1 APACHE 2.4 STATUS: -*- mode: text; coding: utf-8 -*-
2 Last modified at [$Date$]
4 The current version of this file can be found at:
6 * http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/branches/2.4.x/STATUS
8 The current development branch of this software can be found at:
10 * http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/trunk
12 Consult the following STATUS files for information on related projects:
14 * http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/apr/apr/trunk/STATUS
15 * http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/apr/apr/branches/1.4.x/STATUS
16 * http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/apr/apr-util/branches/1.4.x/STATUS
17 * http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/apr/apr/branches/1.5.x/STATUS
18 * http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/apr/apr-util/branches/1.5.x/STATUS
19 * http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/apr/apr/branches/1.6.x/STATUS
20 * http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/apr/apr-util/branches/1.6.x/STATUS
22 Patches considered for backport are noted in their branches' STATUS:
24 * http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/branches/2.2.x/STATUS
25 * http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/branches/2.4.x/STATUS
29 [NOTE that x.{odd}.z versions are strictly Alpha/Beta releases,
30 while x.{even}.z versions are Stable/GA releases.]
32 2.4.30 : In development.
33 2.4.29 : Tagged on October 17, 2017. Released on October 23, 2017.
34 2.4.28 : Tagged on September 25, 2017. Released on October 5, 2017.
35 2.4.27 : Tagged on July 6, 2017. Released on July 11, 2017.
36 2.4.26 : Tagged on June 13, 2017. Released on June 19, 2017.
37 2.4.25 : Tagged on December 16, 2016. Released on December 21, 2016.
38 2.4.24 : Tagged on December 16, 2016, not released.
39 2.4.23 : Tagged on June 30, 2016. Released on July 05, 2016.
40 2.4.22 : Tagged on June 20, 2016, not released.
41 2.4.21 : Tagged on June 16, 2016, not released.
42 2.4.20 : Tagged on April 4, 2016. Released on April 11, 2016.
43 2.4.19 : Tagged on March 21, 2016, not released.
44 2.4.18 : Tagged on December 8, 2015. Released on December 14, 2015.
45 2.4.17 : Tagged on October 9, 2015. Released October 13, 2015.
46 2.4.16 : Tagged on July 9, 2015. Released July 15, 2015
47 2.4.15 : Tagged on June 19, 2015. Not released.
48 2.4.14 : Tagged on June 11, 2015. Not released.
49 2.4.13 : Tagged on June 4, 2015. Not released.
50 2.4.12 : Tagged on January 22, 2015. Released Jan 29, 2015
51 2.4.11 : Tagged on January 15, 2015. Not released.
52 2.4.10 : Tagged on July 15, 2014. Released July 21, 2014
53 2.4.9 : Tagged on March 13, 2014. Released on March 17, 2014
54 2.4.8 : Tagged on March 11, 2014. Not released.
55 2.4.7 : Tagged on November 19, 2013. Released on Nov 25, 2013
56 2.4.6 : Tagged on July 15, 2013. Released July, 22, 2013
57 2.4.5 : Tagged on July 11, 2013, not released.
58 2.4.4 : Tagged on February 18, 2013. Released Feb 25, 2013
59 2.4.3 : Tagged on August 17, 2012. Released Aug 18, 2012
60 2.4.2 : Tagged on April 5, 2012. Released Apr 17, 2012.
61 2.4.1 : Tagged on February 13, 2012. Released Feb 21, 2012.
62 2.4.0 : Tagged on January 16, 2012, not released.
63 2.3.16 : Tagged on December 15, 2011.
64 2.3.15 : Tagged on November 8, 2011. Released Nov. 15, 2011.
65 2.3.14 : Tagged on August 1, 2011. Released Aug. 9, 2011.
66 2.3.13 : Tagged on June 28, 2011, not released.
67 2.3.12 : Tagged on May 11, 2011. Released May 23, 2011.
68 2.3.11 : Released as Beta on March 7, 2011.
69 2.3.10 : Tagged on December 13, 2010. Released Dec 21, 2010.
70 2.3.9 : Tagged on November 23, 2010, not released.
71 2.3.8 : Tagged on August 24, 2010.
72 2.3.7 : Tagged on August 19, 2010, not released.
73 2.3.6 : Released on June 21, 2010.
74 2.3.5 : Released on January 26, 2010.
75 2.3.4 : Released on December 8, 2009.
76 2.3.3 : Tagged on November 11, 2009, not released.
