<code>ap_log_*</code> without additional wrappers. In this way, the
code will remain compatible with HTTPD 2.0 and 2.2.</p>
+ <p>A <code>server_rec</code> pointer must be passed to
+ <code>ap_log_error()</code> when called after startup. This
+ was always appropriate, but there are even more limitations with
+ a <code>NULL</code> <code>server_rec</code> in 2.4 than in
+ previous releases. Beginning with 2.3.12, the global variable
+ <code>ap_server_conf</code> can always be used as
+ the <code>server_rec</code> parameter, as it will be
+ <code>NULL</code> only when it is valid to pass <code>NULL</code>
+ to <code>ap_log_error()</code>. <code>ap_server_conf</code>
+ should be used only when a more appropriate <code>server_rec</code>
+ is not available.</p>
+
<p>Consider the following changes to take advantage of the new
<code>APLOG_TRACE1..8</code> log levels:</p>
<ul>