[rfc][icedtea-web] PR835: javaws findBestUrl leaks TCP connections

[Omair Majid]

Hi Adam,

On 02/12/2013 10:23 AM, Adam Domurad wrote:
> Seems I have found a server that does not support HEAD requests -- the
> one temporarily set up by the reproducer system :-)
> This very simple patch will handle HEAD requests well enough. The patch
> itself has worked with any source I've tried.
> After this patch the test system behaves properly with the patch.

The documentation for HEAD [1] says that it must not return a response
body. Would it take significantly more effort to make HEAD work that way
in the test server? I would feel happier knowing there is one less
difference to worry about when writing reproducers and running tests.

Thanks,
Omair

[1] http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec9.html#sec9.4
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