libwww-perl / libwww-perl/HTTP-Cookies
HTTP::Cookies::Netscape: parser is too rigid [rt.cpan.org #53291]
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Migrated from rt.cpan.org#53291 (status was 'open')
Requestors:
- ansgar@43-1.org
From ansgar@43-1.org on 2010-01-02 17:19:44:
Hi,
the attached bug report was filed by Gabor Kiss in the Debian BTS [1].
Please consider being more liberal with the magic line in
HTTP::Cookies::Netscape::load().
Regards,
Ansgar
[1] http://bugs.debian.org/563193
From ether@cpan.org on 2017-01-25 21:39:18:
migrated queues: libwww-perl -> HTTP-Cookies
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Research direction
Start by reading HTTP::Cookies::Netscape::load() and the migrated rt.cpan.org#53291 report, including the linked Debian bug, to determine which magic-line forms the parser currently rejects. Done means making the magic-line handling more liberal as requested and verifying that the reported case is accepted.
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