[pca] Downloading big patches

[Dagobert Michelsen]

Hi Martin,

Am 17.11.2008 um 10:36 schrieb Martin Paul:
> I've done some experiments on a Solaris 10 (apache 2.0.63) system  
> now to verify that Timeout indeed affects CGI scripts. I've used a  
> simple sleep.cgi:
>
>  #!/bin/sh
>  sleep 30
>
> When setting "Timeout" to e.g. 20, apache will log "Premature end of  
> script headers: sleep.cgi" after 20 seconds, and the client will  
> fail with an HTTP error code of 500 (internal server error).  
> Everything is fine if the Timeout is >30.
>
> So it's definitely the "Timeout" parameter which you have to raise  
> to make pca-proxy.cgi work with huge patches. For me, 1800 has been  
> sufficient in the past, but 3600 might be even safer. I've seen no  
> ill effects of raising Timeout on my web server. If you're worried,  
> you can always setup an apache instance solely for pca-proxy.cgi.

It would be nice if you could add this to
   <http://www.par.univie.ac.at/solaris/pca/contrib/PCAinstallation.htm>

Best regards

   -- Dago