On Tue, Feb 21, 2017 at 5:20 PM, Reindl Harald <h.rei...@thelounge.net> wrote:
>
>
> Am 21.02.2017 um 22:58 schrieb Joe Orton:
>>
>> For cases like HttpProtocolOptions where a new directive is introduced
>> to multiple active branches simultaneously, it gets awkward to use
>> <IfVersion> to write conf files which use the new directive but are
>> compatible across multiple versions.
>>
>> Triggered by a conversation with a user, but also e.g. see current test
>> suite t/conf/extra.conf.in which breaks for 2.4 releases older than
>> 2.4.25 with:
>>
>>   <IfVersion >= 2.2.32>
>>     <VirtualHost _default_:http_strict>
>>       DocumentRoot @SERVERROOT@/htdocs/
>>       HttpProtocolOptions Strict Require1.0 RegisteredMethods
>>
>> Any reason <IfDirective> is a bad idea, so we can do that more cleanly
>> (... in a couple of decades time)?
>
>
> you need to wrap that at least in <IfModule> since mod_version is not
> mandatory and httpd if unforgiving for unknown options
>
> for the same reason the dance below is needed
>
> <IfModule !mod_version.c>
>  <IfModule mod_authz_core.c>
>   Require all denied
>  </IfModule>
>  <IfModule !mod_authz_core.c>
>   Order deny,allow
>   Deny from All
>  </IfModule>
> </IfModule>
> <IfModule mod_version.c>
>  <IfVersion < 2.4>
>   Order deny,allow
>   Deny from all
>  </IfVersion>
>  <IfVersion >= 2.4>
>   Require all denied
>  </IfVersion>
> </IfModule>

Kind of weird to keep the <IfVersion-dependent branch in this example.


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