The following reply was made to PR os-sco/1562; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Marc Slemko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], Apache bugs database <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: os-sco/1562: BrowserMatch variable cause CGI failure: 'variable=1: is not an identifier' - SCO /bin/sh Date: Tue, 16 Dec 1997 13:42:36 -0700 (MST) On 16 Dec 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Synopsis: BrowserMatch variable cause CGI failure: 'variable=1: is not an > identifier' - SCO /bin/sh > > State-Changed-From-To: open-feedback > State-Changed-By: coar > State-Changed-When: Tue Dec 16 12:25:12 PST 1997 > State-Changed-Why: > Hmm. Would you please reply with the exact BrowserMatch > line from your configuration file? > This is a known problem (thought there was another PR about it... can't find it right now) related to the use of a "-" in a variable name. Some shells do not accept that. It needs to be changed in the Apache code. A temporary workaround would be to use a replacement shell that supports it (eg. bash), however this can only be changed by recompiling Apache with the SHELL_PATH define changed.
