[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #20434: cURL fails to follow redirects sometimes

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#20434: cURL fails to follow redirects sometimes
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 Reporter:  evansolomon                 |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)                |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                      |   Milestone:  3.4
Component:  HTTP                        |     Version:  3.4
 Severity:  critical                    |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-unit-tests has-patch  |
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Comment (by dd32):

 > Is there a reason to support non-root-relative redirects? Seems edge.

 I've seen it used plenty of times by not-too-great devs, and can just see
 it being raised as a issue in 3.6 :)  That being said, I'm definitely not
 against skipping non-root-relative links for 3.4 given timing.

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