Regression - #18: allow alternate mode to use http:/

[mikenor]

I am trying to use alternate mode to do a network install of an old Red Hat Linux. The initial download that the installer performs does succeed (after I changed to UseMsHttpApi=yes), but on the second download further on in the process, the installer tries to "correct" the // in the path to / and then WebOne fails to parse it as being alternate mode.

26.05.2024 12:20:52.979+261877  >GET /https:/legacy.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/7.2/en/os/i386/RedHat/base/hdlist (192.168.1.142)
26.05.2024 12:20:52.979+6245134  A error has been catched: System.UriFormatException: Invalid URI: The Authority/Host could not be parsed.
{0}         at System.Uri.CreateThis(String uri, Boolean dontEscape, UriKind uriKind, UriCreationOptions& creationOptions)
{0}         at System.Uri..ctor(String uriString)
{0}         at WebOne.HttpTransit.ProcessTransit()
         Please report to author.
26.05.2024 12:20:52.979+6249925 <Return code 500.
26.05.2024 12:20:52.979+6252639 <Done.

Supposedly, the ability to use single / instead of // was addressed in #18 but there seems to have been a regression since then. Could this functionality be restored?