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Posted to apache-bugdb@apache.org by Ewan Edwards <es...@csp.net> on 1997/04/28 20:00:16 UTC
mod_include/496: Pages using 'virtual includes' do not update with normal refresh
>Number: 496
>Category: mod_include
>Synopsis: Pages using 'virtual includes' do not update with normal refresh
>Confidential: no
>Severity: serious
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: apache (Apache HTTP Project)
>State: open
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: apache
>Arrival-Date: Mon Apr 28 11:00:16 1997
>Originator: eskwayrd@csp.net
>Organization:
apache
>Release: 1.2b8
>Environment:
Linux 2.0.18, gcc 2.7.2, 32 megs RAM
>Description:
For a corporate site I'm developing, I'm using server side includes
extensively (via <!--#include virtual=""-->). Each of the pages
containing the include tags has the execute bits set, and XBitHack
is set to Full for the entire document tree. The site uses frames
throughout, although the following symptoms appear with or
without frames:
When the included information is updated, whether it's a static
file, or dynamically generated via CGI, the completed page does
not update when clicking on 'reload' in Netscape Navigator 3.01
or Internet Explorer 3.0. With Navigator, updates can be seen
when performing a 'shift-reload'.
For the CGI-generated information, I have attempted to compensate
for this problem by including properly formatted Last-Modified
headers in the output, but without success.
>How-To-Repeat:
URL's won't help, since you won't be able to update the files
being included.
However, this should demonstrate the problem.
Create two files, file 1 being the main HTML page, file 2 contains
just some simple text or HTML.
View file 1 in a browser to verify that file 2's information is
being included.
Edit file 2.
Click reload in the browser to see if the updated information
appears. For me, it doesn't without a 'shift-reload' in
Navigator.
I think I've read about a similar problem being reported in
Apache Week some time ago, but now that I've searched through
my archives, I cannot locate the reference. But as I recall, the
problem related to the server not properly propagating the
last modified date of included information through as the last
modified date of the final document.
Please contact me if you need further details.
>Fix:
No
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:
Re: mod_include/496: Pages using 'virtual includes' do not update with normal refresh
Posted by Rob Hartill <ro...@imdb.com>.
This is a feature and not a bug.
XbitHackFull is documented (or should be) as using the main file's
last-modified date. i.e. the included parts have no affect on the
last-modifed date.
On Mon, 28 Apr 1997, Ewan Edwards wrote:
> >Number: 496
> >Category: mod_include
> >Synopsis: Pages using 'virtual includes' do not update with normal refresh
> >Confidential: no
> >Severity: serious
> >Priority: medium
> >Responsible: apache (Apache HTTP Project)
> >State: open
> >Class: sw-bug
> >Submitter-Id: apache
> >Arrival-Date: Mon Apr 28 11:00:16 1997
> >Originator: eskwayrd@csp.net
> >Organization:
> apache
> >Release: 1.2b8
> >Environment:
> Linux 2.0.18, gcc 2.7.2, 32 megs RAM
> >Description:
> For a corporate site I'm developing, I'm using server side includes
> extensively (via <!--#include virtual=""-->). Each of the pages
> containing the include tags has the execute bits set, and XBitHack
> is set to Full for the entire document tree. The site uses frames
> throughout, although the following symptoms appear with or
> without frames:
>
> When the included information is updated, whether it's a static
> file, or dynamically generated via CGI, the completed page does
> not update when clicking on 'reload' in Netscape Navigator 3.01
> or Internet Explorer 3.0. With Navigator, updates can be seen
> when performing a 'shift-reload'.
>
> For the CGI-generated information, I have attempted to compensate
> for this problem by including properly formatted Last-Modified
> headers in the output, but without success.
> >How-To-Repeat:
> URL's won't help, since you won't be able to update the files
> being included.
>
> However, this should demonstrate the problem.
>
> Create two files, file 1 being the main HTML page, file 2 contains
> just some simple text or HTML.
>
> View file 1 in a browser to verify that file 2's information is
> being included.
>
> Edit file 2.
>
> Click reload in the browser to see if the updated information
> appears. For me, it doesn't without a 'shift-reload' in
> Navigator.
>
> I think I've read about a similar problem being reported in
> Apache Week some time ago, but now that I've searched through
> my archives, I cannot locate the reference. But as I recall, the
> problem related to the server not properly propagating the
> last modified date of included information through as the last
> modified date of the final document.
>
> Please contact me if you need further details.
> >Fix:
> No
> >Audit-Trail:
> >Unformatted:
>
>
>
>
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