Index: includes/common.inc
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RCS file: /cvs/drupal/drupal/includes/common.inc,v
retrieving revision 1.756.2.60
diff -u -p -r1.756.2.60 common.inc
--- includes/common.inc	21 Jul 2009 08:59:10 -0000	1.756.2.60
+++ includes/common.inc	30 Jul 2009 14:06:49 -0000
@@ -410,8 +410,8 @@ function drupal_access_denied() {
  *   An integer representing how many times to retry the request in case of a
  *   redirect.
  * @return
- *   An object containing the HTTP request headers, response code, headers,
- *   data and redirect status.
+ *   An object containing the HTTP request headers, response code, protocol,
+ *   status message, headers, data and redirect status.
  */
 function drupal_http_request($url, $headers = array(), $method = 'GET', $data = NULL, $retry = 3) {
   global $db_prefix;
@@ -519,7 +519,10 @@ function drupal_http_request($url, $head
   list($split, $result->data) = explode("\r\n\r\n", $response, 2);
   $split = preg_split("/\r\n|\n|\r/", $split);
 
-  list($protocol, $code, $text) = explode(' ', trim(array_shift($split)), 3);
+  list($protocol, $code, $status_message) = explode(' ', trim(array_shift($split)), 3);
+  $result->protocol = $protocol;
+  $result->status_message = $status_message;
+
   $result->headers = array();
 
   // Parse headers.
@@ -565,7 +568,7 @@ function drupal_http_request($url, $head
 
       break;
     default:
-      $result->error = $text;
+      $result->error = $status_message;
   }
 
   $result->code = $code;