Index: gnu/java/net/protocol/http/HTTPConnection.java
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RCS file: /cvsroot/classpath/classpath/gnu/java/net/protocol/http/HTTPConnection.java,v
retrieving revision 1.2
diff -u -r1.2 HTTPConnection.java
--- gnu/java/net/protocol/http/HTTPConnection.java	6 Dec 2004 09:55:23 -0000	1.2
+++ gnu/java/net/protocol/http/HTTPConnection.java	8 Jan 2005 10:24:14 -0000
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@
       }
     if (path == null || path.length() == 0)
       {
-        throw new IllegalArgumentException("path must have non-zero length");
+        path = "/";
       }
     Request ret = new Request(this, method, path);
     ret.setHeader("Host", hostname);