GNU bug report logs - #36350
[2.2.5] ‘read-headers’ blocks, thereby breaking web servers

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Package: guile;

Reported by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>

Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2019 10:33:02 UTC

Severity: important

Done: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #13 received at 36350 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Dan Frumin <dfrumin <at> cs.ru.nl>
To: 36350 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [2.2.5] ‘read-headers’ blocks, thereby breaking web servers
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2019 14:44:58 +0200

By the way, I've just tested the web server in Google Chrome, and it works fine!

I was told that a (potential) reason for that is that Chrome sends TCP FIN to the server, which closes the socket for reading, and then 
`lookahead-char` sees eof.

Best,
Dan
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