svn commit: r593890 - /httpd/httpd/trunk/modules/filters/mod_charset_lite.c

[tr...@apache.org]

Author: trawick
Date: Sun Nov 11 06:32:58 2007
New Revision: 593890

URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=593890&view=rev
Log:
Re-work the explanation in commentary and debug logging of
when modules and scripts may be harmed by transformation of
the request body.

Modified:
    httpd/httpd/trunk/modules/filters/mod_charset_lite.c

Modified: httpd/httpd/trunk/modules/filters/mod_charset_lite.c
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/httpd/httpd/trunk/modules/filters/mod_charset_lite.c?rev=593890&r1=593889&r2=593890&view=diff
==============================================================================
--- httpd/httpd/trunk/modules/filters/mod_charset_lite.c (original)
+++ httpd/httpd/trunk/modules/filters/mod_charset_lite.c Sun Nov 11 06:32:58 2007
@@ -1060,15 +1060,21 @@
     if (!ctx->ran) {  /* filter never ran before */
         chk_filter_chain(f);
         ctx->ran = 1;
-        if (!ctx->noop && !ctx->is_sb) {
-            /* We're not converting between two single-byte charsets, so note
-             * that some handlers can't deal with it.
-             * It doesn't help to unset Content-Length in the input header
-             * table since in all likelihood the handler has already seen it.
+        if (!ctx->noop && !ctx->is_sb
+            && apr_table_get(f->r->headers_in, "Content-Length")) {
+            /* A Content-Length header is present, but it won't be valid after
+             * conversion because we're not converting between two single-byte
+             * charsets.  This will affect most CGI scripts and may affect
+             * some modules.
+             * Content-Length can't be unset here because that would break
+             * being able to read the request body.
+             * Processing of chunked request bodies is not impacted by this
+             * filter since the the length was not declared anyway.
              */
             if (dc->debug >= DBGLVL_PMC) {
                 ap_log_rerror(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_DEBUG, 0, f->r,
-                              "Request body length may change, breaking some requests");
+                              "Request body length may change, resulting in "
+                              "misprocessing by some modules or scripts");
             }
         }
     }