Re: [PATCH] to fix mod_userdir's broken handling of ///~user

["Roy T. Fielding" <fi...@kiwi.ICS.UCI.EDU>]

>    As pointed out by Nick Allen <na...@acm.org> in PR#805, mod_userdir
>    makes the assumption that r->uri *has* to start with "/~" or else it
>    won't work. "///~user" will not.  This patch addresses that by
>    collapsing duplicated slashes before making the test.
>
>    It's unclear whether "/~user" and "///~user" should be considered
>    equivalent.  Any thoughts?  Roy?  I can't seem to find anything onw
>    way or the other..

They are not equivalent.  However, it is reasonable to do an external
redirect to the fixed URL.

....Roy