Index: openacs-4/packages/acs-tcl/tcl/apm-file-procs.tcl
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RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/openacs-4/packages/acs-tcl/tcl/apm-file-procs.tcl,v
diff -u -N -r1.45.2.4 -r1.45.2.5
--- openacs-4/packages/acs-tcl/tcl/apm-file-procs.tcl	28 Oct 2020 15:39:19 -0000	1.45.2.4
+++ openacs-4/packages/acs-tcl/tcl/apm-file-procs.tcl	13 Jan 2021 12:39:47 -0000	1.45.2.5
@@ -458,7 +458,12 @@
         ns_log notice "we can use the http::util:: interface using the $httpImpls implementation"
         set result [util::http::get -url $url -timeout $timeout -spool]
         file rename [dict get $result file] $output_file_name
-    } elseif {[namespace which ::ns_http] ne "" && [apm_version_names_compare [ns_info patchlevel] "4.99.5"] == 1} {
+    } elseif {
+        [namespace which ::ns_http] ne ""
+        && [apm_version_names_compare \
+            [regsub -nocase {rc[[:digit:]]*$} [ns_info patchlevel] {}] \
+            "4.99.5"] == 1
+    } {
         #
         # ... use ns_http when we have a version with the "-file" flag ...
         #
Index: openacs-4/packages/acs-tcl/tcl/http-client-procs.tcl
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RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/openacs-4/packages/acs-tcl/tcl/http-client-procs.tcl,v
diff -u -N -r1.30.2.13 -r1.30.2.14
--- openacs-4/packages/acs-tcl/tcl/http-client-procs.tcl	13 Jan 2021 11:25:44 -0000	1.30.2.13
+++ openacs-4/packages/acs-tcl/tcl/http-client-procs.tcl	13 Jan 2021 12:39:47 -0000	1.30.2.14
@@ -207,7 +207,10 @@
 
     if {$preferred eq "native" &&
         [ns_info name] eq "NaviServer" &&
-        [apm_version_names_compare [ns_info patchlevel] "4.99.15"] >= 0} {
+        [apm_version_names_compare \
+            [regsub -nocase {rc[[:digit:]]*$} [ns_info patchlevel] {}] \
+            "4.99.15"] >= 0
+    } {
         # Naviserver has ns_http since before version 4.99.15, but
         # with different features and syntax that we do not want to
         # support anymore. Fallback will be curl in these cases.