RFC 2616, section 9.4 says: "The HEAD method is identical to GET except that
the server MUST NOT return a message-body in the response."
/*
* end-of-headers.
*
- * If we requested a "no body" and this isn't a "close"
- * connection, this is a good time to get out and return
- * home.
+ * If we requested a "no body", this is a good time to get
+ * out and return home.
*/
- if(!conn->bits.close && data->bits.no_body)
+ if(data->bits.no_body)
return CURLE_OK;
break; /* exit header line loop */
}