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authorUwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de>2023-02-17 12:08:50 +0100
committerEric Wong <e@80x24.org>2023-02-17 11:14:21 +0000
commit849538969a6c0ef0319291f31dc69acdec4481db (patch)
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parent0e5aa2985e0f4ba7316429bb8a5d06530eb7dfe5 (diff)
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When AllowEncodedSlashes is Off (the default setting), URLs containing
%2f are replied with a 404 error without calling the CGI. To (maybe)
prevent others debugging this issue add a hint with the solution.
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@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@ web servers lack the scheduling fairness of L<public-inbox-netd(1)>
 and L<public-inbox-httpd(1)> for handling git clones and
 streaming large mbox downloads.
 
+=head1 COMPATIBILITY NOTE
+
+When using the CGI with Apache, make sure to set AllowEncodedSlashes to On, as
+public-inbox makes heavy use of encoded slashes.
+
 =head1 CONTACT
 
 Feedback welcome via plain-text mail to L<mailto:meta@public-inbox.org>