[ python-Bugs-1680312 ] httplib fails to parse response on HEAD request

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Bugs item #1680312, was opened at 2007-03-13 23:33
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Category: Python Library
Group: Python 2.5
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Private: No
Submitted By: Patrick Altman (altman)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: httplib fails to parse response on HEAD request

Initial Comment:
When attempting to get the response headers to a HEAD request, httplib hangs and then eventually throws an exception.

Details can be found in the following post:
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/ff9fa7c5e6dbea7f/

Thanks,
Patrick Altman
paltman at gmail.com


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