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Posted to cvs@httpd.apache.org by sl...@apache.org on 2003/11/01 01:46:53 UTC
cvs commit: httpd-2.0/docs/manual content-negotiation.xml content-negotiation.html.en
slive 2003/10/31 16:46:53
Modified: docs/manual content-negotiation.xml
content-negotiation.html.en
Log:
Mention force-no-vary in the content-negotiation docs.
PR: 23798
Revision Changes Path
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@@ -634,6 +634,15 @@
negotiation. This directive can be given in the server config or
virtual host, and takes no arguments. It has no effect on requests
from HTTP/1.1 clients.</p>
+
+ <p>For HTTP/1.1 clients, Apache sends a <code>Vary</code> HTTP
+ response header to indicate the negotiation dimensions for the
+ response. Caches can use this information to determine whether a
+ subsequent request can be served from the local copy. To
+ encourage a cache to use the local copy regardless of the
+ negotiation dimensions, set the <code>force-no-vary</code> <a
+ href="env.html#special">environment variable</a>.</p>
+
</section>
<section id="more"><title>More Information</title>
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Index: content-negotiation.html.en
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negotiation. This directive can be given in the server config or
virtual host, and takes no arguments. It has no effect on requests
from HTTP/1.1 clients.</p>
+
+ <p>For HTTP/1.1 clients, Apache sends a <code>Vary</code> HTTP
+ response header to indicate the negotiation dimensions for the
+ response. Caches can use this information to determine whether a
+ subsequent request can be served from the local copy. To
+ encourage a cache to use the local copy regardless of the
+ negotiation dimensions, set the <code>force-no-vary</code> <a href="env.html#special">environment variable</a>.</p>
+
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<h2><a name="more" id="more">More Information</a></h2>