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Posted to dev@httpd.apache.org by "Roy T. Fielding" <fi...@kiwi.ics.uci.edu> on 1998/10/04 08:26:52 UTC

Re: cvs commit: apache-1.3/conf access.conf-dist highperformance.conf-dist httpd.conf-dist srm.conf-dist

>>    # ScriptAlias: This controls which directories contain server scripts.
>>    # Format: ScriptAlias fakename realname
>>    
>>   -#ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ @@ServerRoot@@/cgi-bin/
>>   +ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ "@@ServerRoot@@/cgi-bin/"
>
>This should not have been slipped in there.

Quite right, that was not intended.  I should have noticed that along
with the @@UserDir@@ addition.  Go ahead and fix it, or I'll do it next
time I am cvs-able.

....Roy

Re: cvs commit: apache-1.3/conf access.conf-dist highperformance.conf-dist httpd.conf-dist srm.conf-dist

Posted by Marc Slemko <ma...@worldgate.com>.

On Sat, 3 Oct 1998, Roy T. Fielding wrote:

> >>    # ScriptAlias: This controls which directories contain server scripts.
> >>    # Format: ScriptAlias fakename realname
> >>    
> >>   -#ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ @@ServerRoot@@/cgi-bin/
> >>   +ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ "@@ServerRoot@@/cgi-bin/"
> >
> >This should not have been slipped in there.
> 
> Quite right, that was not intended.  I should have noticed that along
> with the @@UserDir@@ addition.  Go ahead and fix it, or I'll do it next
> time I am cvs-able.

I was going to do it instead of posting, but I'm having trouble justifying
why it should be commented out.

What do we gain by leaving it commented out?  Erm... very litte.

What do we lose?  We just add one more step required for many people to
get a working setup.