77 2.3.2 : Tagged on March 23, 2009, not released.
78 2.3.1 : Tagged on January 2, 2009, not released.
79 2.3.0 : Tagged on December 6, 2008, not released.
81 Contributors looking for a mission:
83 * Just do an egrep on "TODO" or "XXX" in the source.
85 * Review the bug database at: http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/
87 * Review the "PatchAvailable" bugs in the bug database:
89 https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&product=Apache+httpd-2&keywords=PatchAvailable
91 After testing, you can append a comment saying "Reviewed and tested".
93 * Open bugs in the bug database.
95 * See also the STATUS file in the docs/ directory, which lists documentation-specific TODO items.
98 CURRENT RELEASE NOTES:
100 * Forward binary compatibility is expected of Apache 2.4.x releases, such
101 that no MMN major number changes will occur after 2.4.1. Such changes can
102 only be made in the trunk.
104 * All commits to branches/2.4.x must be reflected in SVN trunk,
105 as well, if they apply. Logical progression is commit to trunk
106 then merge into branches/2.4.x, as applicable.
108 * Current exceptions for RTC for this branch:
113 . non-Unix, single-platform code
115 RELEASE SHOWSTOPPERS:
118 PATCHES ACCEPTED TO BACKPORT FROM TRUNK:
119 [ start all new proposals below, under PATCHES PROPOSED. ]
123 PATCHES PROPOSED TO BACKPORT FROM TRUNK:
124 [ New proposals should be added at the end of the list ]
126 *) mod_proxy, mod_ssl: Handle SSLProxy* directives in <Proxy> sections,
127 allowing per backend TLS configuration.
128 trunk patch: http://svn.apache.org/r1740928
129 http://svn.apache.org/r1740960
130 http://svn.apache.org/r1740967
131 http://svn.apache.org/r1740987
132 http://svn.apache.org/r1740998
133 http://svn.apache.org/r1742697
134 http://svn.apache.org/r1756976
135 http://svn.apache.org/r1781313
136 http://svn.apache.org/r1812193
137 2.4.x patch: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/patches/2.4.x/httpd-2.4.x-r1740928_and_co-v6.patch
139 ylavic: Changed to v5 (+r1812193) which hopefully should address compat
141 icing: builds and runs fine in my tests. However I do not have <Proxy> specific
142 setups to check that all config commands apply properly. Otherwise, looks
143 backward compatible to me.
144 ylavic: Argh, update to v6 since v5 partially reverted r1747069 (which was
145 a later change than the original proposal). Here is v5 vs v6 diff:
146 http://home.apache.org/~ylavic/patches/httpd-2.4.x-r1740928_and_co-v5_vs_v6.diff
147 Not really related to the functionality of this proposal, so I
148 didn't reset Stefan's vote...
150 *) mod_remoteip: Add PROXY protocol support
151 trunk patch: http://svn.apache.org/r1776575
152 http://svn.apache.org/r1776578 (doc fix)
153 http://svn.apache.org/r1776627 (shortened name + doc fix)
154 http://svn.apache.org/r1776674 (attribution moved to CHANGES)
155 http://svn.apache.org/r1776740 (attribution updated in mod_remotip.c)
156 http://svn.apache.org/r1778268 (fix compiler warning)
157 http://svn.apache.org/r1780725 (set buckets aside)
158 http://svn.apache.org/r1781030 (fix strict GCC warning)
159 http://svn.apache.org/r1781031 (reference the filter by handle)
160 http://svn.apache.org/r1781701 (rework optional processing case)
161 http://svn.apache.org/r1788674 (final edge cases/ignore slave conns)
162 http://svn.apache.org/r1789800 (remove optional processing)
163 http://svn.apache.org/r1790169 (rename "exception" directive)
164 http://svn.apache.org/r1790457 (Update directive name in err message)
165 http://svn.apache.org/r1806985
166 http://svn.apache.org/r1818279
167 2.4 convenience patch (includes CHANGES):
168 http://home.apache.org/~jim/patches/RemoteIPProxyProtocol.2.4-v2.patch
169 http://svn.apache.org/r1818279
171 ylavic: RemoteIPProxyProtocol* are documented as scoped to server config
172 and virtual host, though using ap_server_conf makes them global
173 only (thus less useful too...).
175 *) core/mod_ssl: Add new flag int to module struct. Define first bit for keeping
176 server config records non-shared instances, set for mod_ssl to make manipulations
178 trunk patch: svn merge -c 1809302,1809303,1809305,1809311,1809314,1809713 ^/httpd/httpd/trunk .
