Bug 393683

Summary:	www-servers/varnish-3.0.2 log '%r' format specifier returns the wrong info
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	jon
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Anthony Basile <blueness>
Status:	RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Attachments:	Patch to remove protocol and host from %r.

Description jon 2011-12-08 22:41:27 UTC

Varnishncsa '%r' format specifier returns the full absolute URL instead of just the path component and query string that follows the domain name. This started happening in 3.0.2. Prior to that it worked as expected.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. varnishncsa -c -F %r
Actual Results:  
GET http://www.mydomain.com/sample/page/1?layout=print HTTP/1.1

Expected Results:  
GET /sample/page/1?layout=print HTTP/1.1

We're running Varnish 3.0.2 on x86_64 Gentoo 2.0.3. This messes with log analyzers and could be a show stopper for some users.

Of course it would be if the URL path be made available as a format specifier. Since all of the other components are available it would be easy for someone to synthesize the format they need.

Comment 1 jon 2012-01-19 19:16:39 UTC

After digging around the source I discovered that the '%U' parameter is the URL without the protocol and host portions (ie "/mypage.html" instead of "http://my.domain.com/mypage.html". So I now use "%m %U%q %H" instead of "%r".

This could be returned to the old behavior, and what at least seems to be my "normal" experience, by dropping lines 631-637 from the varnishncsa.c file. See attached diff.

Comment 2 jon 2012-01-19 19:17:40 UTC

Created attachment 299329 [details, diff]
Patch to remove protocol and host from %r.

Comment 3 Anthony Basile gentoo-dev

2016-02-12 01:33:02 UTC

3.0.2 is off the tree and I'm going to be dropping the 3.x series in favor of 4.x.  Is this an issue with the 4.x series?

Comment 4 jon 2016-02-12 01:36:22 UTC

(In reply to Anthony Basile from comment #3)
> 3.0.2 is off the tree and I'm going to be dropping the 3.x series in favor
> of 4.x.  Is this an issue with the 4.x series?

I don't know as I haven't had the opportunity to work with 4.x.

Comment 5 Anthony Basile gentoo-dev

2016-07-10 18:06:45 UTC

varnish 3.x has been EOL since 2015-03-23, sorry but its time to punt it.  See

http://www.varnish-cache.org/releases/index.html