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Posted to dev@httpd.apache.org by Marc Slemko <ma...@znep.com> on 1998/01/30 01:41:48 UTC

current list of open PRs

Free beer!  Fix a PR and get drunk!

(erm... ok... perhaps not... but fix one anyway...)

 Num Category State    Sypnosis
======================================================================
 754 general  open     GMT timestamps sometimes falsely claim to be PDT
 793 general  open     RLimitCPU and RLimitMEM don't apply to all children like
1251 general  open     Compiler warning compiling support/htpasswd.c
1072 general  analyzed http servers die until only one left in process list
1119 general  analyzed Some transfers to distant sites terminate with graphics 
1150 general  feedback Many people limited to ASCII and English language
1171 general  analyzed wrong SCRIPT_URI when portnumber != 80
1204 general  open     regerror() exists, use it
1206 general  open     where possible use herror()
1218 general  feedback 1 Apache process takes up 40% of the server load
1268 general  feedback CGI scripts running as Apache user: security (suexec etc
1262 general  feedback Vhost overlap reports indistinguishable and to stderr on
1305 general  analyzed Apache is *very* unprotected against characters with 8bi
1341 general  analyzed Strange error in error_log
 379 config   analyzed <Files> within <Directory> or <Location> directive?
 783 config   open     RLimitMEM, RLimitCPU, hard limit ignored when userid is 
 684 config   feedback broken compilation of utils from support directory
 953 config   feedback Migrating from 1.1.3 -> 1.2.1 breaks all my _NON_ virtua
1043 config   feedback GuessOS; edits to Configure & Configuration
1061 config   analyzed What modes is the scoreboard file created with? What sho
1069 config   analyzed Directory deny does not deny by ip
1144 config   feedback Virtualhost troubles....
1235 config   analyzed LOCATION directive in config
1253 config   feedback Virtual hosting problem
1280 config   feedback Virtual host problem
1304 config   feedback Main server broken by first VirtualHost found (with work
1121 document open     Details of using MS Dev Studio too slight..
1148 document open     mod_dll's doc says it isn't included, but it is, in defa
1208 document open     ErrorLog Directive incorrectly documented
1225 protocol analyzed Apache doesn't have a way to dump the body of a POST bef
1237 protocol analyzed Server fails to respond to submit request for a form.
 921 suexec   analyzed Uses cwd before filling it in, doesn't use syslog
1001 suexec   open     Potential group security hole with suexec
1120 suexec   open     suexec does not parse arguments to #exec cmd
1264 suexec   open     Suexec doesn't work
1158 apache-a open     improvements to child spawning API
1327 mod_acce open     Apache ignores htaccess files on Aliased directories tha
 543 mod_cgi  analyzed "%2F" not allowed in VGI script PATH_INFO
 607 mod_cgi  analyzed CGI processes that run certain outside programs hang ind
1291 mod_cgi  feedback CGI problems are reported as "Server problem - contact t
 697 mod_incl analyzed A security tweak I've been using for a few years for SSI
 784 mod_incl analyzed IncludesNOEXEC prohibits execution of Action in <!--#inc
1037 mod_incl open     exec cmd not working for virtual hosts
1182 mod_incl analyzed SSI: include virtual doesn't handle SCRIPT_NAME correctl
1203 mod_incl analyzed possible ../ attack in mod_include
 963 mod_info analyzed The data under the section 'Current Configuration' does 
 976 mod_log- feedback CustomLog does not log 5xx series of errors
1127 mod_log- analyzed Log files for main server and virtual hosts are written 
1130 mod_log- analyzed log error with protected directory, if user have more th
1031 mod_nego analyzed Content negotiation don't work with error documents
1053 mod_nego open     "Negotiated" DirectoryIndex file listed in error if inac
 314 mod_prox analyzed Truncated (short/invalid) files are proxy-cached. Ought 
 668 mod_prox analyzed Two problems with user:password@host URLs
 671 mod_prox analyzed server access restrictions apply to proxy requests
