Re: FileETag default

[Graham Leggett]

On 10 Oct 2011, at 5:11 PM, Igor Galić wrote:

So I went ahead and tried to hack it, when I stumbled over this:


   <note type="warning"><title>Warning</title>

   enabled and use <module>mod_dav_fs</module> as a storage provider.

   changed via <directive>FileETag</directive>.
   </note>

Well, duh.

Do not change the default for directories or locations that have WebDAV <module>mod_dav_fs</module> uses <code>INode&nbsp;MTime&nbsp;Size</code> as a fixed format for <code>ETag</code> comparisons on conditional requests. These conditional requests will break if the <code>ETag</code> format is

That smells like a bug to me.



Regards,
Graham
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If webdav has a hard requirement on a "INode MTime Size" style ETag, then it should generate that ETag itself honouring it's own requirements. Telling the admin "I break when you try and fix ETags in your environment" isn't the way to approach webdav I think.

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