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[PATCH 0/2] substitute: Handle closing connections to substitute servers.

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From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: Christopher Baines <mail <at> cbaines.net>
Cc: 47174 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: [bug#47174] [PATCH 0/2] substitute: Handle closing connections to substitute servers.
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2021 21:36:01 +0100

Christopher Baines <mail <at> cbaines.net> skribis:

> When reusing a HTTP connection to fetch multiple nars, and the remote server
> signals that the connection should be closed.
>
> * guix/scripts/substitute.scm (process-substitution): Close connections to
> substitute servers when a Connection: close header is specified in the
> response.

In the context of <https://issues.guix.gnu.org/47157>, honoring
“Connection: close” isn’t enough.  We need to handle the case where the
server didn’t express the intent to close the connection but eventually
closed it after some time.

Does that make sense?

Ludo’.

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