297185 - XMLHttpRequest extra CRLF when posting XML document

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 246651

(Core :: XML, defect)

Description

[Anand Aiyer]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322)
Build Identifier: 

XMLHttpRequest when creating and posting an XML Document adds a preceeding 
extra CRLF, which goes againist RFC 2616 :

"Certain buggy HTTP/1.0 client implementations generate extra CRLF's after a 
POST request. To restate what is
explicitly forbidden by the BNF, an HTTP/1.1 client MUST NOT preface or follow 
a request with an extra
CRLF."

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Post any XML document

Actual Results:  
Adds preceeding CRLF

Expected Results:  
Should not add preceeding CRLF

Comment 1

[Christian :Biesinger (don't email me, ping me on IRC)]

duplicate of bug 246651, I believe.

what product+version were you testing in? please always include that information.

Comment 2

[Anand Aiyer]

The branch that I am using is the Firefox 1.0.4 one. The latest firefox 
release... It seems to be a duplicate of bug 246651.. 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 246651 ***

Comment 3

[Christian :Biesinger (don't email me, ping me on IRC)]

well, you might've tested in deer park instead. or a trunk nightly build.

anyway, vrfy.