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Explicitly allow cgi-bin programs in a subdirectory
authorRuss Allbery <rra@debian.org>
Sat, 12 Jun 2010 19:32:47 +0000 (12:32 -0700)
committerRuss Allbery <rra@debian.org>
Sat, 12 Jun 2010 19:32:47 +0000 (12:32 -0700)
The current wording could be read to imply that subdirectories of
/usr/lib/cgi-bin aren't allowed.  Explicitly permit installation of
CGI programs in a subdirectory of that directory.

policy.sgml

index 720150d68276afb323439f73f8a6705688c866bb..7dd0785f44a88a7f459adfbf95d15083a056d7db 100644 (file)
@@ -8184,11 +8184,13 @@ done
                <example compact="compact">
 /usr/lib/cgi-bin/<var>cgi-bin-name</var>
                </example>
-               and should be referred to as
+               or a subdirectory of that directory, and should be
+               referred to as
                <example compact="compact">
 http://localhost/cgi-bin/<var>cgi-bin-name</var>
                </example>
-
+               (possibly with a subdirectory name
+               before <var>cgi-bin-name</var>).
            </item>
 
            <item>