Package: libapache2-mod-python2.3
Version: 3.1.3-3
Severity: important
Tags: patch
RFC 2616 specifies the following:
The metainformation contained in the HTTP headers in response to a HEAD
request SHOULD be identical to the information sent in response to a
GET request.
Mod-python's publisher handler only supports GET and POST. This causes
some versions of Firefox to fail when saving a page because Firefox
attempts to verify it's own cache with a HEAD request (which gets a 405
method not allowed).
This can be fixed with the attached small patch (the handler seems to already
almost support the HEAD-request). I tested the patch and it works.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.4.26-1-k7
Locale: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] (charmap=ISO-8859-15)
Versions of packages libapache2-mod-python2.3 depends on:
ii apache2 2.0.52-3 Next generation, scalable, extenda
ii apache2-common 2.0.52-3 Next generation, scalable, extenda
ii apache2-mpm-prefork [apache 2.0.52-3 Traditional model for Apache2
ii debconf 1.4.42 Debian configuration management sy
ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-20 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii python2.3 2.3.4-19 An interactive high-level object-o
-- debconf information:
* libapache2-mod-python/enable_module: true
--- /usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/mod_python/publisher.py 2005-02-11
13:26:02.000000000 +0200
+++ publisher.py 2005-02-28 14:43:31.000000000 +0200
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@
def handler(req):
- req.allow_methods(["GET", "POST"])
- if req.method not in ["GET", "POST"]:
+ req.allow_methods(["GET", "POST", "HEAD"])
+ if req.method not in ["GET", "POST", "HEAD"]:
raise apache.SERVER_RETURN, apache.HTTP_METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED
func_path = ""
