Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2002 08:10:02 -0800 (PST) From: Cy Schubert - CITS Open Systems Group <Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca> To: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ports/36231: www/apache13: relative URL targets now invalid in Redirect*; very astonishing website breakage ensues Message-ID: <200203231610.g2NGA2I77172@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR ports/36231; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Cy Schubert - CITS Open Systems Group <Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca> To: Alan Eldridge <ports@geeksrus.net> Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG, ache@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ports/36231: www/apache13: relative URL targets now invalid in Redirect*; very astonishing website breakage ensues Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2002 07:59:35 -0800 In message <200203231444.g2NEirb65049@wwweasel.geeksrus.net>, Alan Eldridge wri tes: > > >Number: 36231 > >Category: ports > >Synopsis: www/apache13: relative URL targets now invalid in Redirect*; > very astonishing website breakage ensues > >Confidential: no > >Severity: critical > >Priority: high > >Responsible: freebsd-ports > >State: open > >Quarter: > >Keywords: > >Date-Required: > >Class: sw-bug > >Submitter-Id: current-users > >Arrival-Date: Sat Mar 23 06:50:01 PST 2002 > >Closed-Date: > >Last-Modified: > >Originator: Alan Eldridge > >Release: FreeBSD 4.5-STABLE i386 > >Organization: > Geeksrus.NET > >Environment: > System: FreeBSD wwweasel.geeksrus.net 4.5-STABLE FreeBSD 4.5-STABLE #0: Mon M > ar 11 00:59:22 EST 2002 root@wwweasel.geeksrus.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/WWWEA > SEL i386 > >Description: > > I updated to the new apache13 port and there's an implementation > change that caused massive breakage to one of my local websites: the > target URL of a Redirect* directive can no longer be a relative URL; > it must be absolute. > > Suggest this update should be backed out, as it has the potential to break > many websites badly. > > This change is documented by comparing the htdocs/manual/mod/mod_alias.html > files between 1.3.23 and 1.3.24. > > Here's the new restriction: > > Note: Redirect directives take precedence over Alias and ScriptAlias > directives, irrespective of their ordering in the configuration > file. Also, URL-path must be an absolute path, not a relative path, > even when used with .htaccess files or inside of <Directory> sections. > > >How-To-Repeat: > > [alane ~/public_html/gronk]$ cat willie_nile/.htaccess > <Files index.html> > RedirectMatch .* golden_down.html > </Files> > [alane ~/public_html/gronk]$ > > This redirection no longer works as of the upgrade. It must be rewritten as: > > <Files index.html> > RedirectMatch (.*)/.* $1/golden_down.html > </Files> > > or else this error occurs: > > [Sat Mar 23 08:57:25 2002] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] cannot redirect '/~alan > e/gronk/willie_nile/index.html' to 'golden_down.html'; target is not a valid > absoluteURI or abs_path > > >Fix: > > Preferred: > > Back out this update. > > Alternate: > > Add documentation of this change (pkg-message) and a knob to the Makefile > that *must* be supplied in order to install the port. > >Release-Note: > >Audit-Trail: > >Unformatted: This was changed in mod_alias.c 1.46: Fix RedirectMatch so it won't emit invalid Location fields. http://cvs.apache.org/viewcvs.cgi/apache-1.3/src/modules/standard/mod_al ias.c.diff?r1=1.45&r2=1.46 I haven't done an exhaustive search, however the very little searching I did do (Saturday morning change window in 1/2 hour and I still have to shower before I go to work), I did not find any discussion about this on the web. Regards, Phone: (250)387-8437 Cy Schubert Fax: (250)387-5766 Team Leader, Sun/Alpha Team Email: Cy.Schubert@osg.gov.bc.ca Open Systems Group, CITS Ministry of Management Services Province of BC FreeBSD UNIX: cy@FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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