Bug#333908: marked as done (mod_rewrite does not rewrite REQUEST_URI)

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Your message dated Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:10:11 +0100
with message-id <20061111091011.GA14706@mails.so.argh.org>
and subject line That's by design
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• To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>
• Subject: mod_rewrite does not rewrite REQUEST_URI
• From: Eduard Bloch <blade@debian.org>
• Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2005 13:50:13 +0200
• Message-id: <E1EQO4j-0002qk-Fj@debian.localnet>

Package: apache2
Version: 2.0.54-5
Severity: normal

Simple example:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /cgi-bin
RewriteRule ^ - [E=REQUEST_URIX:somestring]
RewriteRule ^ - [E=REQUEST_URI:/real/location]

REQUEST_URIX ends up in the CGI environment, while REQUEST_URI is _not_
replaced. It shows the original content and not the custom one.

Following http://groups.yahoo.com/group/new-httpd/message/55939 that
should work but it just doest't.

Eduard.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (990, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.12
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages apache2 depends on:
ii  apache2-mpm-prefork           2.0.54-5   traditional model for Apache2

apache2 recommends no packages.

-- no debconf information

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• To: 333908-done@bugs.debian.org
• Subject: Re: That's by design
• From: Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org>
• Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:10:11 +0100
• Message-id: <20061111091011.GA14706@mails.so.argh.org>
• In-reply-to: <758E5B94-0F83-4078-AC4E-E896A6D2D018@terpstra.ca>
• References: <758E5B94-0F83-4078-AC4E-E896A6D2D018@terpstra.ca>

* Wesley W. Terpstra (wesley@terpstra.ca) [060406 05:47]:
> Hi. Just wanted to let you know that REQUEST_URI is not supposed to  
> be changed on rewrite.

> The purpose of that variable is to provide a CGI with access to the  
> original request, before redirects.
> If you need the location of the program after redirect, use SCRIPT_NAME.
> If this isn't your program, report the bug to the author.

I'm closing the report as it seems to be a non-bug but rather a design
decision.


Cheers,
Andi
-- 
  http://home.arcor.de/andreas-barth/

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