You are here: Foswiki>Tasks Web>Configure>Item14400 (01 Jun 2017, GeorgeClark)Edit Attach

Item14400: Configure settings leak into the global $Foswiki::cfg hash in fcgi environment

Priority: Urgent
Current State: Closed
Released In: 2.1.4
Target Release: patch

Applies To: Extension
Component: Configure
Branches: Release02x01 master Item14288

Reported By: GeorgeClark
Waiting For:
Last Change By: GeorgeClark

On a system that is missing the DBI perl module:

Enable the PageCache
Attempt to disable the page cache - The JSON request returns 500 - crashed due to missing Perl module DBI
Attempt to reload Configure, it crashes
Try to view Main/WebHome - it crashes

I recreated this on the Foswiki VM, by removing the DBI module.

The crash will be fixed in 2.1.4, by a fix to Foswiki.pm that disables the Cache, but the underlying issue - unsaved config changes leaking into the live $Foswiki::cfg hash still exists.

-- GeorgeClark - 21 May 2017

ItemTemplate edit

Summary	Configure settings leak into the global $Foswiki::cfg hash in fcgi environment
ReportedBy	GeorgeClark
Codebase	2.1.4 RC1, 2.1.3
SVN Range
AppliesTo	Extension
Component	Configure
Priority	Urgent
CurrentState	Closed
WaitingFor
Checkins	distro:0324256d171b
TargetRelease	patch
ReleasedIn	2.1.4
CheckinsOnBranches	Release02x01 master Item14288
trunkCheckins
masterCheckins	distro:0324256d171b
ItemBranchCheckins	distro:0324256d171b
Release02x01Checkins	distro:0324256d171b
Release02x00Checkins
Release01x01Checkins