mod_rewrite/4742: mod_rewrite doesn't rewrite (always) URL.

[Christian Sterpin <cs...@reef.com>]

>Number:         4742
>Category:       mod_rewrite
>Synopsis:       mod_rewrite doesn't rewrite (always) URL.
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    apache
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   apache
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Jul 20 02:40:00 PDT 1999
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     csterpin@reef.com
>Organization:
apache
>Release:        1.3.6
>Environment:
IRIX64 nirvanet 6.4 02121744 IP27
GCC 2.8.1  (/usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/mips-sgi-irix6.4/2.8.1/specs)
>Description:
the result depend in the browser!!!
with Netscape, mod_rewrite does his work only if you make a reload or follow 
a link(*).
with IE5, the refresh doesn't work.
when the mod_rewrite doesn't do his work, it doesn't touch the mod_rewrite.log
file, it's not a question of false conditions/tests.
(*)a link followed worked when I used irix compiler instead of gcc compiler, so there
is a difference also between the two codes.
(Rem: I tested the same stuffs but without virtual hosts on Freebsd, and it was correct)
 
>How-To-Repeat:
in a Virtual host, I wanted a referer redirection, so I added

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://mysite.com/path/.*$
RewriteRule ^(.*)  http://mysite.com/otherpath
RewriteLogLevel ....

ok, that's all
>Fix:
not actually...
>Audit-Trail:
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