[ nagiosplug-Bugs-3571331 ] check_http converts semicolon to newline in -k

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Bugs item #3571331, was opened at 2012-09-24 14:14
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Category: Argument proccessing
Group: release-1.4.15
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Private: No
Submitted By: RudolfPotucekSmart (rpsmart)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: check_http converts semicolon to newline in -k 

Initial Comment:
When trying to pass Accept: headers, which are supposed to contain semicolons, using the -k option then the semicolon is converted to a newline (verified using snapshot version 1.4.16-38-g4cdd on RHEL 6.3 and recording request using tcpdump:

call:

./nagios-plugins-1.4.16-38-g4cdd/plugins/check_http -I obfuscated -H obfuscated -k 'Accept: application/json;charset=UTF-8' -u obfuscated

tcpdump / wireshark:

GET ofuscated HTTP/1.1
User-Agent: check_http/v1.4.16-38-g4cdd (nagios-plugins 1.4.16)
Connection: close
Host: obfuscated
Accept: application/json
charset=UTF-8

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