From: Lars Hjemli Date: Mon, 01 Sep 2008 23:14:31 GMT Subject: Re: [cgit PATCH] use Host: header to generate cgit_hosturl Message-ID: <8c5c35580809011614k6ec5a0e9tdfd5d3031c58b84@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20080901230741.GA19984@hand.yhbt.net> On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 1:07 AM, Eric Wong wrote: > Lars Hjemli wrote: >> On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 8:30 AM, Eric Wong wrote: >> > So use the "Host" header if it is available and fall back to >> > SERVER_NAME/SERVER_PORT for some clients that don't set >> > HTTP_HOST. >> >> Maybe it would be better to use a new cgitrc parameter as fallback if >> the client doesn't provide the "Host" header? > > That sounds a bit hackish to me since HTTP_HOST, SERVER_NAME and > SERVER_PORT are all standardized. Anyhow, it's your call :) I just figured that since SERVER_NAME/SERVER_PORT doesn't work in a setup like the one you described, clients which doesn't provide the "Host" header would never get a correct url. A default value for the "Host" header in cgitrc would work around this issue. -- larsh