Item8596: Short URLs can cause configure to break

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[09:17]  * alfredo (alfredo_@190.199.160.102) has joined #foswiki
[09:17]  <alfredo> Hi everybody
[09:19]  <alfredo> I had installed 3 times but I always have to use a workaround to make it work. If I enable the "short urls" option, on the Apache Configurator I always get the following error: http://pastie.org/835988
[09:20]  <alfredo> O I disable this 3 lines and everything works:   Alias / "/var/foswiki/bin/view/"
[09:20]  <alfredo>  RewriteRule ^/+bin/+view/+(.*) /$1 [L,NE,R]
[09:20]  <alfredo>  RewriteRule ^/+bin/+view$ / [L,NE,R]
[09:20]  <alfredo> I just wanted to let people know about this. Maybe one of the developers is online

and from the pastebin

oftware error:

Content-type: text/plain

Perl error when reading LocalSite.cfg: 
Please inform the site admin.
 at /usr/share/perl/5.10/CGI/Carp.pm line 356
   CGI::Carp::realdie('Content-type: text/plain\x{a}\x{a}Perl error when reading LocalSite.c...') called at /usr/share/perl/5.10/CGI/Carp.pm line 437
   CGI::Carp::die('Content-type: text/plain\x{a}\x{a}Perl error when reading LocalSite.c...') called at /var/foswiki/lib/Foswiki/Configure/Load.pm line 56
   Foswiki::Configure::Load::readConfig() called at /var/foswiki/lib/Foswiki.pm line 269
   Foswiki::BEGIN() called at LocalSite.cfg line 498
   eval {...} called at LocalSite.cfg line 498
   require Foswiki.pm called at /var/foswiki/bin/view line 43
   main::BEGIN() called at LocalSite.cfg line 498
   eval {...} called at LocalSite.cfg line 498
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /var/foswiki/lib/Foswiki.pm line 498.
 at /var/foswiki/lib/Foswiki.pm line 498
   require Foswiki.pm called at /var/foswiki/bin/view line 43
   main::BEGIN() called at /var/foswiki/lib/Foswiki.pm line 498
   eval {...} called at /var/foswiki/lib/Foswiki.pm line 498
Compilation failed in require at /var/foswiki/bin/view line 43.
 at /var/foswiki/bin/view line 43
   main::BEGIN() called at /var/foswiki/lib/Foswiki.pm line 43
   eval {...} called at /var/foswiki/lib/Foswiki.pm line 43
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /var/foswiki/bin/view line 43.
 at /var/foswiki/bin/view line 43

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I'm thinking that alfredo's installed foswiki using the debian package, and then used the apacheConfigurator - which is not an expected thing :/ there is a shorterurl config in /etc/foswiki that can be used (ok, so it works for me)

-- SvenDowideit - 21 Feb 2010

The ErrorDocument is a bad idea in general, when it comes to applying to configure. See also Support.Faq19

-- PaulHarvey - 22 Feb 2010

I think I fixed this in the recent ApacheConfigGenerator. ErrorDocument for configure is now set to "default" which causes it to use the apache default messages.

-- GeorgeClark - 22 Aug 2010

Also updating the supplied bin/.htaccess.txt to use a "default" document for configure.

-- GeorgeClark - 22 Aug 2010

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