[BusyBox 0001530]: Patch: added support for HTTP "HEAD" request method

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The following issue has been SUBMITTED. 
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http://busybox.net/bugs/view.php?id=1530 
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Reported By:                johny
Assigned To:                BusyBox
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Project:                    BusyBox
Issue ID:                   1530
Category:                   New Features
Reproducibility:            always
Severity:                   feature
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     assigned
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Date Submitted:             10-15-2007 19:46 PDT
Last Modified:              10-15-2007 19:46 PDT
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Summary:                    Patch: added support for HTTP "HEAD" request method
Description: 
Hi,

We recently came across a need for support for the HTTP "HEAD" request
method in the httpd module (in order to support basic JNLP), so here's a
small patch to add that to 1.1.3. Apologies for being against such an old
release, but we're not yet in a position to upgrade to something newer.
Hopefully it won't take much to make it apply to more recent versions.

Considering that there's very little overhead required for supporting HEAD
in addition to GET, and the utility of HEAD to avoid pulling down files
unnecessarily, this might be worthwhile to include.

The patch is small, but it might be possible to make it even smaller - I
make no claim that this is the most optimal patch.

I've done basic testing against both plains files and CGI scripts, and it
appears to Do The Right Thing.

Cheers,
/Johny
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Issue History 
Date Modified   Username       Field                    Change               
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10-15-07 19:46  johny          New Issue                                    
10-15-07 19:46  johny          Status                   new => assigned     
10-15-07 19:46  johny          Assigned To               => BusyBox         
10-15-07 19:46  johny          File Added: busybox_httpd_head.patch             
      
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