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RCS file: /home/cvspublic/httpd-2.0/server/protocol.c,v
retrieving revision 1.156
retrieving revision 1.157
diff -u -r1.156 -r1.157
--- httpd-2.0/server/protocol.c	2004/10/25 06:40:08	1.156
+++ httpd-2.0/server/protocol.c	2004/10/25 10:24:17	1.157
@@ -502,6 +502,16 @@
 
     r->unparsed_uri = apr_pstrdup(r->pool, uri);
 
+    /* http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=31875
+     * http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=28450
+     *
+     * This is not in fact a URI, it's a path.  That matters in the
+     * case of a leading double-slash.  We need to resolve the issue
+     * by normalising that out before treating it as a URI.
+     */
+    while ((uri[0] == '/') && (uri[1] == '/')) {
+        ++uri ;
+    }
     if (r->method_number == M_CONNECT) {
         status = apr_uri_parse_hostinfo(r->pool, uri, &r->parsed_uri);
     }