BaseHTTPServer weirdness

[Ron Garret]

In article <mailman.294.1158010161.5279.python-list at python.org>,
 Steve Holden <steve at holdenweb.com> wrote:

> But basically, you aren't providing a CGI environment, and that's why 
> cgi.parse() isn't working.

Clearly.  So what should I be doing?  Surely I'm not the first person to 
have this problem?

I have managed to work around this for now by copying and modifying the 
code in cgi.parse, but this still feels like a Horrible Hack to me.

rg