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bug#53201: string->uri-reference rejects domain names with final ‘.’
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Tobias Geerinckx-Rice |
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bug#53201: string->uri-reference rejects domain names with final ‘.’ |
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Wed, 12 Jan 2022 03:56:17 +0100 |
Guilers,
What the subject says :-) Omitting the final dot is optional (and
common), not mandatory.
scheme@(guile-user)> (string->uri-reference "http://x.org";)
$1 = #<<uri> … host: "x.org" …>
scheme@(guile-user)> (string->uri-reference "http://x.org.";)
$2 = #f ; wrong!
This actually breaks redirects in the wild:
Starting download […]
From
https://pyropus.ca/software/getmail/old-versions/getmail-5.16.tar.gz...
Bad uri-reference header component:
https://pyropus.ca./software/getmail/old-versions/getmail-5.16.tar.gz
Kind regards,
T G-R
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