Re: [cgiwrap-users] PATH_TRANSLATED in CGIwrap 3.9

[Mic K. <mi...@ut...>]

Nathan Neulinger <nn...@um...>
>I still have absolutely no idea exactly what this variable is supposed
>to do, and since it has gone through so many iterations of behavior in
>cgiwrap that various people have built applications around, it's hard to
>know whether "broke" really is "working fine" - I think it all depends
>on who you ask.

Gotcha.

>With that in mind, I'm probably not going to apply any more patches
>specifically to address PATH_TRANSLATED, unless either someone can show
>me a specific reliable source justifying the behavior, or if it is a
>patch that can be cleanly "--with-something" to enable it. I think I can
>probably do that for below. Maybe a "--with-cgiwrap37-path-translated"
>option or something like that.

Thanks for the additional background. I think you're right -- whatever
changes made, if any, should be based on a specific reliable source
justifying the behavior. I will look at the code again from this
standpoint.

For the very reason you give, I would even go so far as to recommend
against a --with-something config option; absent a reliable guide,
there is no use providing for more unjustified behavior.

Thanks,

--mic--


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