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Posted to dev@httpd.apache.org by Ian Kallen <sp...@salon.com> on 2000/02/20 17:30:57 UTC

minor fix to httpd.conf comments

I teach a course @ SFSU that is Apache-centric (sorry not touching 2.0
until it settles down), I'm tired of explaining to students why the
comments about the behavior of ReadmeName and HeaderName in httpd.conf are
inaccurate.  I think this should correct the inaccuracy.

--- conf/httpd.conf-dist.orig   Sun Feb 20 08:25:02 2000
+++ conf/httpd.conf-dist        Sun Feb 20 08:33:39 2000
@@ -602,9 +602,10 @@
 # HeaderName is the name of a file which should be prepended to
 # directory indexes.
 #
-# The server will first look for name.html and include it if found.
-# If name.html doesn't exist, the server will then look for name.txt
-# and include it as plaintext if found.
+# If MultiViews are amongst the Options in effect, the server will
+# first look for name.html and include it if found.  If name.html
+# doesn't exist, the server will then look for name.txt and include
+# it as plaintext if found.
 #
 ReadmeName README
 HeaderName HEADER


<editorial>
For 2.0 I hope the conf file is complete re-org'd, all of the
NCSA-compatibility stuff seems like needless anachronisms.
</editorial>

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