 687 mod_prox feedback directory cache full of persistent tmpxxxxxx files
 700 mod_prox analyzed Proxy doesn't do links right for OpenVMS files through f
 747 mod_prox open     Proxy caches documents even if transmission was interrup
 822 mod_prox feedback errors writing and linking to cache-files
1092 mod_prox open     '..' links from ftp proxy are often incorrect
1183 mod_prox open     FTP Proxy doesn't return Content-Length:
1230 mod_prox feedback Page underlined input fields are missing for http://cata
1259 mod_prox open     proxy error messages
1307 mod_prox analyzed Cache growing and staying above the set size (CacheSize)
1326 mod_prox analyzed HTTPS - Cannot Connect! (PR#1024, PR#1105)
1029 mod_rewr feedback RewriteMap programs don't work on FreeBSD
1234 mod_rewr feedback Improper statck variable initialization in mod_rewrite
1325 mod_rewr analyzed mod_rewrite may write log entries even with RewriteLogLe
1278 mod_user analyzed date format for cookies is not compliant with RFC..cause
1129 os-windo feedback Hang on concurrent CGI invocations
1102 os-windo open     Name of server's DOS window changes from "APACHE" to "tc
1134 os-bsdi  feedback using prior-release config file (about 50 virtual domain
 941 os-solar analyzed Problems in source code when using Sun's CC
1296 os-solar analyzed httpd is running but clients can't access the server
1077 os-sco   open     Compilation warnings, ELF output
 878 os-aix   analyzed Server stops responding when a socket gets stuck in the 
1000 os-hpux  analyzed second sighup stop's server
 958 os-ultri analyzed alloc.c and mod_dir.c have problems with incompatible po
1169 os-osf   analyzed core dump
1314 document analyzed DEC OSF/1 seems to be hanged after 5-7 hours after Apach
 660 other    analyzed New synopsis for testing
1277 test     feedback Another test of bugdb changes
1309 other    feedback Wrong compiled-in date in localized environment
1346 suexec   feedback questionable user promotion
1348 document open     Error in http://www.apache.org/docs/new_features_1_3.htm
1349 mod_prox analyzed Proxy server stops working when there is no route to hos
1355 general  analyzed kill -TERM `cat /usr/local/etc/apache/logs/httpd.pid` do
1357 os-unixw open     Server incorrectly interprets whether file is a symlink.
1362 general  analyzed CGI script using UNIX shell script "expr" command produc
1363 other    feedback missing support directory binaries
1364 mod_prox open     cache filenames with wrong characters ":" in the proxy m
1365 general  analyzed Large download from IE broken up and logged many times
1369 general  analyzed error in src/main/conf.h - wrong path
1371 os-osf   feedback Apache 1.2.x and 1.3b2 report error message to client wh
1386 config   open     Using Socks5 instead of Socks4
1390 general  open     basic_http_header routine unavailable in Win32 environme
1391 mod_rewr feedback mod_rewrite tries to perform file locking on a pipe
1396 mod_log- analyzed Logging to a pipe causes server to stop serving document
1402 general  feedback Relative Symlinks are handled improperly
1409 config   analyzed Unable to get it to compile
1413 mod_cgi  open     Multipart form data gets additional CRs
1415 mod_prox open     POSTs with Content-Length: header have any trailing CRLF
1416 mod_prox analyzed Authorisation does not work with proxy:
1423 document open     mod_auth_db docs should contain pointer to Berkeley DB s
1425 general  analyzed After several minutes, Apache no longer responds to HTTP
1431 mod_rewr open     RewriteMap program isn't spawned when rewriteengine is t
1434 os-osf   analyzed CGIs run using 'rsh' frequently abort prematurely.
1442 os-windo open     mod_info won't link under Windows NT/95
1443 general  analyzed child processes going to disk, gradually making server u
1444 os-windo open     File Trucated Making Java applet Fail
1448 mod_stat open     Status Information should display server version and bui
1450 os-freeb open     FreeBSD Configure needs additional tuning (ctype and reg
1453 document open     New Directive "LogLevel" has no documentation -- BUT
1457 general  open     Featrure Request: Install programs in /usr/local/apache/
