[Ecls-list] trying to figure out the error from a CGI

[Greg Pfeil]

On 19 Nov 2005, at 10:23, Patrick Giagnocavo 717-201-3366 wrote:

> I have been using a trivial CGI library and have code that outputs a 
> simple page.
>
> Under CLisp, it works fine - Apache runs the CGI.
>
> Under ECL, I get this in the error.log:
>
> Premature end of script headers: /home/patrick/html/examples/index.cgi

This is just a shot in the dark ...

HTTP requires that each line ends with CRLF. ECL might (I dunno, never 
used it on Windows) output LF as the line ending on every platform, 
whereas Clisp probably uses CRLF. If you're using ~% in FORMAT or 
something as your end-of-line, that may not work. Make a +CRLF+ 
constant to use in your CGI, see if that helps.

IE, this isn't an ECL problem so much as an HTTP-spec-understanding 
problem that people run into in every language.