Re: fastcgi echo hangs if called via form

Sonya Rikhtverchik (rikhtver@OpenMarket.com)
Thu, 25 Sep 1997 10:20:49 -0400 

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To: fastcgi-developers@OpenMarket.com
Subject: Re: fastcgi echo hangs if called via form
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 1997 10:20:49 -0400
From: Sonya Rikhtverchik <rikhtver@OpenMarket.com>


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Date: Tue, 23 Sep 1997 11:27:19 -0700
From: Devin Ben-Hur <dbenhur@egames.com>
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Sonya Rikhtverchik wrote:
> From: Kelly Carney <Kelly_Carney@stortek.com>
> Subject: fastcgi echo hangs if called via form
> 
> Can someone verify this problem.  It's simple to demonstrate
> and it's driving me crazy.
> 
> A link that uses the fastcgi "echo" (Perl or C version) example
> program works fine.  But a FORM action set to call the fastcgi
> echo program will hang.
> 
> My current setup:
>    perl5.004 compiled with sfio
>    fastcgi library 2.01b2.1 (from http://fastcgi.idle.com/ )
>       cgi-fcgi with Netscape Server 2.0 (also have 3.0)
>    FCGI.pm 0.31
>    Solaris 5.4 (I also have 5.5.1 available)
> 
> Using fastcgi 1.5.2 cgi-fcgi works fine!

I ran into this problem too using cgi-fcgi with Netscape Commerce Server
& SunOS 4.1.2.  The 2.x version of the fastcgi kit would hang on any
POST (though form GETs worked fine).  Going back to the 1.5x kit worked
fine with POSTs.

> I'd appreciate any ideas on how to debug this problem.  I've been
> using "sudo truss -rall -wall -p pid" to connect to running fastcgi
> processes then look through the system calls for clues.  But first,
> let me know if this is busted for anyone else.

It's busted for me.  I'm not sure about debugging. I'm moving my
site to Solaris+Apache soon so I'll trade this one for a different set
of problems :(

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Devin Ben-Hur     <dbenhur@egames.com>
eGames.com, Inc.  http://www.egames.com/  The Ultimate Game Store
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