general/7247: CGI script returns xml header. Server generates error.

[James Werkowski <jw...@attglobal.net>]

>Number:         7247
>Category:       general
>Synopsis:       CGI script returns xml header. Server generates error.
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    apache
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   apache
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Feb 14 12:20:01 PST 2001
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     jwerkowski@attglobal.net
>Release:        1.3.14
>Organization:
apache
>Environment:
Linux 2.2.12-20
>Description:
Using CGI.pm to generate html output, the standard header string 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

causes Apache to generate a "malformed header from script" error, aborting the script.

>How-To-Repeat:
Use CGI.pm to create a cgi script with the lines
print html_start();
print "test";
print html_end();
>Fix:
According to the author of CGI.pm, Apache should accept the header. (Apparently it did in all versions before 1.3.)
>Release-Note:
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