On Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 9:25 AM, Yann Ylavic <ylavic....@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 3:07 PM, Luca Toscano <toscano.l...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> > >>> > PR 60404 asks if the Timeout directive is related to >>> > the amount of time to wait for the entire CGI script's >>> > output or only the first byte received. >>> > Checking in mod_cgi.c -> cgi_bucket_read shows a >>> > apr_pollset_poll that should support the latter. >>> >>> Timeout for the first byte indeed, but more generally for each chunk >>> of the response until the end of stream (should the response be sent >>> in multiple/successive pieces of data). >>> Actually this is an incomplete response inactivity timeout. >> >> >> Yes it makes sense, what about the following description: >> >> " ..the length of time to wait for any sign of activity from the CGI script, >> like the first byte of the output or any block of bytes emitted by the CGI >> script." > > "the time to wait for response data, either the first bytes or each > subsequent pieces of data as emitted by the CGI script." ? > > (but english is not my native language ;)
my 2c: "In mod_cgi (and mod_cgid), the length of time to wait for any individual block of output from a CGI script."
