SF patch #1055159 via Titus Brown: Document redirect limitation.

Bug fix candidate.
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Jeremy Hylton 2004-12-22 14:19:09 +00:00
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@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ run CGI scripts.
on Mac OS it will only be able to run Python scripts within the same
process as itself.}
\note{CGI scripts run by the \class{CGIHTTPRequestHandler} class cannot execute
redirects (HTTP code 302), because code 200 (script output follows)
is sent prior to execution of the CGI script. This pre-empts the status
code.}
The \module{CGIHTTPServer} module defines the following class:
\begin{classdesc}{CGIHTTPRequestHandler}{request, client_address, server}

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@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ requests are executed sychronously.
SECURITY WARNING: DON'T USE THIS CODE UNLESS YOU ARE INSIDE A FIREWALL
-- it may execute arbitrary Python code or external programs.
Note that status code 200 is sent prior to execution of a CGI script, so
scripts cannot send other status codes such as 302 (redirect).
"""