On Tue, Dec 20, 2011, at 20:28, Pinzone Gerard (DS-1) wrote:
> Designation: Non-SSA/Finmeccanica
>
> Daniel Shahaf wrote:
> >> That's a solution much like cutting off a finger to get rid of a splinter. Yeah it works, but...
> >>
> > Disagree. Your description was that you added the RewriteRule to
> > solve an alleged problem; I just told you that the alleged problem isn't a problem.
>
> I didn't say multiple slashes were a (technical) problem. I said it
> would be a good practice to ensure the URLs didn't include them since
> they're superfluous. Yes, it's not a huge issue, but it's puzzling why
> this rule, which worked fine with the older 1.6.x server using both
> 1.6.x and 1.7.x clients, would give the 1.7.x server grief ONLY when
> an older 1.6.x client is used and ONLY when committing to the slave
> server, but not the master.
>
I would also like to know what causes the issue you see with 1.6.x
clients, but I don't have time to investigate it right now. Sorry, and
if you find what causes it please let us know. Thanks.
> >>> (And, by the way, your RewriteRule is less than ideal; it causes a
> >> repeated request for each doubled slash: http://foo/bar/////baz)
> >>
> >> How so? I thought the plus sign after the second slash will capture one or more slashes?
> >> Could you provide a revised expression?
> >
> > You're right, but consider: http://host/foo//bar//baz
>
> Yes...but in that case, repeating the request isn't a bug it's a feature. I'd want http://host/foo//bar//baz to become http://host/foo/bar/baz
Yeah, but you do that in three round-trips rather than two:
GET /foo//bar//baz
301 Moved Permanently
Location: /foo/bar//baz
GET /foo/bar//baz
301 Moved Permanently
Location: /foo/bar//baz
GET /foo/bar/baz
200 OK
Received on 2011-12-20 21:38:25 CET