Ticket #8490: 8490.diff

django/core/handlers/wsgi.py

@@ -76 +76 @@
     def __init__(self, environ):
         script_name = base.get_script_name(environ)
         path_info = force_unicode(environ.get('PATH_INFO', u'/'))
-        if not path_info:
+        if not path_info or path_info == script_name:
             # Sometimes PATH_INFO exists, but is empty (e.g. accessing
             # the SCRIPT_NAME URL without a trailing slash). We really need to
             # operate as if they'd requested '/'. Not amazingly nice to force
             # the path like this, but should be harmless.
+            #
+            # Other times, path_info erroneously is the same as script_name.
+            # This occurs on subdirectories in lighttpd accessed without
+            # a trailing '/' and possibly under other situations.
             path_info = u'/'
         self.environ = environ
         self.path_info = path_info