Package: dwww
Version: 1.9.28
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
If dwww uses the GET method instead of POST in its HTML forms, it can be used
with webfs (a lightweight HTTP daemon that does not support CGI POST, only GET)
without any loss of functionality. In addition, using GET produces re-usable
URLs that can be bookmarked for later use and/or shared with others. I have
included a patch below to make the necessary changes:
--- dwww-1.9.28/lib/dwww-find.start 2005-03-24 11:11:25.000000000 +1100
+++ patched-dwww/lib/dwww-find.start 2006-03-10 03:08:34.368902870 +1100
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
<small><a href="/dwww/">dwww Home</a></small>
<br>
<hr>
-<form method="POST" action="/cgi-bin/dwww">
+<form method="get" action="/cgi-bin/dwww">
<input name="search" size="30" value="%VALUE%">
<input type="submit" name="programsubmit" value="Search">
<br>
--- dwww-1.9.28/lib/dwww.man.template 2005-03-24 11:11:25.000000000 +1100
+++ patched-dwww/lib/dwww.man.template 2006-03-10 03:08:41.884709492 +1100
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
<br>
<hr>
-<form method="POST" action="/cgi-bin/dwww">
+<form method="get" action="/cgi-bin/dwww">
<input name="search" size="30">
<input type="submit" name="programsubmit" value="Search">
<br>
--- dwww-1.9.28/lib/dwww.template 2005-06-06 00:11:14.000000000 +1000
+++ patched-dwww/lib/dwww.template 2006-03-10 03:08:48.992526610 +1100
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
<hr />
-<form method="post" action="/cgi-bin/dwww" id="docsearch">
+<form method="get" action="/cgi-bin/dwww" id="docsearch">
<p>
<b>Find documentation:</b><br />
<input name="search" id="searchfield" size="50" tabindex="0" />
--- dwww-1.9.28/lib/man-begins-with.start 2005-03-24 11:11:25.000000000
+1100
+++ patched-dwww/lib/man-begins-with.start 2006-03-10 03:08:56.732327468
+1100
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
</small>
<br>
<hr>
-<form method="POST" action="/cgi-bin/dwww">
+<form method="get" action="/cgi-bin/dwww">
<input name="search" size="30">
<input type="submit" name="programsubmit" value="Search">
<br>
--- dwww-1.9.28/lib/man-index.start 2005-03-24 11:11:25.000000000 +1100
+++ patched-dwww/lib/man-index.start 2006-03-10 03:09:11.183955634 +1100
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
<br>
<hr>
-<form method="POST" action="/cgi-bin/dwww">
+<form method="get" action="/cgi-bin/dwww">
<input name="search" size="30">
<input type="submit" name="programsubmit" value="Search">
<br>
--- dwww-1.9.28/lib/man-in-section.start 2005-04-06 09:40:16.000000000
+1000
+++ patched-dwww/lib/man-in-section.start 2006-03-10 03:09:18.415769562
+1100
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
<br>
<hr>
-<form method="POST" action="/cgi-bin/dwww">
+<form method="get" action="/cgi-bin/dwww">
<input name="search" size="30">
<input type="submit" name="programsubmit" value="Search">
<br>
--- dwww-1.9.28/lib/menu.all.start 2005-04-07 07:28:07.000000000 +1000
+++ patched-dwww/lib/menu.all.start 2006-03-10 03:09:24.251619408 +1100
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
<small><a href="/dwww/">dwww Home</a> | <a href="/dwww/menu/">Each section in
separate page</a></small>
<br>
<hr>
-<form method="POST" action="/cgi-bin/dwww">
+<form method="get" action="/cgi-bin/dwww">
<input name="search" size="30">
<input type="submit" name="programsubmit" value="Search">
<br>
--- dwww-1.9.28/lib/menu.single.start 2005-04-07 07:28:07.000000000 +1000
+++ patched-dwww/lib/menu.single.start 2006-03-10 03:09:29.283489940 +1100
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
<small><a href="/dwww/">dwww Home</a> | <a href="/dwww/menu/all.html">All
sections in one page</a></small>
<br>
<hr>
-<form method="POST" action="/cgi-bin/dwww">
+<form method="get" action="/cgi-bin/dwww">
<input name="search" size="30">
<input type="submit" name="programsubmit" value="Search">
<br>
Please consider adding this patch to the next release of dwww.
Thanks, Benjamin.s, Benjamin.
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