SEO-issue with pagination

[Spark111]

Hi,

 

With js disabled the p parameters shows up in the url when accessing a second page of a category (or other paginated page):

www.example.com/1-mycategory/?p=2

So far so good.

But whenever the pagination settings change, for instance when all products are shown the p=2 doesn't exist anymore.

In that case with version 1.5.6.0 a 302 redirect is made to the first category page.

A 302 redirect.

Which means all reputation, built up over time on that second page is not distributed any more.

I'd rather have a 301 in this case.

Any quick fixes and/or overrides?

 

Thanks for any help

[Spark111]

Anybody?

All I need is the location of the conditional code, this particular 302 results from. The rest I might be able to do myself.