mod_rewrite/5733: "On-the-fly Content-Regeneration" will not work as described.

[Howard Jones <ho...@thingy.com>]

>Number:         5733
>Category:       mod_rewrite
>Synopsis:       "On-the-fly Content-Regeneration" will not work as described.
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    apache
>State:          open
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   apache
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Feb 10 05:00:01 PST 2000
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     howie@thingy.com
>Release:        1.3.11
>Organization:
apache
>Environment:
Redhat Linux 6.1 fresh install (kernel 2.2.12)
>Description:
"RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}   !-s
RewriteCond ^page\.html$          page.cgi   [T=application/x-httpd-cgi,L]"

1) The second RewriteCond should be a RewriteRule.
2) the -s and -f checks seem  to just do a stat() on what they are given, anyway, so unless your documentroot is / then the file will never exist?
3) Under what conditions *would* this work? :)
>How-To-Repeat:
http://www.apache.org.uk/docs/misc/rewriteguide.html
>Fix:
Subst RewriteCond for RewriteRule in second line.
Add note, or additional info into file-test section to clarify if they check URIs or files (this example implies URIs, the docs says 'file').
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