mod_cgi/6161: Ouputs to stderr from a cgi-program was not written in error.log.

[Hardy Braunsdorf <ha...@metechnology.com>]

>Number:         6161
>Category:       mod_cgi
>Synopsis:       Ouputs to stderr from a cgi-program was not written in error.log.
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    apache
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   apache
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Jun 08 01:20:01 PDT 2000
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     hardy.braunsdorf@metechnology.com
>Release:        1.3.12
>Organization:
apache
>Environment:
Windows NT 4.0 Server SP 4
Visual C++ 5.0 SP3
>Description:
I use a cgi-program, that report errors to the stderr. Under unix-systems i see
this output in the apache-errorlog. 
>How-To-Repeat:
#include <stdio.h>
int main()
{
  fprintf(stderr,"Test stderr under Windows NT\n");
  printf("Content-Type: text/html\n\n");
  printf("Testpage\n");
  return 0;
}
>Fix:
*** mod_cgi.c	Thu Jun  8 10:06:56 2000
--- mod_cgi.c.own	Thu Jun  8 10:06:48 2000
***************
*** 520,525 ****
--- 520,538 ----
          ap_checkconv(r);
  #endif /*CHARSET_EBCDIC*/
  
+ #if defined(WIN32) || defined(NETWARE)
+   /* Soak up stderr and redirect it to the error log.
+   * Script output to stderr is already directed to the error log
+   * on Unix, thanks to the magic of fork().
+   */
+   while (ap_bgets(argsbuffer, HUGE_STRING_LEN, script_err) > 0) {
+     ap_log_rerror(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_ERR | APLOG_NOERRNO, r,
+                   "%s", argsbuffer);
+   }
+ #else
+  	while (ap_bgets(argsbuffer, HUGE_STRING_LEN, script_err) > 0)
+     continue;
+ #endif
  	location = ap_table_get(r->headers_out, "Location");
  
  	if (location && location[0] == '/' && r->status == 200) {
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