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[Bug 65056] some ideas how to better describe the merging of sections

https://bz.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=65056

Rich Bowen <rb...@apache.org> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED
         Resolution|---                         |FIXED

--- Comment #2 from Rich Bowen <rb...@apache.org> ---
Three clarifications to the "How the sections are merged" section
in sections.html:

1. Directory sections are processed shortest-to-longest "regardless
   of the order in which they appear in the configuration file"
   — added to make this key difference explicit.

2. When multiple sections of the same type match the same resource,
   config-file ordering applies — expanded to list all section types
   (DirectoryMatch, Files, FilesMatch, Location, LocationMatch),
   not just Directory.

3. Added note that VirtualHost is different: only one vhost is
   selected per request — directives from multiple matching vhosts
   are never merged. Links to the vhost matching documentation.

Patched in r1933693 (trunk), r1933694 (2.4).

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