cpython/Misc
Miss Islington (bot) b391b9b925
bpo-43972: Set content-length to 0 for http.server.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler 301s (GH-25705)
* Set content-length for simple http server 301s

When http.server.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler sends a 301 (Moved
Permanently) due to a missing file, it does not set a Content-Length
of 0. Unfortunately, certain clients can be left waiting for the
connection to be closed in this circumstance, even though no body
will be sent. At time of writing, both curl and Firefox demonstrate
this behavior.

* Test Content-Length on simple http server redirect

When serving a redirect, the SimpleHTTPRequestHandler will now send
`Content-Length: 0`. Several tests for http.server already cover
various behaviors and checks including redirection. This change only
adds one check for the expected Content-Length on the simplest case
for a redirect.

* Add news entry for SimpleHTTPRequestHandler fix

* Clarify the specific kind of 301

Co-authored-by: Senthil Kumaran <skumaran@gatech.edu>
(cherry picked from commit fb42725561)

Co-authored-by: Stephen Rosen <sirosen@globus.org>
2021-05-06 12:50:54 -07:00
..
NEWS.d bpo-43972: Set content-length to 0 for http.server.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler 301s (GH-25705) 2021-05-06 12:50:54 -07:00
ACKS bpo-32822: Add finally with return/break/continue to the tutorial (GH-25600) (#25890) 2021-05-04 15:17:21 +02:00
coverity_model.c
gdbinit
HISTORY
indent.pro
Porting
python-config.in
python-config.sh.in
python-embed.pc.in
python-wing3.wpr
python-wing4.wpr
python-wing5.wpr
python.man bpo-41525: Make the Python program help ASCII-only (GH-21836) 2020-09-08 17:47:53 -07:00
python.pc.in
README
README.AIX
README.coverity
README.valgrind
requirements-test.txt bpo-40503: PEP 615: Tests and implementation for zoneinfo (GH-19909) 2020-05-16 10:20:06 +02:00
SpecialBuilds.txt
svnmap.txt
valgrind-python.supp
vgrindefs

Python Misc subdirectory
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This directory contains files that wouldn't fit in elsewhere.  Some
documents are only of historic importance.

Files found here
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ACKS                    Acknowledgements
gdbinit                 Handy stuff to put in your .gdbinit file, if you use gdb
HISTORY                 News from previous releases -- oldest last
indent.pro              GNU indent profile approximating my C style
NEWS                    News for this release (for some meaning of "this")
Porting                 Mini-FAQ on porting to new platforms
python-config.in        Python script template for python-config
python.man              UNIX man page for the python interpreter
python.pc.in            Package configuration info template for pkg-config
python-wing*.wpr        Wing IDE project file
README                  The file you're reading now
README.AIX              Information about using Python on AIX
README.coverity         Information about running Coverity's Prevent on Python
README.valgrind         Information for Valgrind users, see valgrind-python.supp
SpecialBuilds.txt       Describes extra symbols you can set for debug builds
svnmap.txt              Map of old SVN revs and branches to hg changeset ids,
                        help history-digging
valgrind-python.supp    Valgrind suppression file, see README.valgrind
vgrindefs               Python configuration for vgrind (a generic pretty printer)