[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Wed, 12 Jun 2002, Justin Erenkrantz wrote: > > > I noticed that when issuing a HEAD request on a CGI page (trying > > unsuccessfully to reproduce the showstopper), the Content-Length is > > not returned. > > > > RFC 2616 Section 9.4: > > > > The metainformation contained in the HTTP headers in response to a > > HEAD request SHOULD be identical to the information sent in response > > to a GET request. > > > > Obviously, there's wiggle-room here, but we could be nice and send > > the Content-Length. This does make the cost of a HEAD be equivalent > > to a GET (except for network I/O), but it ensures identical headers > > returned to the client. (Apache 1.3 doesn't send C-L either...) > > > > Thoughts? -- justin > > This has been discussed before, and every time it is, we state > unequivicably that we need to return the C-L. Not because the spec says > we need to, but because it is the correct thing to do.
or to make it more general, any time the output of a HEAD request differs from the output of a GET request other than not having a body, that's a bug. Greg
