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7930	FORCE_SCRIPT_NAME does not work with dev server	ElliottM	nobody	"In order to ensure that FORCE_SCRIPT_NAME would work on my production server, I first wanted to test it on the dev server. So I took an already existing project and added FORCE_SCRIPT_NAME to it., then did python manage.py runserver.

The expected result is that it would behave exactly as if I had followed all of the setup instructions for lighttpd+fcgi. (IE if I got to the 
URL specified by FORCE_SCRIPT_NAME, I should get the root of the site)

The result was an absolutely unusable site.
First, I got a 404 when trying to access the site root, including the FORCE_SCRIPT_NAME. In order to get the root of the site, I have to go to ""/"".
Second, reverse() appears to work, because any links that are generated with URL tags or reverse() appear as expected.
Third, when I click on one of those links, I get another 404, but for a strange reason. The 404 page sent when debug=True acts as if I enter the value for FORCE_SCRIPT_NAME twice before entering the rest of the URL and submitting, which is utterly confusing.

I think either this should be fixed, the FORCE_SCRIPT_NAME should be outright ignored when using the dev server, or it should be documented that it does not work with the dev server.

Attached is a bare-bones all-default project that shows the behavior."	Bug	closed	HTTP handling	dev	Normal	wontfix		flosch nkryptic	Accepted	1	0	0	0	0	0