according to PR 15045 I've tried to add some sentences to the
AddOutputFilterByType documentation.
Please review and comment...
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(found in ssl_engine_pphrase.c)
Index: core.xml
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RCS file: /home/cvs/httpd-2.0/docs/manual/mod/core.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.46
diff -u -r1.46 core.xml
--- core.xml 21 Nov 2002 17:42:12 -0000 1.46
+++ core.xml 4 Dec 2002 21:45:47 -0000
@@ -190,16 +190,25 @@
</Location>
</example>
- <note><title>Note:</title>
- <p>The output filters are not applied on proxy requests.</p>
+ <note type="warning"><title>Note:</title>
+ <p>Inserting filters with <directive>AddOutputFilterByType</directive>
+ may fail partially or complete in some cases. For example, no filters
+ are inserted if the content type falls back to the <directive
+ module="core">DefaultType</directive>.</p>
+
+ <p>However, if you want to make sure, that the filters will be
+ applied, assign the content type to a resource explicitely, for
+ example with <directive module="mod_mime">AddType</directive> or
+ <directive module="core">ForceType</directive>. Setting the
+ content type within a (non-nph) CGI script is also safe.</p>
+
+ <p>The output filters are never applied on proxy requests.</p>
</note>
</usage>
<seealso><directive module="mod_mime">AddOutputFilter</directive></seealso>
<seealso><directive module="core">SetOutputFilter</directive></seealso>
-<seealso><module>mod_include</module></seealso>
-<seealso><module>mod_deflate</module></seealso>
-<seealso><a href="../filter.html">The filters documentation</a></seealso>
+<seealso><a href="../filter.html">filters</a></seealso>
</directivesynopsis>
<directivesynopsis>
