* methods/http{s,}.cc:

  - if a file without an extension is requested send an 'Accept: text/*'
    header to avoid that the server chooses unsupported compressed files
    in a content-negotation attempt (Closes: #657560)

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/methods/http.cc b/methods/http.cc
index b8ed43cd2..2721b1224 100644
--- a/methods/http.cc
+++ b/methods/http.cc
@@ -716,7 +716,19 @@ void HttpMethod::SendReq(FetchItem *Itm,CircleBuf &Out)
       }
    }
 
-   
+   // If we ask for uncompressed files servers might respond with content-
+   // negotation which lets us end up with compressed files we do not support,
+   // see 657029, 657560 and co, so if we have no extension on the request
+   // ask for text only. As a sidenote: If there is nothing to negotate servers
+   // seem to be nice and ignore it.
+   if (_config->FindB("Acquire::http::SendAccept", true) == true)
+   {
+      size_t const filepos = Itm->Uri.find_last_of('/');
+      string const file = Itm->Uri.substr(filepos + 1);
+      if (flExtension(file) == file)
+	 strcat(Buf,"Accept: text/*\r\n");
+   }
+
    string Req = Buf;
 
    // Check for a partial file