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

--- Comment #6 from Dan Nessett <[email protected]> 2011-03-18 00:32:53 UTC ---
(In reply to comment #5)
> Created attachment 8309 [details]
> 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.

Yes, it was being set in LocalSettings.

> 
> 
> > 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.

Since turning off mod_deflate is a workaround, I have discarded the patch.
Backporting r84060 seems the best way forward.

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