Would like a 2nd set of eyes before backport
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: <cove...@apache.org> Date: Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 9:22 PM Subject: svn commit: r1517406 - /httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/manual/mod/mod_proxy.xml To: c...@httpd.apache.org Author: covener Date: Mon Aug 26 01:22:55 2013 New Revision: 1517406 URL: http://svn.apache.org/r1517406 Log: PR55352: mention in the <Proxy> manual that the matching is a prefix only, not the same context-root / segment-aware matching done by <Location>. Modified: httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/manual/mod/mod_proxy.xml Modified: httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/manual/mod/mod_proxy.xml URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/manual/mod/mod_proxy.xml?rev=1517406&r1=1517405&r2=1517406&view=diff ============================================================================== --- httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/manual/mod/mod_proxy.xml (original) +++ httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/manual/mod/mod_proxy.xml Mon Aug 26 01:22:55 2013 @@ -464,6 +464,20 @@ ProxyPass /examples http://backend.examp </Proxy> </highlight> + <note><title>Differences from the Location configuration section</title> + <p>A backend URL matches the configuration section if it begins with the + the <var>wildcard-url</var> string, even if the last path segment in the + directive only matches a prefix of the backend URL. For example, + <Proxy http://example.com/foo> matches all of + http://example.com/foo, http://example.com/foo/bar, and + http://example.com/foobar. The matching of the final URL differs + from the behavior of the <directive type="section" module="core" + >Location</directive> section, which for purposes of this note + treats the final path component as if it ended in a slash.</p> + <p>For more control over the matching, see <directive type="section" + >ProxyMatch</directive>.</p> + </note> + </usage> <seealso><directive type="section" module="mod_proxy">ProxyMatch</directive></seealso> </directivesynopsis> -- Eric Covener cove...@gmail.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: docs-unsubscr...@httpd.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: docs-h...@httpd.apache.org
