of FILE, for a URL."
>    (cond
>     ((null file) "")
> -   ((string-match "\\?" file)
> -    (file-name-directory (substring file 0 (match-beginning 0))))
> -   (t (file-name-directory file))))
> +   ((string-match "\\(\\?\\|%3[fF]\\)" file)
> +    (url-file-directory (substring file 0 (match-beginning 0))))

Should %3F really be treated like a ? (i.e. a special char that
delimits two different parts of a URL) rather than like "a normal ?
character encoded so as not to delimit two different parts of a URL"?

        Stefan