On Tue, 4 Jul 2000, Rick Myers wrote:
> On Jul 04, 2000 at 14:40:26 +0100, Matt Sergeant twiddled the keys to say:
> > Shouldn't DIR_MERGE be called when .htaccess files are found at different
> > levels, e.g:
> >
> > /axkit/.htaccess
> > and
> > /axkit/test/.htaccess
> >
> > I ask for /axkit/test/test.xsp
> >
> > I would have expected it to ask for both .htaccess files and try and merge
> > the two using DIR_MERGE, but it doesn't. Am I missing something, or is
> > this expected functionality?
>
> I can't answer that question, but a while back I noticed that sometimes
> PerlSetVar's weren't being seen by $r->dir_config as I'd expected.
> Namely, within the "global" section of a <VirtualHost>. I wrote a little
> module as an example, but never got around to voicing anything about it.
>
> From what I saw then, DIR_MERGE nor SERVER_MERGE ever got called at all.
> Maybe we're missing the same thing?
Maybe. I think this is a core Apache problem. It seems that DIR_MERGE
isn't called for two matching <Files> sections either, which is
disappointing for me. I'd like to be able to go:
<Files *.xsp>
...
</Files>
<Files example.xsp>
...
</Files>
And have both sections merged.
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