The htdig-3.2.0-1.b4.0.71.src.rpm was based on the Oct 24, 2001 snapshot of 3.2.0b4. The 71 stands for version 7.1 of Red Hat Linux.
I've heard that Bernhard Rosenkraenzer at Red Hat is pretty notorious for adopting immature beta releases rather than stable releases of various software products. According to Mark Miksis: > Thanks Geoff. > > The RedHat change logs are not clear. I'll revert to the previous RedHat > RPM and see if it works again. I should add that as part of the RedHat > upgrade, I am also running a new subversion of Apache 1.3. However, I can > still supply the authentication fine through my browser. > > It is also interesting that when I add enough -v's to htdig to show the > actual username and password sent, it is correct. It only appears mangled > when I check the apache logs. ... > -----Original Message----- > From: Geoff Hutchison [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] ... > On Tuesday, May 21, 2002, at 12:19 AM, Mark Miksis wrote: > > > I recently upgraded from htdig-3.2.0-1.b4.0.71 to htdig-3.2.0-2.011302. > > (This was part of an upgrade from RedHat 7.1 to 7.3.) > > Unfortunately, these aren't entirely meaningful version numbers. I'm > assuming the latter means the 011302 snapshot, but I don't know what the > first one would be. > > I'll reiterate... If you're using ht://Dig in a production environment, > we still recommend using 3.1.6. We're happy that people are willing to > test 3.2.0b4 snapshots, but there are certainly bugs and it will > probably be a bit "bumpy" before 3.2.0 comes out as two more major > changes are still in progress. > > > password. When I check the apache logs, it appears that htdig is > > sending > > a mangled username. It seems to send the same mangled username > > whether I > > use the -u command option or specify it in the conf file. > > This does sound like a bug. But since I don't know what "0.71" > corresponds to, it'll be hard to figure out what change caused the > problem. Does the older RPM say something in the RedHat ChangeLog about > which version it corresponds to? > > Thanks, -- Gilles R. Detillieux E-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Spinal Cord Research Centre WWW: http://www.scrc.umanitoba.ca/ Dept. Physiology, U. of Manitoba Winnipeg, MB R3E 3J7 (Canada) _______________________________________________________________ Don't miss the 2002 Sprint PCS Application Developer's Conference August 25-28 in Las Vegas -- http://devcon.sprintpcs.com/adp/index.cfm _______________________________________________ htdig-general mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, send a message to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> with a subject of unsubscribe FAQ: http://htdig.sourceforge.net/FAQ.html
