This "bug" is actually Apache's fault. The problem occurs when you use mod_rewrite to hide that you're using dispatch.cgi. When you use "RewriteRule ^(.*)$ dispatch.cgi" the following happens:
* SCRIPT_NAME is set to /dispatch.cgi (since that's the actual script which gets ran) * REDIRECT_SCRIPT_NAME is set to whatever SCRIPT_NAME was before * PATH_INFO is emptied I've also tested this on 1.5 and it has the same problem. However, if you use server/fastcgi.rb (not Rack as I've been testing with) you can set the ENV['FORCE_ROOT'] to 1 and it will re-set SCRIPT_NAME and PATH_INFO using REQUEST_URI, which will (partly) solve the problem. Right now, we have no FORCE_ROOT in Rack, but here's a simple fix: * Change .htaccess to "RewriteRule ^(.*)$ dispatch.cgi/$1" (You might need to drop to slash). * Add a middleware which sets SCRIPT_NAME to REDIRECT_SCRIPT_NAME (http://pastie.org/235062) This isn't really our problem, but rather Apache (which should be able to alias CGI-scripts with the correct headers). It probably won't happen, so I guess we have to add some nasty hacks into Rack. I haven't tried this on any other servers (LightTPD/Nginx), but as long as there is no URL-rewriting (I know LightTPD can do it with FastCGI) it's probably no problem (maybe not even with, if it's smart enough). Here is a simple app which shows @env (and works on both 1.5 and 2.0): http://pastie.org/235078. It would be great if you could test it on different setups and see which requires special treatment. Check out the Rack-spec for how the variables should be set: http://rack.rubyforge.org/doc/files/SPEC.html On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 5:07 PM, Eric Mill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Bluebie -- I tried doing this with FastCGI with the same settings > (changed .htaccess to point to dispatch.fcgi, changed dispatch file to > use Rack::Handler::FastCGI.run, got the exact same results. FastCGI > will also suffer from these bugs. > > -- Eric > > On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 7:40 PM, Bluebie, Jenna > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > We are talking about cgi here, not fast cgi. Specifically CGI's interactions > > with mod_rewrite in apache. > > _______________________________________________ > > Camping-list mailing list > > Camping-list@rubyforge.org > > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/camping-list > > > _______________________________________________ > Camping-list mailing list > Camping-list@rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/camping-list -- Magnus Holm _______________________________________________ Camping-list mailing list Camping-list@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/camping-list
