Debian bug report logs - #1126
/usr/sbin/cgiparse -form doesn't work

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From: rdr@tad.micro.umn.edu (Raul Miller)
To: debian-bugs@pixar.com
Cc: Ted Hajek <tedhajek@boombox.micro.umn.edu>
Subject: /usr/sbin/cgiparse -form doesn't work

Package: cern-httpd
version: 3.0
package_revision: 3

According to the documentation located at
http://www.w3.org/hypertext/WWW/Daemon/User/CGI/cgiparse.html,
cgiparse has semantics which include:

cgiparse -form
       Parse QUERY_STRING as form request. Outputs a string which,
       when eval'ed by Bourne shell, will set shell variables
       beginning with FORM_ appended with field name. Field values are
       the contents of the variables.

and

cgiparse -init
       If QUERY_STRING is not defined, read stdin and output a string
       that when eval'd by Bourne shell it will set QUERY_STRING to
       its correct value. This can be used when the same script is
       used with both GET and POST method. Typical use in the
       beginning of Bourne shell script:

               eval `cgiparse -init`

       After this command the QUERY_STRING environment variable will
       be set regardless of whether GET or POST method was
       used. Therefore cgiparse may be called multiple times in the
       same script (otherwise with POST it could only be called once
       because after that the stdin would be already read, and the
       next cgiparse would hang).

However, working with an example value, cgiparse fails:

$ cat /tmp/cgi-init    # generated by cgiparse -init
QUERY_STRING='what-to-do=read&who-to-do-it-with=Aleks&what-to-wear=Jeans&what-to-wear=Sweatshirt&what-to-wear=Socks'; export QUERY_STRING
$ eval `cat /tmp/cgi-init`
$ echo $QUERY_STRING
what-to-do=read&who-to-do-it-with=Aleks&what-to-wear=Jeans&what-to-wear=Sweatshirt&what-to-wear=Socks
$ /usr/sbin/cgiparse -form
$ eval `cat /tmp/cgi-init | sed -e s/-/_/g`
$ /usr/sbin/cgiparse -form
FORM_what_to_do='read'; FORM_who_to_do_it_with='Aleks'; FORM_what_to_wear='Jeans, Sweatshirt, Socks'
$ exit

Personally, I don't care cgiparse deals with the hyphens, but they
ought to be dealt with somehow.

-- 
Raul Miller