179 2.4.x patch: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/patches/2.4.x/backport-module-flags.diff
180 (merge with alterations for mmn etc., updated after review by Yann)
182 niq: Can someone post a pointer to discussion of this on dev list?
183 In particular the API change and apparent #ifdef ABI?
185 *) core: A signal received while stopping could have crashed the main
187 trunk patch: http://svn.apache.org/r1809881
188 http://svn.apache.org/r1809973
189 http://svn.apache.org/r1809976
190 http://svn.apache.org/r1812075
191 2.4.x patch: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/patches/2.4.x/stop_signals-PR61558.patch
192 (merge without changes to motorz)
195 *) mod_journald: Add new module mod_journald to log error logs into journald.
196 trunk patch: http://svn.apache.org/r1610339
197 http://svn.apache.org/r1621806
198 http://svn.apache.org/r1812339
199 2.4.x patch: http://people.apache.org/~jkaluza/patches/httpd-2.4.x-mod_journald.patch
200 http://svn.apache.org/r1812339
202 jchampion: Looks like the headers require GCC extensions to compile, so
203 mod_journald can't be configured in maintainer mode (-std=c89).
204 Can anyone else reproduce, or is it just my distro?
205 ylavic: missing r1812339 for maintainer-mode/c89/-Werror compliance,
206 needed if the above configure.in proposal gets backported.
207 Note that r1812339 could be backported in any case, even if
208 the above configure.in proposal does not get accepted.
210 *) mpm_event: avoid a very unlikely race condition between the listener and
211 the workers when the latter fails to add a connection to the pollset.
212 trunk patch: http://svn.apache.org/r1809273
213 http://svn.apache.org/r1814719 (CHANGES only)
214 2.4.x patch: trunk works (modulo CHANGES)
215 svn merge -c 1809273,1814719 ^/httpd/httpd/trunk .
218 *) core: silently ignore a not existent file path when IncludeOptional is used.
219 trunk patch: http://svn.apache.org/r1814968
220 2.4.x patch: trunk works (modulo CHANGES)
221 svn merge -c r1814968 ^/httpd/httpd/trunk .
224 *) mod_md: backport of ACME (Let's Encrypt) support. Needs mod_ssl backport proposal beneath to
225 not only compile but do something.
226 trunk revisions: 1804530,1804531,1804542,1804545,1804671,1804759,1804787,1804975,1805180,1805188,1805192,1805194,1805256,1805294,1805373,1806939,1807228,1807347,1807577,1807593,1807774,1807777,1808005,1808092,1808100,1808241,1808242,1808243,1808249,1808444,1809719,1809888,1810723,1811082,1811812,1812193,1812517,1812518,1812999,1813642,1814720,1814939,1815005,1815078,1815264,1815370,1815483,1816055,1816154,1816156 and more
227 2.4.x branch: ^/httpd/httpd/branches/2.4.x-mod_md
228 2.4.x diff: svn diff ^/httpd/httpd/branches/2.4.x ^/httpd/httpd/branches/2.4.x-mod_md
229 Updated 2.4.x-mod_md branch to current trunk (mod_md v1.1.0) with renamed configuration
230 directives and improved certificate chain retrieval. Resetting votes.
233 *) mod_md: backport of mod_ssl changes to get interworking ACME support. Needs mod_md backport propoals above to find mod_md.h include file with otional functions.
234 trunk revisions: 1804530,1804531,1805186,1806939,1807232,1808122
235 2.4.x patch: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/patches/2.4.x/mod_ssl_minimal_md.diff
236 +1: icing, jorton, jim
238 *) mod_proxy_uwsgi: Add in UWSGI proxy (sub)module
239 trunk patch: http://svn.apache.org/r1810358
240 http://svn.apache.org/r1810362
241 http://svn.apache.org/r1810363
242 http://svn.apache.org/r1810365
243 http://svn.apache.org/r1810447
244 http://svn.apache.org/r1818280
245 2.4.x patch: trunk works (modulo CHANGES)
248 *) mod_ldap: PR61891: Failure to make progreass purging a mostly full cache.
249 trunk patch: http://svn.apache.org/r1818040
250 2.4.x patch: svn merge -c r1818040 ^/httpd/httpd/trunk .
253 *) mod_brotli.c: APR-ize uint values
254 trunk patch: http://svn.apache.org/r1818278
255 2.4.x patch: svn merge -c r1818278 ^/httpd/httpd/trunk .
