Re: [PATCH] esx: Correctly disable HTTP Expect header usage of libcurl

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On 02/20/2012 02:38 PM, Matthias Bolte wrote:
> 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:");

ACK.

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