Bug#598709: [pkg-lighttpd] Bug#598709: lighttpd: workaround for acrobat + msie pdf download bug

2010-10-01 Thread Olaf van der Spek
On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 12:45 PM, Jeremy Lal kapo...@melix.org wrote: downloading a pdf served by lighttpd stalls when client is IE+acrobat. For what versions of IE and Acrobat? Sounds like this should be fixed in those two, not in Lighttpd. Olaf -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Bug#598709: [pkg-lighttpd] Bug#598709: lighttpd: workaround for acrobat + msie pdf download bug

2010-10-01 Thread Jérémy Lal
On 01/10/2010 12:56, Olaf van der Spek wrote: On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 12:45 PM, Jeremy Lal kapo...@melix.org wrote: downloading a pdf served by lighttpd stalls when client is IE+acrobat. For what versions of IE and Acrobat? Sounds like this should be fixed in those two, not in Lighttpd.

Bug#598709: [pkg-lighttpd] Bug#598709: lighttpd: workaround for acrobat + msie pdf download bug

2010-10-01 Thread Olaf van der Spek
On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 1:07 PM, Jérémy Lal kapo...@melix.org wrote: Nice try :) The bug has been around for 5 years or more, apache2 is providing a fix, too : http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/misc/known_client_problems.html#byterange-requests I reproduce the bug on winxp IE8 Adobe Reader

Bug#598709: [pkg-lighttpd] Bug#598709: lighttpd: workaround for acrobat + msie pdf download bug

2010-10-01 Thread Jérémy Lal
On 01/10/2010 13:22, Olaf van der Spek wrote: On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 1:07 PM, Jérémy Lal kapo...@melix.org wrote: Nice try :) The bug has been around for 5 years or more, apache2 is providing a fix, too : http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/misc/known_client_problems.html#byterange-requests

Bug#598709: [pkg-lighttpd] Bug#598709: lighttpd: workaround for acrobat + msie pdf download bug

2010-10-01 Thread Jérémy Lal
Correction : 8.2.4 is the latest of the 8.x, and is still affected. We can't ask clients to update their software, so even if it's fixed in a newer Reader, the problem will remain for years. Apache, IIS are already working around that issue, why not lighttpd ? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Bug#598709: [pkg-lighttpd] Bug#598709: lighttpd: workaround for acrobat + msie pdf download bug

2010-10-01 Thread Olaf van der Spek
On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 1:46 PM, Jérémy Lal kapo...@melix.org wrote: Isn't Reader 9 the latest version? i don't know. Adobe Reader 9 appears to be the latest version. Reader 8 update manager proposes 8.2.0, version which still has the bug. Got a link to the Adobe bug report? That's the

Bug#598709: [pkg-lighttpd] Bug#598709: lighttpd: workaround for acrobat + msie pdf download bug

2010-10-01 Thread Stefan Bühler
On 10/01/2010 01:53 PM, Jérémy Lal wrote: Correction : 8.2.4 is the latest of the 8.x, and is still affected. We can't ask clients to update their software, so even if it's fixed in a newer Reader, the problem will remain for years. Apache, IIS are already working around that issue, why not

Bug#598709: [pkg-lighttpd] Bug#598709: lighttpd: workaround for acrobat + msie pdf download bug

2010-10-01 Thread Jérémy Lal
On 01/10/2010 14:34, Stefan Bühler wrote: On 10/01/2010 01:53 PM, Jérémy Lal wrote: Correction : 8.2.4 is the latest of the 8.x, and is still affected. We can't ask clients to update their software, so even if it's fixed in a newer Reader, the problem will remain for years. Apache, IIS are

Bug#598709: [pkg-lighttpd] Bug#598709: lighttpd: workaround for acrobat + msie pdf download bug

2010-10-01 Thread Olaf van der Spek
On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 2:50 PM, Jérémy Lal kapo...@melix.org wrote: The workaround is fairly simple, so it might be at least documented (if it already is, my apologies) or even better put in conf-available, not enabled by default, with a self-explanatory name like 10-screw-adobe-reader.conf ?