Adding "Expect:" to the header list stops libcurl from sending a
Expect header at all.
Before, a dummy Expect header was added that might confuse HTTP
proxies and result in HTTP error code 417 being reported.
---
src/esx/esx_vi.c | 4 ++--
1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/esx/esx_vi.c b/src/esx/esx_vi.c
index 14ad50a..6004aac 100644
--- a/src/esx/esx_vi.c
+++ b/src/esx/esx_vi.c
@@ -293,14 +293,14 @@ esxVI_CURL_Connect(esxVI_CURL *curl, esxUtil_ParsedUri *parsedUri)
"Content-Type: text/xml; charset=UTF-8");
/*
- * Add a dummy expect header to stop CURL from waiting for a response code
+ * Add an empty expect header to stop CURL from waiting for a response code
* 100 (Continue) from the server before continuing the POST operation.
* Waiting for this response would slowdown each communication with the
* server by approx. 2 sec, because the server doesn't send the expected
* 100 (Continue) response and the wait times out resulting in wasting
* approx. 2 sec per POST operation.
*/
- curl->headers = curl_slist_append(curl->headers, "Expect: nothing");
+ curl->headers = curl_slist_append(curl->headers, "Expect:");
if (curl->headers == NULL) {
ESX_VI_ERROR(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR, "%s",
--
1.7.4.1
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