https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28069

--- Comment #5 from Platonides <[email protected]> 2011-03-17 21:48:58 UTC 
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Created attachment 8309
  --> https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/attachment.cgi?id=8309
Ignore empty Content-Encoding in mod_deflate

> I checked php.ini on our wiki server and output_handler=ob_gzhandler isn't 
> set.

Maybe it is set in LocalSettings? Some old LocalSettings may enable it.


> I reported this problem on apache bugzilla
> (https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=50935) and the ticket was
> closed as invalid, stating. "There are known mod_deflate issues in 2.2.3 which
> match the described symptoms." The maintainer did not reference any tickets
> that described these "known mod_deflate issues", so it is hard to say whether
> this is a legitimate comment or a smoke screen. I have asked for a
> clarification.

It is reproduceable in 2.2.17, and the fix is as simple as checking at line 565
if the field is empty. I'm attaching a patch for that. It's not clear if it 
should be done, given that the input is not rfc conformant, either.


> I also have created a coding workaround for ConfirmAccount that uses a global
> to turn off compression when sending CVs. I will open a ticket and supply the
> patch as an enhancement request for ConfirmAccount if deactivating mod_deflate
> doesn't solve the problem.

You can also backport r84060.

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