[pkg-lynx-maint] Bug#1041686: Add support for HTTP Status Code 308 as described in RFC 7238 (with patch)

[Thomas Dickey]

On Sat, Jul 22, 2023 at 09:05:17AM +0200, Joey Schulze wrote:
> Package: lynx
> Version: 2.9.0dev.12-1
> Severity: wishlist
> Tags: patch upstream
> X-Debbugs-Cc: joey at infodrom.org
> 
> Hi,
> 
> please add support for HTTP Status Code 308 (Permanent Redirect) to
> lynx, at least for the request method GET.  This new code has been
> specified in RFC 7238 in 2014.
> 
> Attached please find a patch for the quilt system which can be easily
> integrated.

The patch duplicates the check for 301 as 308 (including copying a comment
by "FM", who's not been active for about 25 years.  I'm assuming that
modifying the if-statement for 301 would be what you had in mind.

-- 
Thomas E. Dickey <dickey at invisible-island.net>
https://invisible-island.net
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