From 75846d904c8718445a7a5819e630a8db9d3f68d0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joshua Slive <slive@apache.org>
Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2007 18:39:04 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] R flag to mod_rewrite can set any status code

PR: 25917


git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/trunk@561902 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68
---
 docs/manual/mod/mod_rewrite.html.en | 11 ++++++++---
 docs/manual/mod/mod_rewrite.xml     | 11 ++++++++---
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/manual/mod/mod_rewrite.html.en b/docs/manual/mod/mod_rewrite.html.en
index 030fcce8a8..a11961d6a1 100644
--- a/docs/manual/mod/mod_rewrite.html.en
+++ b/docs/manual/mod/mod_rewrite.html.en
@@ -1452,12 +1452,12 @@ cannot use <code>$N</code> in the substitution string!
 
          <li>'<strong><code>redirect|R</code>
           [=<em>code</em>]</strong>' (force <a id="redirect" name="redirect"><strong>r</strong>edirect</a>)<br />
-          Prefix <em>Substitution</em> with
+          <p>Prefix <em>Substitution</em> with
           <code>http://thishost[:thisport]/</code> (which makes the
           new URL a URI) to force a external redirection. If no
           <em>code</em> is given, a HTTP response of 302 (MOVED
           TEMPORARILY) will be returned. If you want to use other response
-          codes in the range 300-400, simply specify the appropriate number
+          codes, simply specify the appropriate number
           or use one of the following symbolic names:
           <code>temp</code> (default), <code>permanent</code>,
           <code>seeother</code>. Use this for rules to
@@ -1472,7 +1472,12 @@ cannot use <code>$N</code> in the substitution string!
           <code>http://thishost[:thisport]/</code> to the URL, and rewriting
 	  will continue. Usually, you will want to stop rewriting at this point,
 	  and redirect immediately. To stop rewriting, you should add 
-	  the 'L' flag.
+	  the 'L' flag.</p>
+          <p>While this is typically used for redirects, any valid status
+          code can be given here. If the status code is outside the redirect
+          range (300-399), then the <em>Substitution</em> string is dropped
+          and rewriting is stopped as if the <code>L</code> flag was
+          used.</p>
         </li>
 
         <li>'<strong><code>skip|S</code></strong>=<em>num</em>'
diff --git a/docs/manual/mod/mod_rewrite.xml b/docs/manual/mod/mod_rewrite.xml
index 7f880bfc3a..eca555dd33 100644
--- a/docs/manual/mod/mod_rewrite.xml
+++ b/docs/manual/mod/mod_rewrite.xml
@@ -1472,12 +1472,12 @@ cannot use <code>$N</code> in the substitution string!
          <li>'<strong><code>redirect|R</code>
           [=<em>code</em>]</strong>' (force <a id="redirect"
           name="redirect"><strong>r</strong>edirect</a>)<br />
-          Prefix <em>Substitution</em> with
+          <p>Prefix <em>Substitution</em> with
           <code>http://thishost[:thisport]/</code> (which makes the
           new URL a URI) to force a external redirection. If no
           <em>code</em> is given, a HTTP response of 302 (MOVED
           TEMPORARILY) will be returned. If you want to use other response
-          codes in the range 300-400, simply specify the appropriate number
+          codes, simply specify the appropriate number
           or use one of the following symbolic names:
           <code>temp</code> (default), <code>permanent</code>,
           <code>seeother</code>. Use this for rules to
@@ -1492,7 +1492,12 @@ cannot use <code>$N</code> in the substitution string!
           <code>http://thishost[:thisport]/</code> to the URL, and rewriting
 	  will continue. Usually, you will want to stop rewriting at this point,
 	  and redirect immediately. To stop rewriting, you should add 
-	  the 'L' flag.
+	  the 'L' flag.</p>
+          <p>While this is typically used for redirects, any valid status
+          code can be given here. If the status code is outside the redirect
+          range (300-399), then the <em>Substitution</em> string is dropped
+          and rewriting is stopped as if the <code>L</code> flag was
+          used.</p>
         </li>
 
         <li>'<strong><code>skip|S</code></strong>=<em>num</em>'
-- 
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