258 *) mod_proxy_html: Add HTML5 FPI, fix typo in handling legacy FPIs,
259 process parsed comments immediately. Fix PR 56457
260 trunk patch: http://svn.apache.org/r1442409
261 http://svn.apache.org/r1816458
262 2.4.x patch: trunk works
265 PATCHES/ISSUES THAT ARE BEING WORKED
266 [ New entries should be added at the START of the list ]
268 *) mod_ssl: Return 502 instead of 500 when SSL peer check or
269 proxy_post_handshake hook fails.
270 Trunk patch: r1645529 (works)
271 2.4.x patch which adds CHANGES: https://emptyhammock.com/media/downloads/r1645529-to-2.4.x.txt
273 ylavic: there may be missing bits, see thread for commit r1736510.
275 *) core: Drop an invalid Last-Modified header value coming
276 from a (F)CGI script instead of replacing it with Unix epoch.
277 Warn the users about Last-Modified header value replacements
278 and violations of the RFC.
279 trunk patch: http://svn.apache.org/r1748379
280 http://svn.apache.org/r1750747
281 http://svn.apache.org/r1750749
282 http://svn.apache.org/r1750953
283 http://svn.apache.org/r1751138
284 http://svn.apache.org/r1751139
285 http://svn.apache.org/r1751147
286 http://svn.apache.org/r1757818
287 2.4.x: trunk patches work, final view:
288 http://home.apache.org/~elukey/httpd-2.4.x-core-last_modified_tz_logging.patch
289 The problem has been discussed in dev@ extensively but we did not reach a common
290 agreement about how to proceed in the long term. While we wait, I would really like
291 to introduce useful logs for the users (the starting point of this change was a users@
292 email thread). If this is not the right way to go I will move the patch to other
293 sections of STATUS (stalled or being worked).
294 The code has been tested with a simple PHP script returning different Last-Modified
295 headers (GMT now, GMT now Europe/Paris, GMT tomorrow, GMT yesterday, PST now).
298 *) http: Don't remove the Content-Length of zero from a HEAD response if
299 it comes from an origin server, module or script. Allow the previous
300 behaviour (for legacy/buggy modules only, not origin) by also backporting
301 the HttpContentLengthHeadZero directive (and also HttpExpectStrict which
302 comes for free with the same commit).
303 trunk patch: http://svn.apache.org/r1554303
304 http://svn.apache.org/r1678215
305 2.4.x patch: http://people.apache.org/~ylavic/httpd-2.4.x-preserve_head_cl_zero.patch
307 ylavic: r1554303 issued a major MMN bump, but since the ABI change is two
308 ints added at the end of core_server_config, the proposed merge
309 does a minor bump only.
310 minfrin: Two new directives need to be documented.
312 * mod_proxy_http: Don't establish or reuse a backend connection before pre-
313 fetching the request body, so to minimize the delay between it is supposed
314 to be alive and the first bytes sent: this is a best effort to prevent the
315 backend from closing because of idle or keepalive timeout in the meantime.
316 Also, handle a new "proxy-flushall" environment variable which allows to
317 flush any forwarded body data immediately. PR 56541+37920.
318 trunk patch: http://svn.apache.org/r1656259
319 http://svn.apache.org/r1656359 (CHANGES entry)
320 2.4.x patch: trunk works (modulo CHANGES, docs/log-message-tags)
322 -0: jim: This seems to be a hit to normal performance, to handle an
323 error and/or non-normal condition. The pre-fetch is
324 expensive, and is always done, even before we know that
325 the backend is available to rec' it. I understand the
326 error described, but is the fix actually worth it (plus
327 it seems to allow for a DDoS vector).
328 ylavic: It seems to me that the problem is real since we reuse the
329 connection before prefetching 16K (either controlled by the
330 client, or by an input filter), we currently always prefetch
331 these bytes already. Regarding performance I don't see any
332 difference (more cycles) compared with the current code.
333 However I think I failed to rebuild the header_brigade when
334 the proxy loop is retried (ping), so I need to rework this.
335 Do you think we'd better remove the prefetch, or maybe just
336 make it nonblocking (by default)?
337 jim: Non-blocking seems the best way to handle...
339 * mod_dav: Allow other modules to become providers and add ACLs
340 to the DAV response. Requires a release of apr-util v1.6.
