Apache Site: www.apache.org
Release: 1.3.6 (Released 25th March 1999)
(local
download sites)
Beta: None
Apache 1.3.6 is the current stable release. Users of Apache
1.3.4 and earlier on Unix systems should upgrade to this
version. Read the Guide to
1.3.6 for information about changes between 1.3.4 and
1.3.6 and between 1.2 and 1.3.6.
Most bugs listed below include a link to the entry in the
Apache bug database where the problem is being tracked. These
entries are called "PR"s (Problem Reports). Some bugs do not
correspond to problem reports if they are found by
developers.
These bugs have been found in 1.3.6 and will be fixed in the
next release.
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AddDescription did
not work properly with wildcards in the filename. PR#1898.
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If DirectoryIndex is
set to a single dot (".") Apache would go into an infinite
loop. This is fixed by allowing only regular files (no
directories or symbolic links) as the arguments to this
directive.
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Occasional crashes in the proxy module. PR#3178.
Patches for bugs in Apache 1.3.6 will be made available in
the apply_to_1.3.6 subdirectory of the patches
directory on the Apache site. Some new features and other
unofficial patches are available in the 1.3
patches directory. For details of all previously reported
bugs, see the Apache bug
database and known
bugs pages. Many common configuration questions are
answered in the Apache FAQ.
The next release of Apache will include enhanced support for
Mac OS X. Currently, Apache supports "Rhapsody", the previous
name of Mac OS X. From the next release, this has been
renamed "Mac OS X" inside Apache, and has been updated. This
includes using correct paths in the APACI layout for Mac OS
X, and returning a platform name of "Mac OS" rather than
"Unix" in response headers.
MindCraft, the testing organisation which recently released
controversial performance figures for Apache on Linux, is
doing a new test. This time they are asking for advice from
various open source exports. More information on this "OpenBenchmark"
should be available from the MindCraft site. Of course the
test is still likely to benefit programs and OSes tuned to
work well in benchmark situations (limited number of
low-latency clients, for example).