Dear httpd developers My previous attempt [1] to bring your attention to that tiny issue did't really bring a flood of answers. ;)
Bug summary: * man says htdigest -c will truncate file. * htdigest -c does not truncate file like it used to, since "some time" [2]. I can think of 3 options: Option 1: Fix htdigest to revert the regression^Wchange introduced. Patch here. [3] => File truncated as documented Option 2: Acknowledge the change, and fix the documentation. => File created or appended as needed Option 3: Bail out if file exists. This was suggested by some users. This mitigate the risk of data loss, if we consider -c behavior has been in the wild for some time now. => Bail out if file exists Full bug report is here [4]. What do you think should be done? Thank you! [1] https://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/httpd-dev/201202.mbox/%3c201202051352.41527.jmv_...@nirgal.com%3E [2] https://svn.apache.org/viewvc/httpd/httpd/trunk/support/htdigest.c?r1=85063&r2=85064 [3] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?msg=12;filename=564722.diff;att=1;bug=564722 [4] https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=55379