general/6892: apache drops port number on URL rewrite despite UseCanonicalName = Off

[Ricardo Signes <pe...@yahoo.com>]

>Number:         6892
>Category:       general
>Synopsis:       apache drops port number on URL rewrite despite UseCanonicalName = Off
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    apache
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
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>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   apache
>Arrival-Date:   Sun Nov 26 15:00:01 PST 2000
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>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     petrokoles@yahoo.com
>Release:        unix 1.3.14
>Organization:
apache
>Environment:
Linux ignatius 2.2.17 #5 Fri Oct 6 18:01:46 EDT 2000 i586 unknown
running apache 1.3.14 as distributed by Slackware
>Description:
I have a LAN in which one machine is connected to world via DSL; it masquerades for the machines behind it.  Both this machine (pete) and a machine behind its fw (ignatius) run apache.  Pete port forwards pete:8080 to ignatius:80 so I can access ignatius' httpd when at work.  I disabled UseCanonicalName, to prevent the 8080 from being dropped and to prevent rpg-theory.org from being replaced with ignatius.rpg-theory.org

This works fine, except for the following case:
  while http://rpg-theory.org:8080/~samael/  works,
  http://rpg-theory.org:8080/~samael does not
(note the lack of trailing / on the broken URL)

In the latter case, the port number is dropped and all manner of browser (lynx, MSIE, NS4-6, Opera) attempt to retrieve http://rpg-theory.org/~samael/

I understand that the / is required by spec, but tradition allows it to be dropped.  This seems to be a problem with the implementation of UseCanonicalName, perhaps?
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