From 5aa8cdd2596697d5dcb54313d369ec2ecff77f3d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: dgaudet <dgaudet@unknown>
Date: Fri, 25 Apr 1997 20:32:18 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Eliminate some user confusion regarding REDIRECT_*.

git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/trunk@78016 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68
---
 docs/manual/custom-error.html    | 6 +++++-
 docs/manual/custom-error.html.en | 6 +++++-
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/manual/custom-error.html b/docs/manual/custom-error.html
index 434d98a4b3..09b4cf5261 100644
--- a/docs/manual/custom-error.html
+++ b/docs/manual/custom-error.html
@@ -65,7 +65,11 @@ REDIRECT_URL=/cgi-bin/buggy.pl <br>
 
   <P>At least <code>REDIRECT_URL</code> and <code>REDIRECT_QUERY_STRING</code> will
      be passed to the new URL (assuming it's a cgi-script or a cgi-include). The
-     other variables will exist only if they existed prior to the error/problem.<p>
+     other variables will exist only if they existed prior to the error/problem.
+     <b>None</b> of these will be set if your ErrorDocument is an
+     <i>external</i> redirect (i.e. anything starting with a protocol name
+     like <code>http:</code>, even if it refers to the same host as the
+     server).<p>
 
 <DT>Configuration
 
diff --git a/docs/manual/custom-error.html.en b/docs/manual/custom-error.html.en
index 434d98a4b3..09b4cf5261 100644
--- a/docs/manual/custom-error.html.en
+++ b/docs/manual/custom-error.html.en
@@ -65,7 +65,11 @@ REDIRECT_URL=/cgi-bin/buggy.pl <br>
 
   <P>At least <code>REDIRECT_URL</code> and <code>REDIRECT_QUERY_STRING</code> will
      be passed to the new URL (assuming it's a cgi-script or a cgi-include). The
-     other variables will exist only if they existed prior to the error/problem.<p>
+     other variables will exist only if they existed prior to the error/problem.
+     <b>None</b> of these will be set if your ErrorDocument is an
+     <i>external</i> redirect (i.e. anything starting with a protocol name
+     like <code>http:</code>, even if it refers to the same host as the
+     server).<p>
 
 <DT>Configuration
 
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