Re: Vary: header and mod_gzip

From: Anil Madhavapeddy <anil@dont-contact.us>
Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 14:25:06 +0100

On Mon, Aug 26, 2002 at 12:21:33AM +1000, Robert Collins wrote:
>
> This occurs because mod_gzip is not setting a Vary: header in the reply.
> (See RFC 2616 section 14.44, and 14.3). Setting 'Vary: Accept-Encoding'
> is a SHOULD requirement of RFC 2616 when using Server driven
> negotiation.

FWIW, I reported this over a year ago when importing the OpenBSD
port of mod_gzip. That port has a small patch which does add the
Vary header to compressed out. Should work on other platforms also.

http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/ports/www/mod_gzip/patches/patch-mod_gzip_c

Anil
Received on Mon Aug 26 2002 - 07:25:09 MDT

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