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Posted to cvs@httpd.apache.org by je...@apache.org on 2001/11/13 06:21:31 UTC
cvs commit: httpd-2.0/docs/manual env.html

jerenkrantz    01/11/12 21:21:31

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  Document the new 'redirect-carefully' option.
  
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   Changes with Apache 2.0.29-dev
   
  +  *) Add 'redirect-carefully' environment option to disable sending
  +     redirects under special circumstances.  This is helpful for 
  +     Microsoft's WebFolders when accessing a directory resource via
  +     DAV methods.  [Justin Erenkrantz]
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     *) Begin to abstract out the underlying transport layer.
        The first step is to remove the socket from the conn_rec,
        the server now lives in a context that is passed to the
  
  
  
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       <p>This disables <a
       href="mod/core.html#keepalive">KeepAlive</a> when set.</p>
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  +    <h2>redirect-carefully</h2>
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  +    <p>This forces the server to be more careful when sending a redirect
  +    to the client.  This is typically used when a client has a known
  +    problem handling redirects.  This was originally implemented as a
  +    result of a problem with Microsoft's WebFolders software which has
  +    a problem handling redirects on directory resources via DAV 
  +    methods.</p>
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  +    <hr />
       <h2><a id="examples" name="examples">Examples</a></h2>
   
       <h3>Changing protocol behavior with misbehaving clients</h3>