#720308 gitweb: double-utf8-encoding problems in FastCGI mode

Package:
gitweb
Source:
git
Submitter:
Vincent Férotin
Date:
2013-08-26 07:51:06 UTC
Severity:
normal
#720308#5
Date:
2013-08-20 09:43:23 UTC
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gitweb is supposed to be "serveable" through FastCGI with Apache, as
its manual claimed it
(section "WEBSERVER CONFIGURATION", subsection "Apache with FastCGI").
I experimented an error using it, as generated XHTML had double/wrong
encoding (i.e. non all UTF-8), when gitweb CGI script encounter my
(accented) name, e.g. in git's log.

This problem is known, as e.g. reported here:
http://git.661346.n2.nabble.com/Gitweb-running-as-FCGI-does-not-print-its-output-in-UTF-8-td7573415.html

I encountered this problem on a personal server of mine, with an
up-to-date Debian Wheezy:
- uname -a
    Linux saintux 3.2.0-4-686-pae #1 SMP Debian 3.2.46-1 i686 GNU/Linux
- dpkg -s libc6 | grep ^Version
    Version: 2.13-38
- dpkg -s apache2 | grep ^Version
    Version: 2.2.22-13
- dpkg -s gitweb | grep ^Version; dpkg -s git-man | grep ^Version;
dpkg -s git | grep ^Version
    Version: 1:1.7.10.4-1+wheezy1

The easiest solution could be to not recommend FastCGI for gitweb, and
update documentation so.
Or perhaps simply remove dedicated section, as it claims to be "UNTESTED"?

Also, this section shows a `FastCGIServer` directive, which is
specific to libapache2-mod-fastcgi,
which belongs to non-free packages' section. For example, a free
alternative is package libapache2-mod-fcgid,
which has not this directive. So this section content could also be
rewritten, according to the recommended Apache's FastCGI module by
Debian (I don't know if it is libapache2-mod-fcgid).

An other and last remark: could it be possible that gitweb's manual
belong to gitweb's package
This bug report should IMHO better stand with gitweb's other bugs?

Thank you!
#720308#10
Date:
2013-08-20 10:00:28 UTC
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(Sorry for the typo in package's name.)
#720308#19
Date:
2013-08-21 08:37:52 UTC
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reassign 720308 gitweb
retitle 720308 gitweb: double-utf8-encoding problems in FastCGI mode
tags 720308 + upstream
forwarded 720308 http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/211888
quit

Hi Vincent,

Vincent Férotin wrote:
[...]

Heh.  I prefer not to do this if possible (it would be better to get
the underlying problem fixed).

It might be worth adding a description of this issue to the BUGS
section to the manpage and pointing to it, though.

The main git package in Debian includes git-instaweb, which is why
the gitweb docs are in there.  Probably I should move git-instaweb
to the gitweb package, which would simplify things.

Thanks for a pleasant report,
Jonathan
#720308#32
Date:
2013-08-21 11:39:34 UTC
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Of course, I agree :-) That was an idea due to my own ignorance of
FastCGI (first use).
Also, mentioning the bug will not refrain happy-with-FastCGI users,
such as full-ascii commiters.

Ah, ok. Didn't know about git-instaweb.

Thanks you guys, Jonathan and Gerrit, for having taken your time
considering this report!
#720308#35
Date:
2013-08-26 07:31:05 UTC
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Control: reassign -1 git-man 1:1.7.10.4-1+wheezy1

That won't be enough, a reassign is needed (as done with this message).

Kind regards,
Andrei