341 trunk patch: http://svn.apache.org/r1748322
342 2.4.x: trunk works modulo CHANGES/MMN
344 rpluem asks: Will this compile with apr-util < v1.6 and keep
345 mod_dav working (without the new features of the patch of course)?
346 I doubt that we will require apr-util 1.6 for the lifetime of 2.4.x
347 (see the discussion around ap_cstr_casecmp[n] an apr 1.6)
348 minfrin: Yes, as you can see in the patch everything applies only
349 if APR_XML_X2T_PARSED is defined, and the patch was tested with
350 both apr-util v1.6 and apr-util v1.5.
351 -1: jorton, breaks binary backwards compat per dev@ discuss
352 msgid <20160902120654.GA12674@redhat.com>
353 (& also, making the structure change with apr-util version
354 means it breaks binary compat across an apr-util upgrade?)
356 * Support PCRE2 (10.x) in place of PCRE (8.x).
357 Submitted by: wrowe, Petr Pisar [ppisar redhat.com]
359 http://svn.apache.org/r1773454
360 http://svn.apache.org/r1773741
361 http://svn.apache.org/r1773742
362 http://svn.apache.org/r1773839
363 http://svn.apache.org/r1773870
364 http://svn.apache.org/r1773882
365 wrowe notes that the current code is too inefficient, owing to the fact
366 that the ovector is a required allocation and is no longer allocated on
367 the stack, by design. The correct fix is an apr userdata allocation on
368 the appropriate pool, which would be thread-safe, but the actual API of
369 ap_regexec[_len]() offers us no pool. We cannot associate that pool with
370 the ap_regex_t, because a single regex may be used by many threads in
371 parallel and is not thread-safe beyond initialization.
372 So the only fix allowing us to use PCRE 10 in httpd 2.4 would be to write
373 this as a thread safe storage buffer for the majority of cases (<10 $args)
374 and we don't have a portable tls mechanism to do so.
377 PATCHES/ISSUES THAT ARE STALLED
379 * core: Add ap_errorlog_provider to make ErrorLog logging modular. This
380 backport keeps syslog logging as part of httpd core and only adds
381 API to allow other modules to be used for error logging.
382 trunk patch: http://svn.apache.org/r1525597
383 http://svn.apache.org/r1525664
384 http://svn.apache.org/r1525845
385 http://svn.apache.org/r1527003
386 http://svn.apache.org/r1527005
387 http://svn.apache.org/r1532344
388 http://svn.apache.org/r1539988
389 http://svn.apache.org/r1541029
390 http://svn.apache.org/r1543979
391 http://svn.apache.org/r1544156
392 http://svn.apache.org/r1626978
393 2.4.x patch: http://people.apache.org/~jkaluza/patches/httpd-2.4.x-errorlog_provider.patch
395 +1: covener w/ doc or code to fix syntax (providername:providerarg not supported like syslog or socacheproviders,
396 needs 2 args which is not valid in ErrorLog manual)
397 trawick: nit: fix "writing" in "/* NULL if we are writing to syslog */"
398 (sorry, haven't finished reviewing completely)
399 jim: What is the status of this??
401 * mod_proxy: Add ap_proxy_define_match_worker() and use it for ProxyPassMatch
402 and ProxyMatch section to distinguish between normal workers and workers
403 with regex substitutions in the name. Implement handling of such workers
404 in ap_proxy_get_worker(). Fixes the bug when regex workers were not
405 matched and used for request. PR 43513.
406 trunk patch: http://svn.apache.org/r1609680
407 http://svn.apache.org/r1609688
408 http://svn.apache.org/r1641381
409 ylavic: Merge patch provided (reusing new->real to avoid double de_socketfy() call).
410 Also added missing r1609688 to the patchset.
411 2.4.x patch: http://people.apache.org/~ylavic/httpd-2.4.x-ap_proxy_define_match_worker.patch
413 -0: covener tried to review this one in Austin with Jeff. Does the added match function
414 really cover a very narrow set of parameters with the way it skips over backreferences?
415 Also, why a new API vs. just setting the field inline?
417 * mod_systemd: New module, for integration with systemd on Linux.
418 trunk patch: http://svn.apache.org/r1393976
419 http://svn.apache.org/r1393997
420 http://svn.apache.org/r1484554
421 http://svn.apache.org/r1528032
422 http://svn.apache.org/r1528034
423 http://svn.apache.org/r1614821
424 http://svn.apache.org/r1618579
425 http://svn.apache.org/r1618588
426 2.4.x patch: http://people.apache.org/~jkaluza/patches/mod_systemd/httpd-2.4.x-mod_systemd.patch
428 sf comments: The IdleShutdown logic seems broken. Consider a single
429 active connection that is stalled for 10 seconds. That
430 connection will be broken after GracefulShutdownTimeout.
