libwww-perl / libwww-perl/HTTP-Cookies
HTTP::Cookies::Netscape bug in cookie file magic [rt.cpan.org #55634]
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Migrated from rt.cpan.org#55634 (status was 'open')
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- lexszero@gmail.com
From lexszero@gmail.com on 2010-03-16 17:41:22:
Using Perl-5.10.1, libwww-perl-5.834
HTTP::Cookies::Netscape don't read cookies from cookies file with the following header:
# HTTP cookie file.
# Generated by Wget on 2010-03-16 20:01:49.
# Edit at your own risk.
Fixed with changing first line to "# HTTP Cookie File."
Official Netscape cookie file spec page http://www.netscape.com/newsref/std/cookie_spec.html seems dead, so I don't know if this magic line ever must present.
Maybe just remove magic line checking?
From ether@cpan.org on 2017-01-25 21:39:24:
migrated queues: libwww-perl -> HTTP-Cookies
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Start by locating the HTTP::Cookies::Netscape code that checks the cookie-file magic header. Reproduce the issue with the Wget header shown in the report and compare it with the accepted capitalization. Done means the reported Netscape-format cookie file is read correctly, with coverage for the header behavior.
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