I posted a little while ago about my problems with doubled scripts, and they have come back with a vengence. A couple of kind monks replied last time, and the responses were usually along the lines of 'why don't you post the code'.

I didn't because the code was over 500 lines and fairly involved. So I created a very simple test script to demonstrate the problem:

#!/usr/bin/perl -w

use strict;
use diagnostics;

use CGI;
my $query=new CGI;
print $query->header();
print "This is a test\n";
print STDERR "This is a logfile test\n";

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this produced: 

==> /var/log/apache/error.log <==
This is a logfile test

==> /var/log/apache/error.log <==
This is a logfile test

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the code copied to other servers runs fine - it's only this server. It happens in the CGI-BIN directory, in happens in a separate directory I aliased just for the purposes of this test.

If anyone with a clue about Apache reads this, please respond, it's driving me nuts.

The obvious conclusion is that apache is doing something wrong, so I fired up dselect and purged it. Upon reinstall, it still happens (I checked, there was nothing left of the config files). If this continues I'm going to go into the server room with an original copy of Debian and reformat the server. Before I do that, could someone drop me a line and let me know what I'm overlooking?

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Jeremy
I didn't believe in evil until I dated it.

In reply to OT Apache insanity continues by jepri

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