From: Eric Covener <covener@apache.org>
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2011 01:58:59 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Merge r1201571 from trunk:
X-Git-Tag: 2.3.16~164
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=345dd8c76f24b201afa80034bb02c02b911ddb09;p=apache

Merge r1201571 from trunk:

PR52175: RewriteBase is what applies to relative substitutions, not
the stripping of the per-directory prefix.


Reviewed by: covener


git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/branches/2.4.x@1201572 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68
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diff --git a/docs/manual/rewrite/tech.html.en b/docs/manual/rewrite/tech.html.en
index 9a8362229c..cbb70d4970 100644
--- a/docs/manual/rewrite/tech.html.en
+++ b/docs/manual/rewrite/tech.html.en
@@ -67,11 +67,12 @@ and URL matching.</p>
     and <code>Directory</code> blocks), these rules are being applied
     after a URL has already been translated to a filename. Because of
     this, mod_rewrite temporarily translates the filename back into a URL,
-    by stripping off directory path before appling the rules. (See the
-    <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_rewrite.html#rewritebase">RewriteBase</a></code> directive to
-    see how you can further manipulate how this is handled.) If a substitution
-    is made, a new internal subrequest is issued with the new URL, which restarts
-    processing of the request phases. In this context, care must be taken to 
+    by stripping off the directory path (including a trailing slash) 
+    before applying the rules. ) If a substitution is made, a new internal 
+    subrequest is issued with the new URL, which restarts processing of the 
+    request phases. If the substution is a relative path, the <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_rewrite.html#rewritebase">RewriteBase</a></code> directive 
+    determines the URL-path prefix appended to the substitution.
+    In per-directory context, care must be taken to 
     create rules which will eventually (in some future "round" of per-directory
     rewrite processing) not perform a substitution to avoid looping.
     (See <a href="http://wiki.apache.org/httpd/RewriteLooping">RewriteLooping</a>
diff --git a/docs/manual/rewrite/tech.xml b/docs/manual/rewrite/tech.xml
index b341492143..e1d519aee8 100644
--- a/docs/manual/rewrite/tech.xml
+++ b/docs/manual/rewrite/tech.xml
@@ -77,11 +77,13 @@ and URL matching.</p>
     and <code>Directory</code> blocks), these rules are being applied
     after a URL has already been translated to a filename. Because of
     this, mod_rewrite temporarily translates the filename back into a URL,
-    by stripping off directory path before appling the rules. (See the
-    <directive module="mod_rewrite">RewriteBase</directive> directive to
-    see how you can further manipulate how this is handled.) If a substitution
-    is made, a new internal subrequest is issued with the new URL, which restarts
-    processing of the request phases. In this context, care must be taken to 
+    by stripping off the directory path (including a trailing slash) 
+    before applying the rules. ) If a substitution is made, a new internal 
+    subrequest is issued with the new URL, which restarts processing of the 
+    request phases. If the substution is a relative path, the <directive 
+    module="mod_rewrite">RewriteBase</directive> directive 
+    determines the URL-path prefix appended to the substitution.
+    In per-directory context, care must be taken to 
     create rules which will eventually (in some future "round" of per-directory
     rewrite processing) not perform a substitution to avoid looping.
     (See <a href="http://wiki.apache.org/httpd/RewriteLooping">RewriteLooping</a>