coar 98/07/04 07:59:57
Modified: htdocs/manual upgrading_to_1_3.html
Log:
Add a note about the new case-sensitivity of <Limit>.
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</PRE>
</P>
This change was made for consistency in the config language.
+ <LI><STRONG>As of Apache 1.3.1, methods listed in
<SAMP><Limit></SAMP>
+ directives must be uppercase.</STRONG> Method names, such as
+ <SAMP>GET</SAMP>, <SAMP>POST</SAMP>, and <SAMP>PUT</SAMP> are
+ defined as being case-sensitive. That is, a <SAMP>GET</SAMP>
+ request is different from a <SAMP>get</SAMP> request. Prior
+ to Apache 1.3.1, the <SAMP><Limit></SAMP> directive
+ parser incorrectly treated both of these as being the same.
+ Apache's built-in method limit processing currently only understands
+ uppercase method names, so if you've used clauses such as
+ "<SAMP><Limit Get post></SAMP>" in your configuration
+ files, you need to correct them to use uppercase names.
+ <P>
+ Unrecognised method names in the server configuration files will
+ result in the server logging an error message and failing to start.
+ In <SAMP>.htaccess</SAMP> files, unknown methods will cause the
+ server to log an error to its error log and return an 'Internal
+ Server Error' page to the client.
+ </P>
+ </LI>
<LI><STRONG>The default Apache ServerRoot directory changed</STRONG>
from the NCSA-compatible <SAMP>/usr/local/etc/httpd/</SAMP> to
<SAMP>/usr/local/apache/</SAMP>. This change covers only the default
