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[svn] Removed statement that redirect in response to POST is "technically

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disallowed", which I cannot find in rfc2616 nor in rfc1945.  Even if that
were technically the case, the widespreadedness of such responses would make
the prohibition irrelevant.
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2005-05-30 Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@xemacs.org>
* wget.texi (HTTP Options): Removed statement that redirect in
response to POST is "technically disallowed", which I cannot find
in rfc2616 nor in rfc1945. Even if that were technically the
case, the widespreadedness of such responses would make the
prohibition irrelevant.
2005-05-14 Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@xemacs.org> 2005-05-14 Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@xemacs.org>
* wget.texi (Overview): Document --[no-]proxy as primarily being * wget.texi (Overview): Document --[no-]proxy as primarily being

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can't know that until it receives a response, which in turn requires the can't know that until it receives a response, which in turn requires the
request to have been completed -- a chicken-and-egg problem. request to have been completed -- a chicken-and-egg problem.
Note: if Wget is redirected after the POST request is completed, it will Note: if Wget is redirected after the POST request is completed, it
not send the POST data to the redirected URL. This is because URLs that will not send the POST data to the redirected URL. This is because
process POST often respond with a redirection to a regular page URLs that process POST often respond with a redirection to a regular
(although that's technically disallowed), which does not desire or page, which does not desire or accept POST. It is not completely
accept POST. It is not yet clear that this behavior is optimal; if it clear that this behavior is optimal; if it doesn't work out, it might
doesn't work out, it will be changed. be changed in the future.
This example shows how to log to a server using POST and then proceed to This example shows how to log to a server using POST and then proceed to
download the desired pages, presumably only accessible to authorized download the desired pages, presumably only accessible to authorized