431 A better logic would be to check if there is any open
432 connection that is not in keep-alive state.
434 * core: Add support for systemd socket activation.
435 trunk patch: http://svn.apache.org/r1511033
436 http://svn.apache.org/r1608686
437 http://svn.apache.org/r1608694
438 http://svn.apache.org/r1608703
439 http://svn.apache.org/r1608721
440 http://svn.apache.org/r1608744
441 2.4.x patch: http://people.apache.org/~jkaluza/patches/mod_systemd/httpd-2.4.x-socket-activation.patch
444 * mod_proxy: Ensure network errors detected by the proxy are returned as
445 504 Gateway Timeout as opposed to 502 Bad Gateway
446 trunk patch: https://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1480058
447 2.4.x patch: trunk patch works modulo CHANGES
449 -1: rpluem: This change is still disputed. See
450 http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/httpd-dev/201305.mbox/%3C1B16B9E3-87BA-4EEF-939C-7C7313B54714%40gbiv.com%3E
452 * cross-compile: allow to provide CC_FOR_BUILD so that gen_test_char will be
453 compiled by the build compiler instead of the host compiler.
454 Also set CC_FOR_BUILD to 'cc' when cross-compilation is detected.
455 Trunk patches: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1327907
456 http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1328390
457 http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1328714
458 2.4 patch: http://people.apache.org/~fuankg/diffs/httpd-2.4.x-cross_compile.diff
459 fuankg: on hold until we agree for a better and more simple solution ...
461 * Makefile.win: Added copying of .vbs / .wsf CGIs to Windows install target.
462 Moved fixing of shebang to separate target so that it is
463 no longer executed by default and all CGIs remain inactive.
464 trunk patch: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1387984
465 http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1421203
466 http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1421591
467 2.4.x patch: http://people.apache.org/~fuankg/diffs/httpd-2.4.x-Makefile.win.diff
470 This commit is essentially deciding that an httpd install on
471 Windows now has printenv/testcgi written in 2 more languages.
472 To the extent that the usefulness is that it shows how to make scripts
473 of these types executable by httpd, I believe that the documentation
474 is the proper place to solve that. To the extent that the usefullness
475 is to show how to implement a CGI in these particular languages, I believe
476 that the httpd distribution and documentation in general is not the
477 place for that. Historically these types of scripts have caused problems
478 for downstream vendorsas well as newbies (and sometimes the intersection
479 of those two groups) who don't understand that these are information leaks
480 once they are enabled, and the subtlety of the way they are disabled ("Apache
481 messed up the first line; let me fix that") contributes to that.
482 fuankg notes: I've just added a big warning to all CGI scripts which should now
483 make absolutely clear that these CGIs are for testing purpose only - so those
484 who enable those scripts with inserting the right shebang should be 100% aware
485 of any risks (this should cover your last point).
486 jim: trawick, does the above address your concerns?
487 trawick: to some extent (somebody reading the script gets an idea)
488 Why isn't the configuration requirement documented instead
489 of described indirectly in a sample?
490 Why are these new samples added to the install without three
491 votes? (I didn't veto it; put your name next to the two
492 existing ones and I'll be satisfied that enough people
493 considered this addition as an appropriate solution for a
494 real httpd usability problem.)
495 wrowe: I'd agree with trawick, and suggest that these scripts can begin
496 their life somewhere in the manual/ tree. This really seems like
497 the place where /usr/share/httpd/examples/ would be useful, but
498 there isn't an ordinary directory for that. Since we want none
499 of the scripts to function 'out of the box', what about a new
500 cgi-examples/ dir alongside cgi-bin/? Otherwise manual/cgi/examples
503 * core: block Define and Undefine in vhost and directory context. Because
504 it is EXEC_ON_READ, it "breaks out" of these contexts anyway.
505 trunk patch: http://svn.apache.org/r1656063
506 http://svn.apache.org/r1656122
507 2.4.x patch: http://people.apache.org/~covener/patches/2.4.x-define-limits.diff
508 +1: covener (I need to review the docs manually in this area)
509 -1: wrowe (blocking will break "working" .conf files on a subversion update
510 meant to pick up security fixes. "Alerting" I would agree to.)