svn commit: r1668874 - /httpd/httpd/branches/2.4.x/docs/manual/mod/mod_rewrite.xml

[co...@apache.org]

Author: covener
Date: Tue Mar 24 13:05:25 2015
New Revision: 1668874

URL: http://svn.apache.org/r1668874
Log:
tweak version # (doc got backported prematurely) and fix typos.


Modified:
    httpd/httpd/branches/2.4.x/docs/manual/mod/mod_rewrite.xml

Modified: httpd/httpd/branches/2.4.x/docs/manual/mod/mod_rewrite.xml
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/httpd/httpd/branches/2.4.x/docs/manual/mod/mod_rewrite.xml?rev=1668874&r1=1668873&r2=1668874&view=diff
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--- httpd/httpd/branches/2.4.x/docs/manual/mod/mod_rewrite.xml (original)
+++ httpd/httpd/branches/2.4.x/docs/manual/mod/mod_rewrite.xml Tue Mar 24 13:05:25 2015
@@ -260,8 +260,22 @@ later</compatibility>
       default behavior in 2.4.0 through 2.4.3, and the flag to restore it is
       available Apache HTTP Server 2.4.4 and later.</p>
       </dd>
-      </dl>
 
+      <dt><code>IgnoreContextInfo</code></dt>
+      <dd>
+
+      <p>In versions 2.4.13 and later, when a relative substitution is made
+         in directory (htaccess) context and <directive module="mod_rewrite"
+         >RewriteBase</directive> has not been set, this module uses some
+         extended URL and filesystem context information to change the 
+         relative substitution back into a URL. Modules such as 
+         <module>mod_userdir</module> and <module>mod_alias</module>
+         supply this extended context info.  This option disables the behavior
+         introduced in 2.4.13 and should only be set if all of the conditions 
+         above are present and a substituion has an unexpected result.  </p>
+      </dd>
+
+      </dl>
 </usage>
 
 </directivesynopsis>
@@ -381,6 +395,10 @@ later</compatibility>
                <directive>RewriteRule</directive>, suffixed by the relative 
                substitution is also valid as a URL path on the server 
                (this is rare).</li>
+          <li> In Apache HTTP Server 2.4.13 and later, this directive may be 
+                omitted when the request is mapped via 
+                <directive module="mod_alias">Alias</directive>
+                or <module>mod_userdir</module>.</li>
       </ul>
 
 <p> In the example below, <directive>RewriteBase</directive> is necessary
@@ -390,13 +408,14 @@ later</compatibility>
     directory under the document root.</p>
 <highlight language="config">
 DocumentRoot /var/www/example.com
-Alias /myapp /opt/myapp-1.2.3
+AliasMatch ^/myapp /opt/myapp-1.2.3
 &lt;Directory /opt/myapp-1.2.3&gt;
     RewriteEngine On
     RewriteBase /myapp/
     RewriteRule ^index\.html$  welcome.html 
 &lt;/Directory&gt;
 </highlight>
+
 </usage>
 
 </directivesynopsis>