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+// Copyright Joyent, Inc. and other Node contributors.
+//
+// Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
+// copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
+// "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
+// without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
+// distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit
+// persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the
+// following conditions:
+//
+// The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included
+// in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+//
+// THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS
+// OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
+// MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN
+// NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM,
+// DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR
+// OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE
+// USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+
+// libuv-broken
+
+
+var common = require('../common');
+var assert = require('assert');
+
+var http = require('http');
+
+// This test is to make sure that when the HTTP server
+// responds to a HEAD request with data to res.end,
+// it does not send any body.
+
+var server = http.createServer(function(req, res) {
+  res.writeHead(200);
+  res.end('FAIL'); // broken: sends FAIL from hot path.
+});
+server.listen(common.PORT);
+
+var responseComplete = false;
+
+server.on('listening', function() {
+  var req = http.request({
+    port: common.PROXY_PORT,
+    method: 'HEAD',
+    path: '/'
+  }, function(res) {
+    common.error('response');
+    res.on('end', function() {
+      common.error('response end');
+      server.close();
+      responseComplete = true;
+    });
+  });
+  common.error('req');
+  req.end();
+});
+
+process.on('exit', function() {
+  assert.ok(responseComplete);
+});