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[2.0.6] web client: fails to parse 404 header

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From: Daniel Hartwig <mandyke <at> gmail.com>
To: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 12827 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#12827: [2.0.6] web client: fails to parse 404 header
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2012 23:18:00 +0800

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On 27 November 2012 20:50, Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org> wrote:
> Sure.  But then again, the goal was just to have a hack that would solve
> the problem initially reported here, while waiting for a proper fix.

Avoiding an obvious parser error, but introducing subtle problems with
the objects.  The reported bug has been present since always with (web
uri).

>
> I’m open to suggestions.  It seems to me that it’s either this or your
> patches against (web uri).  WDYT?

I still don't like the API in those patches, and don't think it is
tested enough against, e.g., reading and writing all combinations of
headers and idempotent (?) across read-write cycles (a quick check
just showed that it wasn't, due to write-uri in (web http)).

Anyway, if you like to fix this bug, I have isolated the changes to
string->uri, just enough to handle these headers without introducing
any API changes (which can come later, after refinement).

Attached a patch against current stable-2.0.

Regards

[0001-web-client-correctly-handle-uri-query-etc.-in-relati.patch (application/octet-stream, attachment)]

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