Bugs item #1810273, was opened at 2007-10-09 16:40
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Category: http
Group: hang
Status: Closed
Resolution: Invalid
Priority: 5
Private: No
Submitted By: Erik Hetzner (egh)
Assigned to: Daniel Stenberg (bagder)
Summary: curl hangs on compliant response to -X HEAD request

Initial Comment:
When receiving a compliant response from -X HEAD request curl hangs due to Content-Length header but no actual content. Correct behavior is observed when using the --head/-I option. Perhaps -X HEAD could use the logic from --head?

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>Comment By: Erik Hetzner (egh)
Date: 2007-10-09 21:38

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Thank you.

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Comment By: Daniel Stenberg (bagder)
Date: 2007-10-09 20:58

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This is by design.

You don't change behavior with -X, you just change the request keyword
used in the actual request. All other parts of (lib)curl act as if it had
the original keyword - the CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST option was in fact
modified just hours ago to mention this fact.

Thus, you use --head/-I to do a HEAD that acts like a true HEAD. You use
-X HEAD to do a HEAD that acts like a GET.

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Received on 2007-10-09