[PATCH] LWP::Simple::get non-absolute redirects.

[Gisle Aas]

This patch improves the way LWP::Simple::get deals with non-absolute
redirects.  When this happens it is really the server that does not
know how to speak HTTP, but anyway...


Index: lib/LWP/Simple.pm
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RCS file: /cvsroot/libwww-perl/lwp5/lib/LWP/Simple.pm,v
retrieving revision 1.34
diff -u -p -u -r1.34 Simple.pm
--- Simple.pm   2001/04/10 17:16:34     1.34
+++ Simple.pm   2001/07/21 03:07:41
@@ -281,6 +281,12 @@ sub _get
        return _trivial_http_get($host, $port, $path);
     } else {
         _init_ua() unless $ua;
+       if (@_ && $url !~ /^\w+:/) {
+           # non-absolute redirect from &_trivial_http_get
+           my($host, $port, $path) = @_;
+           require URI;
+           $url = URI->new_abs($url, "http://$host:$port$path";);
+       }
        my $request = HTTP::Request->new(GET => $url);
        my $response = $ua->request($request);
        return $response->is_success ? $response->content : undef;
@@ -320,7 +326,7 @@ sub _trivial_http_get
            # redirect
            my $url = $1;
            return undef if $loop_check{$url}++;
-           return _get($url);
+           return _get($url, $host, $port, $path);
        }
        return undef unless $code =~ /^2/;
        $buf =~ s/.+?\015?\012\015?\012//s;  # zap header