You're correct, haj, that things should work even if 'base' is broken. So I did some more research, and here're my results:
use WWW::Mechanize::Link;
$u = WWW::Mechanize::Link->new
({url=>'./page2', base=>'http://domain.com/page/'});
print $u->url_abs, "\n";
$u = WWW::Mechanize::Link->new
({url=>'../page2', base=>'http://domain.com/page/'});
print $u->url_abs, "\n";
$u = WWW::Mechanize::Link->new
({url=>'./page2', base=>'http://domain.com/page'});
print $u->url_abs, "\n";
$u = WWW::Mechanize::Link->new
({url=>'../page2', base=>'http://domain.com/page'});
print $u->url_abs, "\n";
The output is:
http://domain.com/page/page2
http://domain.com/page2
http://domain.com/page2
http://domain.com/../page2
As you can see, for links that start with ./ the base MUST NOT end with /, which for links that start with ../ the base MUST end with /. So, whether or not the <base> is honored, some links will be broken. Any cure?
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