[erlang-patches] HTTP PUT/POST fail when content-length is zero

[Fredrik]

On 03/02/2013 06:17 AM, Carl Meijer wrote:
> Hi,
>
> The content-length header is removed from PUTs/POSTs when the length
> is zero. Servers are rejecting PUTs/POSTs without the content length
> with a 411 response code
>
> RFC2616 states that a content length of zero is valid.
>
> I have added a test for this bug. I am not sure that I have added it
> to the correct suite (http_format_SUITE) but it does demonstrate the
> problem and that the proposed fix solves this problem (no tests in the
> inets suite break as a result of the change).
>
> git fetch git://github.com/hammingweight/otp.git bug-http-content-length-zero
>
> https://github.com/hammingweight/otp/compare/bug-http-content-length-zero
>
> https://github.com/hammingweight/otp/compare/bug-http-content-length-zero.patch
>
> Regards,
> Carl
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Hello Carl,
I've fetched your patch and it is currently cooking in the 'pu' branch.
May be a duplicate patch on this matter but I'll look into it.

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BR Fredrik Gustafsson
Erlang OTP Team