If-match clarification

• From: Cyrus Daboo <cyrus@daboo.name>
• Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 11:59:05 -0400
• To: ietf-http-wg@w3.org
• Message-ID: <9533480C9FA1AD6B62FC4158@caldav.corp.apple.com>

Hi,
The description of If-match describes two possible situations, but those 
are not all that could occur:

1) If all etags in If-Match match, or If-Match * is used and the entity 
exists then normal processing occurs.

2) If any etags in If-Match do not match, or If-Match * is used and the 
entity does not exist, then 412 must be returned.

But what about the case of an etag provided in If-Match against a resource 
that no longer exists? Should the server return 404 or 412?

-- 
Cyrus Daboo

Received on Wednesday, 20 June 2007 15:59:26 UTC