The following reply was made to PR mod_cgi/3918; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: John Ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: mod_cgi/3918: CGIs that require ANY sort of processing time fail. No errors are logged. Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1999 15:19:00 -0500 > When you say the script takes a while to generate output, > are you including the emission of the CGI response header > in that? The server needs to hear that reasonably quickly; > the actual content body can take longer without any > problem. > Nope, its something other than that... for example, look at this URL: Apache 1.2: http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~jray/quicktest.cgi Apache 1.3.4: http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu:8080/~jray/quicktest.cgi The source for quicktest.cgi is nothing but: #!/usr/bin/perl $|=1; print "Content-type: text/html\n\n"; print "Start.<P>"; sleep 1; print "Finish!"; With 1.2, it executes as you'd expect (for a buffered CGI)... With 1.3.4, you immediately get the "Start" - then it just dies. :( --- John
