Re: [Lynx-dev] Lynx doesn't follow 30* redirect if the Location is the same

[David Woolley]

On 15/01/15 14:40, Martin Tournoij wrote:

> If I do a request:
>
>    POST /test
>
> and this returns a 303 with:
>
>      Location /test
>
> Lynx decides not to redirect to the new /test URL...
> If I change either the original request or the Location response to
> include a query parameter (ie. s=t), Lynx redirects as expected.
>
> Is this a bug or a feature? All browsers that I tested properly
> redirect, except for Lynx and derivatives (Links, ELinks).

What was the most recent GET?  If the sequence was:

GET /test
POST /test
303 (Location=/Test)

This is allowable, in the absence of conflicting cache-control directives.

If the sequence was:

GET /trial
POST /test
303 (Location=/Test)

it is a bug.