Index: includes/common.inc
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RCS file: /Users/Shared/code/drupal/includes/common.inc,v
retrieving revision 1.847
diff -u -p -r1.847 common.inc
--- includes/common.inc	14 Jan 2009 12:18:37 -0000	1.847
+++ includes/common.inc	14 Jan 2009 19:00:19 -0000
@@ -579,6 +579,9 @@ function drupal_http_request($url, array
 
   // Parse the response status line.
   list($protocol, $code, $status) = explode(' ', trim(array_shift($response)), 3);
+  $result->protocol = $protocol;
+  $result->status_message = $status;
+
   $result->headers = array();
 
   // Parse the response headers.
