On Monday, January 13, 2003, at 02:40 AM, Greg Stein wrote:
>> I have copied the httpd development mailing list, because this bug was
>> specifically addressed over a year ago. I know, because I am the
>> person
>> who brought it to Greg's attention last time too. Mod_dir should not
>> be
>> redirecting non-GET requests by default.
>
> It is totally fine if it wants to redirect non-GET requests. Roy can
> explain
> the subtle differences between a URL that ends in a slash and one that
> doesn't, but the simple fact is that the server should be able to do
> the
> redirect, and the client should be able to handle it. A client that
> cannot
> is considered broken (and deserves 10 lashes :-).
>
> Ah. Here is a simple example. There is a resource on the server that
> refers
> to a directory on the disk; the URL is http://example.com/dir/. If you
> GET
> it, then you get the index.html and there is an HREF in there to
> "page.html". If there was no slash on the end of the request URL, then
> following the link takes to http://example.com/page.html. Thus, the
> server
> does a redirect to ensure the slash is present, so that relative links
> take
> you to the right place: http://example.com/dir/page.html.
>
> If you ever attempt to refer to the resource, then you should use the
> URL
> that refers to that resource. Whether it is a GET, a PROPFIND, or a
> COPY.
> Thus, the redirection to ensure that you get the slash on the end.
There is a difference between http://example.com/foo and
http://example.com/foo/.
The former refers to the actual directory entry, and the latter refers
to the
contents of the directory entry. mod_dir does a redirect to the /'d
entry
since it is assuming that the client actually intended to get the
contents
of the directory. (/me awaits Roy's flamesent clarification)
-aaron
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Received on Mon Jan 13 21:54:34 2003