>Number: 3705
>Category: general
>Synopsis: "<A HREF=..." gets turned into "<!--REF=...".
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: apache
>State: open
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: apache
>Arrival-Date: Sun Jan 17 15:00:01 PST 1999
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: rdm@cfcl.com
>Organization:
apache
>Release: 1.3.4
>Environment:
rdm@cfcl 34: uname -a
FreeBSD cfcl.com 2.2.8-RELEASE FreeBSD 2.2.8-RELEASE #0: Fri Jan 15 18:39:18 PST
1999 rdm@cfcl.com:/usr/src/sys/compile/FREEBIE i386
Note: The only local configuration change is that I added NETATALK and bumped
maxusers up to 64.
>Description:
I have links which are getting trashed by Apache. The problem looks data-
dependent, in that some links get trashed, while others do not. For what it's
worth, there are no directories named "sponsor" or "sponsors" in the top-level
directory of the test tree. There is one named "details/sponsors" and ones
named "services" and "details/listings".
I have tried this file in two environments. Both servers (production and
test) exhibit the problem. Curiously, I do NOT see the problem when I
access the file on my production server via telnet and "GET /foo.shtml".
Here are some URLs for you to try, FWIW:
http://cfcl.com/foo.shtml <- production server
http://openresource.com:8873/foo.shtml < test server
>How-To-Repeat:
Here is a test file (foo.shtml):
=====
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>test</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
Help <A HREF="/sponsors/x.shtml">sponsor</A> foo!<BR>
Help <A HREF="/sponsor/x.shtml" >sponsor</A> foo!<BR>
Help <A HREF="/sponso/x.shtml" >sponsor</A> foo!<BR>
Help <A HREF="/services/x.shtml">sponsor</A> foo!<BR>
Help <A HREF="/listings/x.shtml">sponsor</A> foo!<BR>
Help <A HREF="/xxxxxxxx/x.shtml">sponsor</A> foo!<BR>
</BODY>
</HTML>
=====
Here is the output, as received by Netscape 4:
=====
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>test</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
Help <!--REF="/sponsors/x.shtm-->sponsor</A> foo!<BR>
Help <!--REF="/sponsor/x.shtml-->sponsor</A> foo!<BR>
Help <A HREF="/sponso/x.shtml" >sponsor</A> foo!<BR>
Help <A HREF="/services/x.shtml">sponsor</A> foo!<BR>
Help <A HREF="/listings/x.shtml">sponsor</A> foo!<BR>
Help <A HREF="/xxxxxxxx/x.shtml">sponsor</A> foo!<BR>
</BODY>
</HTML>
=====
>Fix:
>Audit-Trail:
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