Have assigning req.filename automatically update req.finfo.

• Key: MODPYTHON-128
• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Resolution: Fixed
• Priority: Major
• Assignee: Graham Dumpleton
• Reporter: Graham Dumpleton
• Component/s: core
• Affects Version/s: 3.3.x
• Fix Version/s: 3.3.1

Description

Although it is possible to assign a new value to "req.filename", it is not possible to update "req.finfo" based on the new filename.

Suggest that if "req.filename" is assigned a new value, that apr_stat() be automatically called to update "req.finfo". Ie., internally mod_python would do something like:

  apr_stat(&r->finfo, r->filename, APR_FINFO_MIN, r->pool);

I believe that mod_perl supports a similar feature, but would need to confirm this.

Related to "req.filename", the "req.canonical_filename" should also be writable as when changing "req.filename" the latter should also by rights be updated as well.