[TYPO3-core] RFC #13701: Bug: @ini_set() works only on windows, on some unices it could render the function unusable

[Steffen Ritter]

Am 01.03.2010 15:53, schrieb netz-haut - stephan seitz:
> This is an SVN patch request.
>
> Type: Bugfix
>
> Bugtracker references:
>   http://bugs.typo3.org/view.php?id=13701
>
> Branches:
>   TYPO3_4-3 and trunk
>   Different patches attached.
>   The patch for trunk includes additional functionality to respect the OS for
>   the latter mail() calls.
>
> Problem:
>   If php has been built with suhosin and runs via FCGI SAPI, the @ini_set() function call is not ignored (which is obviously expected). Instead, the php process quits without closing the fcgi handler properly.
> Due to the lack of proper fcgi communication, the webserver returns an error 500.
>
> This can be seen as a faulty php behaviour.
> Anyway, the @ini_set() call does not work on most Unices, except the administrator configured the local MTA to accept manipulation from unprivileged users which is highly discouraged.
> To keep the fix narrow, I suggest to use @ini_set() only if TYPO3_OS == WIN as Windows seems to be the only OS in the wild which accepts such header manipulations without any privilege problems.
>
> Solution:
>   Use @ini_set() only if TYPO3 is running on Windows.
>
> Notes:
>   See referred bugtracker entry.
>
> Mit freundlichen Gruessen
>
> --
> Stephan Seitz
> Senior System Administrator
>
> *netz-haut* e.K.
> multimediale kommunikation
>
> zweierweg 22
> 97074 würzburg
>
> fon: +49 931 2876247
> fax: +49 931 2876248
>
> web: http://www.netz-haut.de/
>
> registergericht: amtsgericht würzburg, hra 5054
>
>
>
Just encountered it last week. Debian php 5.2.6 sending mail failed 60% 
of all tests...
This one based on an php bug in cojunction with suhosin. No change to 
get around without commenting out the line..

so definetly +1 one reading and testing!