1459 general  analyzed Please shorten "server seems busy"  log message -- patch
1462 os-windo open     Cannot load Proxy module
1464 protocol analyzed Response for Byte-Range containing whole file "Range: by
1465 mod_auto open     default values for IconHeight/Width not plugged in
1467 document open     httpd options are documented inconsistently
1469 suexec   open     suexec allows intermediate directories with unsafe permi
1470 mod_cgi  open     argv[0] passed to CGI scripts with and without suexec
1471 os-irix  open     apache doesn't startup on irix6.2
1472 mod_prox open     extra headers on POST method CGI returns
1474 general  open     No logging when killing above MaxSpareServers -- suggest
1478 config   feedback Virtual Hosts not working properly
1489 os-windo open     problem starting Apache as service
1492 mod_log- feedback Suggestion: mod_log_config format extension
1495 os-freeb feedback kill -1 cause lots of SIGABRT in spawned childs due to f
1497 os-windo feedback .exe CGIs will not execute, instead give internal server
1501 general  feedback Problem #1257 is not fixed by the patch in #1030
1502 general  feedback Problem using virtual Hosts
1522 general  analyzed apache won't run
1524 mod_user feedback access of /~<login> crashes with sigsegv
1532 general  open     Proxy transfer logging
1540 general  feedback Apache stops to respond on virtual interfaces
1546 os-seque feedback syntax error, line 158, compiling http_main.c
1551 mod_stat open     Current and Restart Time Reports are Missing TimeZone
1552 config   open     Server exiting
1554 config   feedback missing regex.h
1556 mod_auth feedback Authentication requires multiple tries on IE3.n, Netscap
1557 apache-a analyzed palloc seemed to have some problem.
1558 os-windo analyzed Alias to other drives gives error 404
1559 mod_mime feedback Language negotiation requires the language name to follo
1561 config   feedback Apache will not run with negative group id.
1562 os-sco   feedback BrowserMatch variable cause CGI failure: 'variable=1: is
1564 os-ncr   analyzed segmentation fault on startup.
1565 mod_prox open     ftp proxy grabs files relative to login point, which may
1567 mod_prox open     ProxyRemote proxy requests fail authentication by firewa
1568 other    analyzed conf.h documentation of parameters
1569 mod_log- feedback IP address incorrectly recorded in access_log
1571 document open     Bad link in mod_perl documentation
1573 mod_prox open     SIGSEGV in proxy module observed with CONNECT request (h
1579 mod_rewr analyzed Some length patterns fail with "$", ".*", "[]"
1582 mod_rewr analyzed mod_rewrite forms REQUEST_URI different than mod_cgi doe
1583 mod_prox open     Error in netscapehost.patch
1587 general  feedback Error in document being served from 1.3b3, that does not
1588 os-other feedback GuessOS does not know "ReliantUNIX"
1596 general  feedback error_log has many of the same 2 weird errors
1598 mod_log- open     <cr> or maybe <lf> in url causes line break in log file
1606 mod_prox feedback ProxyPass ain't useful; but it could be if a ProxyFilter
1607 os-windo analyzed apache 1.3b3 hangs on concurrent CGI (still) ref bug 112
1611 os-windo open     There is no way to automatically shutdown server on Wind
1612 os-linux feedback compile warnings, compiled object will not execute [no l
1615 os-windo open     NT service runs only from C:/Apache
1623 os-windo analyzed Buffering of script output is not switched off
1627 mod_prox open     ProxyPass should handle redirects within the mirrored se
1628 mod_rewr open     support for case conversion added to mod_rewrite
1630 config   analyzed Full status reports are not enabled even with rule STATU
1631 mod_rewr open     support for case conversion added to mod_rewrite
1635 mod_prox analyzed ProxyPass doesn't serve files with extensions
1638 general  analyzed GIF images on the order of 80KB to 120KB fail to downloa
1639 config   open     Compilation problems in HP-UX 11
1640 mod_cgi  feedback cgi's are sent as text/plain
1643 os-windo feedback making the server console hideable
1644 mod_rewr open     mod_rewrite doesn't add Vary header field elements
1645 mod_log- analyzed Tabs in CustomLog format converted to spaces in log file
