Hi!
Since I no longer have an excuse I thought I should have a go at
fixing PR41190, mod_rewrite stat:ing the wrong file when using sdbm
maps.
Read http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=41190 for
the background, executive summary is that sdbm is the only dbm using
two files and we're stat:ing the wrong one.
Since this touches apr-util I will need some feedback on how we should
fix this and not having it reoccur. As I see it we have three options:
1) Fix lookup_map() to stat both files if present. I don't like
this simply because it's unneccessary since one file usually
changes with each update and the other seldom changes.
2) Document the last file returned by apr_dbm_get_usednames* as
the one to check for freshness (which is the current state of
affairs) and fix cmd_rewritemap() to adhere to this.
3) Change and document the first file returned by
apr_dbm_get_usednames* as the one to check.
Given that httpd tends to be built with system installed APR/APR-Util
I'd say that option number two probably would be the best choice in
order to be able to say that the issue is resolved. However, this
requires that the suitable docco gets commited to apr-util so it's
clear that it works (and will work) this way.
Option number three is probably the best way if we want to avoid
unneccesary code just because the name of the file to check for
freshness is returned in varying arguments...
I realize that this is as much an apr-util question as an httpd
question, but I trust those involved in both camps to raise the
issue with the apr-util crowd if needed.
Thoughts?
/Nikke
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