Document some -D magic.

PR: 41148

git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/trunk@561485 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68

diff --git a/docs/manual/programs/httpd.html.en b/docs/manual/programs/httpd.html.en
index e60989baea1c5ee06e54e9ffbfd117900f50707b..b243db16e853cf7f2295542ce2fa6814941a822e 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/manual/programs/httpd.html.en
+++ b/docs/manual/programs/httpd.html.en
@@ -94,8 +94,11 @@ files.</dd>
 
 <dd>Sets a configuration <var>parameter </var>which can be used with
 <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#ifdefine">&lt;IfDefine&gt;</a></code> sections
-in the configuration files to conditionally skip or process
-commands at server startup and restart.</dd>
+in the configuration files to conditionally skip or process commands
+at server startup and restart. Also can be used to set certain
+less-common startup parameters including <code>-DNO_DETACH</code>
+(prevent the parent from forking) and <code>-DFOREGROUND</code>
+(prevent the parent from calling <code>setsid()</code> et al).</dd>
 
 <dt><code>-e <var>level</var></code></dt>
 

diff --git a/docs/manual/programs/httpd.xml b/docs/manual/programs/httpd.xml
index fa3951f5de8a9d373cd76bbc57c35a31b29ce6a8..4115f5adf69d93513e0a78456cbcdc30f4c5adfd 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/manual/programs/httpd.xml
+++ b/docs/manual/programs/httpd.xml
@@ -105,8 +105,11 @@ files.</dd>
 
 <dd>Sets a configuration <var>parameter </var>which can be used with
 <directive type="section" module="core">IfDefine</directive> sections
-in the configuration files to conditionally skip or process
-commands at server startup and restart.</dd>
+in the configuration files to conditionally skip or process commands
+at server startup and restart. Also can be used to set certain
+less-common startup parameters including <code>-DNO_DETACH</code>
+(prevent the parent from forking) and <code>-DFOREGROUND</code>
+(prevent the parent from calling <code>setsid()</code> et al).</dd>
 
 <dt><code>-e <var>level</var></code></dt>