Re: Seeking a review on #69640
Eric Covener <[email protected]>
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On Tue, Feb 3, 2026 at 8:52 PM Andrew Lyons <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi folks, > > I raised this <https://bz.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi> bug against > the documentation 10 month ago and provided a patch at the time. > Unfortunately it is still in the "NEW" status, and has had no review or > oversight at all. > > What can I do to help get this change processed? I've read through all of > the guidance <https://httpd.apache.org/docs-project/> on the docs project > and have previously posted on these mailing lists. > Hi, my 2c only -- I don't think we should update anything but the mod_dir doc here. diff --git a/docs/manual/mod/mod_dir.xml b/docs/manual/mod/mod_dir.xml index ac826d4647..3a8081deb1 100644 --- a/docs/manual/mod/mod_dir.xml +++ b/docs/manual/mod/mod_dir.xml @@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ a directory</description> </directivesynopsis> <directivesynopsis> <name>FallbackResource</name> -<description>Define a default URL for requests that don't map to a file</description> +<description>Define a default URL for requests that don't map to a file, or handler</description> <syntax>FallbackResource disabled | <var>local-url</var></syntax> <default>disabled - httpd will return 404 (Not Found)</default> <contextlist><context>server config</context><context>virtual host</context> @@ -247,8 +247,9 @@ a directory</description> <compatibility>The <code>disabled</code> argument is available in version 2.4.4 and later</compatibility> <usage> - <p>Use this to set a handler for any URL that doesn't map to anything - in your filesystem, and would otherwise return HTTP 404 (Not Found). + <p>Use this to set a handler for any URL that doesn't map to any If we are clarifying the relationship to "handlers" here we should avoid calling the argument a handler. + <note><title>Note</title> + <p>When directives such as <directive>AddHandler</directive>, and + <directive>SetHandler</directive> are applied unconditionally, the + <directive>FallbackResource</directive> will have no effect.</p> + </note> The same is true of when it's set conditionally -/- I went through and cleaned it up from top-to-bottom, plus the moral of your update, what do you think about the below? https://gist.github.com/covener/3d308b5042c139c2d02ae6c4f4565d17