Bring known bugs in 1_2_X up-to-date from HEAD

git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/branches/1.3@78588 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68

1 files changed, 43 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/APACHE_1_2_X/htdocs/manual/misc/known_bugs.html b/APACHE_1_2_X/htdocs/manual/misc/known_bugs.html
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--- a/APACHE_1_2_X/htdocs/manual/misc/known_bugs.html
+++ b/APACHE_1_2_X/htdocs/manual/misc/known_bugs.html
@@ -27,8 +27,41 @@ in early versions have been fixed in 1.2.
 
 <H2>Apache 1.2 Bugs</H2>
 
-<OL><a name="listenbug"></a>
-    <LI>On some architectures if your configuration uses multiple
+<OL>
+    <LI><b>Exists in 1.2.1 only.</b>
+    On Solaris 2.x the server will stop running after receiving a
+    SIGHUP.  Four workarounds exist (choose one):<p>
+    <ul>
+	<li>Retrieve <a href="http://www.apache.org/dist/patches/apply_to_1.2.1/solaris_hup.patch">this patch</a>.
+	<code>cd</code> to your <code>apache_1.2.1</code> directory, and
+	type <code>patch -s -p1 < /path/to/patchfile</code>.  Then rebuild
+	Apache.<p>
+	<li>Use SIGUSR1 instead of SIGHUP, see <a href="../stopping.html">
+	Stopping and Restarting Apache</a> for more details.<p>
+	<li>Add <code>-DNO_SLACK</code> to
+	<code>EXTRA_CFLAGS</code> in
+	your <code>Configuration</code> file, re-run <code>Configure</code>
+	and rebuild your server.  This disables the
+	<a href="descriptors.html">descriptor slack workaround</a><p>
+	<li>(Least preferable) Use Apache 1.2.0 instead of 1.2.1.<p>
+    </ul>
+    This problem will be tracked as
+    <a href="http://www.apache.org/bugdb.cgi/full/832">PR#832</a>.<p>
+    </li>
+
+    <LI>(Exists in 1.2.0 and in 1.2.1 after either of the
+    <code>NO_SLACK</code> or patch provided by the previous bug are applied.)
+    Solaris 2.5.1 (and probably other versions of Solaris) appear to have
+    a race condition completely unrelated to all the others.  It is possible
+    during a SIGHUP that the server will fail to start because it will not
+    be able to re-open its sockets.  To our knowledge this has only shown
+    up during testing when we pummel the server with as many SIGHUP requests
+    per second as we can.  This appears unrelated to the similar sounding bug
+    described in <a href="http://www.apache.org/bugdb.cgi/full/832">PR#832</a>.
+    <p>
+
+    <LI><a name="listenbug">On some architectures</A>
+    if your configuration uses multiple
     <a href="../mod/core.html#listen">Listen</a> directives then it is possible
     that the server will starve one of the sockets while serving hits on
     another.  The work-around is to add
@@ -43,12 +76,11 @@ in early versions have been fixed in 1.2.
     <a href="http://www.apache.org/bugdb.cgi/full/467">PR#467</a>.
     <P></LI>
 
-    <a name="cnegbug"></a>
     <LI><b>Fixed in 1.2.1.</b>
-    Apache's <A HREF="../content-negotiation.html">Content
+    <a name="cnegbug">Apache's</A> <A HREF="../content-negotiation.html">Content
     Negotiation</A> should pick the smallest variant if there
     are several that are equally acceptable. A bug in 1.2 means it no
-    longer does this unless all the variants have character sets. 
+    longer does this unless all the variants have character sets.
     This <A HREF="../../dist/contrib/patches/1.2/conneg-bug.patch">patch</A>
     fixes this problem. It also fixes the problem which makes Apache
     pick the last equally acceptable variant instead of the first.
@@ -58,7 +90,7 @@ in early versions have been fixed in 1.2.
 
     <LI>
     The PATH_INFO part of a request URI cannot include the sequence
-    <CODE>%2f</CODE>. This will be tracked as 
+    <CODE>%2f</CODE>. This will be tracked as
     <A HREF="http://www.apache.org/bugdb.cgi/full/543">PR#543</A>.
     <P></LI>
 
@@ -80,15 +112,15 @@ in early versions have been fixed in 1.2.
 
     <LI>If compilation fails complaining about "unknown symbol __inet_ntoa()"
     then you have probably installed version 8 of bind. You will need to
-    explicitly link with the bind library by adding <CODE>-lbind</CODE> 
-    to <CODE>EXTRA_LFLAGS</CODE> in <CODE>Configuration</CODE>. See
+    explicitly link with the bind library by adding <CODE>-lbind</CODE>
+    to <CODE>EXTRA_LDFLAGS</CODE> in <CODE>Configuration</CODE>. See
     <A HREF="http://www.apache.org/bugdb.cgi/full/616">PR#616</A>
-    and the 
+    and the
     <A HREF="FAQ.html#bind8.1">Apache FAQ</A>.
     <P></LI>
 
     <LI>The message "<CODE>created shared memory segment #730499</CODE>"
-    in error_log is not an error and should be ignored. See 
+    in error_log is not an error and should be ignored. See
     <a href="http://www.apache.org/bugdb.cgi/full/696">PR#696</A>.
     <P></LI>
 
@@ -104,7 +136,7 @@ in early versions have been fixed in 1.2.
     virtual hosts. This appears similar to a file-descriptor limit
     but BSDI should not have this problem. This will be tracked as
     <A HREF="http://www.apache.org/bugdb.cgi/full/611">PR#611</A>.
-    See also the <A HREF="FAQ.html#fdlim">Apache FAQ</A>. 
+    See also the <A HREF="FAQ.html#fdlim">Apache FAQ</A>.
     <P></LI>
 
     <LI><a href="descriptors.html"><b>Workaround available in 1.2.1.</b></a>