1646 os-solar open     Compile fails if /usr/ucb is on PATH during compile and 
1648 os-windo feedback app says i need a server name
1651 os-windo analyzed Username/PW in htpasswd file not interpreted correctly
1652 apache-a open     Conflict of routine 'palloc' name/parameters with other 
1654 os-other feedback fails to fork off a cgi
1660 os-irix  open     accept(2) serialization patch using MIPS ABI; two orders
1662 os-windo open     Can't compile Apache on NT
1663 mod_rewr open     mod_rewrite should have the two digit year in a variable
1664 os-os2   open     Failure to properly startup every time
1665 os-windo analyzed When the httpd.conf directive ThreadsPerChild is > 64 an
1668 document analyzed http://apache.rz.fh-hannover.de/ mirrors incorrectly
1669 os-windo analyzed Perl CGI run-time errors
1670 mod_log- open     Double quotes in HTTP request line bungle common log
1671 mod_auth open     .htaccess files may not use CRNLs.
1672 mod_auth open     Authentication / .htaccess DoS attack
1673 general  open     Cannot compile with g++, Anybody else working on this?
1676 os-windo analyzed Access Violation, and a rude shutdown when starting Apac
1678 os-windo open     Problem starting apache as a service
1680 general  analyzed Critically anomalous behavior when upgrading from 1.3a1 
1687 mod_rewr open     %{REMOTE_USER} returns empty string during RewriteCond/R
1689 os-solar analyzed In configuration both compilers are failing on TestCompi
1696 config   open     Typo in source files
1701 mod_user analyzed UserDir and absoluthe path.
1702 mod_prox open     mod_proxy to support persistent conns?
1703 other    open     htdigest.c and MD5_CTX
1705 general  open     REMOTE_USER defined in authenticate_basic_user and undef
1706 general  open     CORBA support in Apache
1707 os-windo open     When exiting Windows Apache produces a GPF in 80% of cas
1708 mod_log- open     errorlog reporting
1710 os-irix  analyzed Some image files get corrupted during transfer
1712 os-windo open     CGI-executables other than .exe won't execute
1716 general  open     COMPILING APACHE WEB SERVER FOR WINDOWS USING BORLAND C+
1717 os-solar open     can't successfully build - do I need to change something
1718 general  open     [Thu Jan 22 10:45:07 1998] setsockopt: (TCP_NODELAY): In
1721 mod_incl open     Server Side Includes - .shtml are not parsed correctly
1724 general  analyzed endless copies of the deamon spawn, making server not re
1725 general  open     When ErrorLog going to a pipe, only summary line makes i
1726 os-windo open     Apache hangs
1727 os-irix  open     I get 'accept_mutex_on: Permission denied' in the error_
1728 mod_stat open     Possible Overflow in Mod_status statistics?
1729 os-windo feedback MSIE 3.0 is crashing Apache server
1730 os-windo open     Can't set document root.
1731 suexec   open     suexec fails for SSI with arguments
1733 os-solar open     performance on 50+ web servers drops off after 3-5 days.
1734 mod_imap analyzed SIGSEGV in mod_imap.c
1736 os-windo analyzed You forgot to provide the DLL msvcrt.dll
1737 mod_auth feedback mod_auth_msql no longer included: old one seems incompat
1738 suexec   analyzed Variable 'cwd' non initialize reference
1741 mod_prox open     Unable to load www.novell.com with apache proxy.


Re: current list of open PRs

Posted by Dean Gaudet <dg...@arctic.org>.
On Thu, 29 Jan 1998, Marc Slemko wrote:

> Free beer!  Fix a PR and get drunk!
> 
> (erm... ok... perhaps not... but fix one anyway...)
> 
>  Num Category State    Sypnosis
> ======================================================================
>  921 suexec   analyzed Uses cwd before filling it in, doesn't use syslog
> 1738 suexec   analyzed Variable 'cwd' non initialize reference

duplicate.  Ken has fixed this in 1.3.

> 1120 suexec   open     suexec does not parse arguments to #exec cmd
> 1470 mod_cgi  open     argv[0] passed to CGI scripts with and without suexec
> 1731 suexec   open     suexec fails for SSI with arguments

I think all three of these are the same bug.  But I don't use suexec so
I haven't tested.  It's <!--#exec cmd--> brokeness.

Dean