Re: force chunked encoding from polipo to client

> I have to use a (ill-behaved) client REQUIRING that replies from the
> server should be encoded in chunks.

Gosh.

> I've set up polipo between the client and the server: it ALMOST works:
> replies from the proxy to the client start with chunked encoding, but
> after some packets are received, it seems that polipo buffers some
> replies from the server (that are in chunks themselves) and falls back to
> a "Content-length" encoding

Yep.  Using Content-Length, when the length is known, is more efficient
than using chunked encoding.

> Is it possible to force polipo to always use chunked encoding between the
> proxy and the client ?

In client.c, line 1733, remove the test that says

  request->to < 0 && object->length < 0

to unconditionally used chunked encoding with HTTP/1.1 clients.

                                        Juliusz


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