Refer people to mod_rewrite if they need to manipulate the query

string.  (This is a FAQ.)

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diff --git a/docs/manual/mod/mod_alias.html.en b/docs/manual/mod/mod_alias.html.en
index 0b90b9b5ae9bd98b4534e60a0f4d69b105fd4c6d..cce8764b9b99d2f2b46dafc1ce8db86a7acb1a63 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/manual/mod/mod_alias.html.en
+++ b/docs/manual/mod/mod_alias.html.en
@@ -45,6 +45,12 @@
     directives are used to instruct clients to make a new request with
     a different URL. They are often used when a resource has moved to
     a new location.</p>
+
+    <p><code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_alias.html">mod_alias</a></code> is designed to handle simple URL
+    manipulation tasks.  For more complicated tasks such as
+    manipulating the query string, use the tools provided by
+    <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_rewrite.html">mod_rewrite</a></code>.</p>
+
 </div>
 <div id="quickview"><h3 class="directives">Directives</h3>
 <ul id="toc">

diff --git a/docs/manual/mod/mod_alias.xml b/docs/manual/mod/mod_alias.xml
index a68df6755249197410545152b087a3ab608f72c3..34cc2f0014e96101afbe600e94e4798832ee554b 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/manual/mod/mod_alias.xml
+++ b/docs/manual/mod/mod_alias.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0"?>
 <!DOCTYPE modulesynopsis SYSTEM "../style/modulesynopsis.dtd">
 <?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="../style/manual.en.xsl"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.18 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.19 $ -->
 
 <!--
  Copyright 2002-2004 The Apache Software Foundation
@@ -45,6 +45,12 @@
     directives are used to instruct clients to make a new request with
     a different URL. They are often used when a resource has moved to
     a new location.</p>
+
+    <p><module>mod_alias</module> is designed to handle simple URL
+    manipulation tasks.  For more complicated tasks such as
+    manipulating the query string, use the tools provided by
+    <module>mod_rewrite</module>.</p>
+
 </summary>
 
 <seealso><module>mod_rewrite</module></seealso> <seealso><a