Re: assbackwards, nph-scripts and mod_cgi

[Stas Bekman <st...@stason.org>]

Anybody?

On Nov 24th 2003 Stas Bekman wrote:
> in apache-1.3 it was possible to emulate nph (non-parsed headers) handlers
> by simply disabling the headers parsing in the sent response. It no longer
>  works in httpd-2.0 that way.
> 
> Looking at mod_cgi.c, it plays it dirty and shortcuts the filters chain to 
> bypass any output filters that deal with response headers, letting nph- 
> scripts emit their own headers by printing them out.
> 
> Though there is r->assbackwards = 1, which is when set also allows handlers
> to send their own headers by printing them out.
> 
> My question is: does using r->assbackwards is the right way to allow nph- 
> handlers in third party modules (mod_perl/mod_php/etc) or should we use the
>  mod_cgi.c's approach and rewire the filter chain.
> 
> In short, what's the approach is endorsed by httpd-dev.
> 
> Am I correct to understand that mod_cgi doesn't set r->assbackwards = 1, 
> but messes up with the filter chain in order to optimize things? Is it safe
>  for us to do the same and not be afraid that filter chains internals will
>  change in the future? (I think they must change in 2.1 at least because of
> the bug I've reported long time ago, which makes it impossible to remove
> the connection filter that links to the request filter chain, and the only
> way to fix it is to change the way chains are linked to each other)

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