# Rc4 upgrade issue **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [November 12, 2005, 12:49pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rc4-upgrade-issue/47517 "2005-11-12T12:49:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1

**Author:** ![sean](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@sean](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sean)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2005, 12:49pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rc4-upgrade-issue/47517/1 "2005-11-12T12:49:16Z")

i’ve had the following in my environments/production.rb: module ActionController module Rescue def local\_request? false end end end As of RC4, it causes fcgi to die on startup. can someone tell me quickly what changed to cause this and perhaps save me some time digging through the source… ---

2005/11/7, Sean T Allen [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid): > As of RC4, it causes fcgi to die on startup. > > can someone tell me quickly what changed to cause this > and perhaps save me some time digging through the source… I don’t use FCGI myself on my dev machine, but that is wrong. You should instead do this: app/controllers/application.rb class ApplicationController \< ActionController::Base protected def local\_request? false end end Hope that helps ! FranÃ§ois ---

Francois B. wrote: > > end > > should instead do this: > > FranÃ§ois i only want it when running in production. the code in question that always used to work actually came from DHH quite sometime ago… its obviusly wrong as of the 1.0 RC candidates but wasnt previously. what you have doesnt however accomplish what i need, i.e. only occurs when running in production. ---

2005/11/8, Sean T Allen [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid): > Francois B. wrote: > > > app/controllers/application.rb > > class ApplicationController \< ActionController::Base > > protected > > def local\_request? > > false > > end > > end > > i only want it when running in production. Actually, if I remember correctly, that is exactly what’s happening in production - local\_request? always returns false, no ? Actually, I’m not quire right (Rails 0.14.3): def local\_request? #:doc: @request.remote\_addr == “127.0.0.1” end As long as the request isnt come from 127.0.0.1, you should be fine in production, no ? Hope that helps, FranÃ§ois ---

Ah, I better understand now. So, change my original code to this: app/controllers/application.rb class ApplicationController \< ActionController::Base protected if ‘production’ == RAILS\_ENV then def local\_request? false end end end Class declarations are executable code, so it is possible to build some stuff conditionnally. Hope that helps ! FranÃ§ois 2005/11/8, Sean T Allen [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid): ---

Francois B. wrote: > > > false > > > production - local\_request? always returns false, no ? > > > FranÃ§ois It does come from 127.0.0.1 that is our setup… no requests that dont pass through a frontend server that runs mod\_security etc etc etc ---

this isnt working. i still seems to function as tho local request where true throwing in a random url i get: Routing Error Recognition failed for “/ed” instead of the 404.html ---

**Author:** ![sean](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@sean](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sean)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2005, 4:00am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rc4-upgrade-issue/47517/8 "2005-11-15T04:00:13Z")

I think the problem is because of this which I found in /actionpack-1.11.0/lib/action\_controller/base.rb. ``` # All requests are considered local by default, so everyone will ``` be exposed to detailed debugging screens on errors. # When the application is ready to go public, this should be set to false, and the protected method local\_request? # should instead be implemented in the controller to determine when debugging screens should be shown. @@consider\_all\_requests\_local = true cattr\_accessor :consider\_all\_requests\_local This variable is set to false when you are in production mode so I am guessing you are seeing this because your production.rb was not updated to to do this. ./config/environments/production.rb:config.action\_controller.consider\_all\_requests\_local = false -Frank On 11/10/05, Sean T Allen [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > class ApplicationController \< ActionController::Base > > > > > mod\_security etc etc etc > > * * * > > Rails mailing list > removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid > [http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails](http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails) – Frank K. [http://meetingkoreans.com](http://meetingkoreans.com) > **[betweengo.com](http://ww38.betweengo.com/)** > > This domain may be for sale! ---

**Author:** ![sean](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@sean](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sean)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2005, 6:33am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rc4-upgrade-issue/47517/9 "2005-11-15T06:33:34Z")

I have the problem because i am running lighttpd on 127.0.0.1 which the code from my original post took care of when in production… but it doesnt work anymore… it causes fcgi to crash and Francois’ code doesnt work.