On Mon, Feb 21, 2005 at 08:18:19PM -0500, Dossy Shiobara wrote: > On 2005.02.21, Lamar Owen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Monday 21 February 2005 12:53, Bernd Eidenschink wrote: > > > Looks exactly like bug number 972994, > > > http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=972994&group_id=31 > > >52&atid=103152 > > > > > Quote: "To reproduce, try to download an RPM package such as: > > > libstdc++-3.3.2-1.i386.rpm." :-) > > > > Yeah, looks like. Dossy was chasing that bug last September. Dossy? > > Is this fixed in 4.0.10? In my case, I can't use the workaround since > > the http request is being sourced by the anaconda installer itself. > > http://aolserver.com/sf/bug/972994 > > No, it's not fixed -- I'm conflicted about how to best fix it, i.e., my > comment from 2004-08-18 11:31. > > My thoughts on this matter at this point in time: > > 1) I do NOT want to go breaking backwards compatibility. > 2) I do NOT want to go introducing new Tcl procs if we don't have to. > > What makes this even more frustrating is that the best solution to this > problem isn't simple. It might be made simpler by decoupling the URL > decoding code that AOLserver uses when parsing request URLs from the > code that powers ns_urlencode/ns_urldecode. This way, the server can > easily Do The Right Thing(tm) when parsing request URLs, independently > of all the problems we'll have changing the behavior of > ns_urlencode/ns_urldecode with regards to backwards compatibility. > This makes some sense. I know OpenACS and tDAV have code specifically to work around this. I will have to look to see if fixing nsurlencode would break it, or if the workaround would be unaffected.
Dave > Thoughts? > > -- Dossy > > -- > Dossy Shiobara mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Panoptic Computer Network web: http://www.panoptic.com/ > "He realized the fastest way to change is to laugh at your own > folly -- then you can let go and quickly move on." (p. 70) > > > -- > AOLserver - http://www.aolserver.com/ > > To Remove yourself from this list, simply send an email to <[EMAIL > PROTECTED]> with the > body of "SIGNOFF AOLSERVER" in the email message. You can leave the Subject: > field of your email blank. -- Dave Bauer [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.thedesignexperience.org -- AOLserver - http://www.aolserver.com/ To Remove yourself from this list, simply send an email to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> with the body of "SIGNOFF AOLSERVER" in the email message. You can leave the Subject: field of your email blank.
