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Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin/fetch/http.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | usr.bin/fetch/http.c | 23 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/fetch/http.c b/usr.bin/fetch/http.c index e6795eb..815cc7d 100644 --- a/usr.bin/fetch/http.c +++ b/usr.bin/fetch/http.c @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ * OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF * SUCH DAMAGE. * - * $Id: http.c,v 1.24 1999/01/15 17:10:31 wollman Exp $ + * $Id: http.c,v 1.25 1999/02/03 20:24:53 fenner Exp $ */ #include <sys/types.h> @@ -703,7 +703,6 @@ got100reply: line[linelen - 1] = '\0'; /* turn line into a string */ status = http_first_line(line); - /* In the future, we might handle redirection and other responses. */ switch(status) { case 100: /* Continue */ goto got100reply; @@ -715,17 +714,29 @@ got100reply: /* can only happen when restarting */ break; case 301: /* Resource has moved permanently */ - if (!fs->fs_auto_retry) + if (fs->fs_auto_retry < 1) errstr = safe_strdup(line); else redirection = 301; break; case 302: /* Resource has moved temporarily */ /* - * We don't test fs->fs_auto_retry here so that this - * sort of redirection is transparent to the user. + * We formerly didn't test fs->fs_auto_retry here, + * so that this sort of redirection would be transparent + * to the user. Unfortunately, there are a lot of idiots + * out there running Web sites, and some of them have + * decided to implement the following stupidity: rather + * than returning the correct `404 Not Found' error + * when something is not found, they instead return + * a 302 redirect, giving the erroneous impression that + * the requested resource actually exists. This + * breaks any client which expects a non-existent resource + * to elicit a 40x response. Grrr. */ - redirection = 302; + if (fs->fs_auto_retry < 0) /* -A flag */ + errstr = safe_strdup(line); + else + redirection = 302; break; case 304: /* Object is unmodified */ if (fs->fs_mirror) { |
