[Lxr-dev] [ lxr-Bugs-471858 ] Some characters in files create trouble

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Bugs item #471858, was opened at 2001-10-17 05:53
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Category: Browsing
Group: current cvs
Status: Open
Resolution: None
>Priority: 7
Submitted By: Per Kristian Gjermshus (pergj)
Assigned to: Malcolm Box (mbox)
Summary: Some characters in files create trouble

Initial Comment:
I have a directory in my source-tree containing the
string
'c-++'. It is not possible to browse these directories.



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>Comment By: Malcolm Box (mbox)
Date: 2002-05-09 20:06

Message:
Logged In: YES 
user_id=215386

Bug 536369 is a duplicate of this.

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Comment By: Malcolm Box (mbox)
Date: 2001-10-23 23:16

Message:
Logged In: YES 
user_id=215386

Looks like this is caused by the httpwash function being over-zealous at stripping out characters.

Perhaps we can get away with not washing variables - it seems that there are few dangerous calls that use web-provided parameters, and we could simply check at these places for troublesome characters, rather than globally restrict them.

This is related to the glimpse RE bug as well

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