Commit 6f8d0408 authored by Stefan Fritsch's avatar Stefan Fritsch
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Mention AllowOverrideList, Define, EC keys, rotatelogs improvements. 

Syntax fixes.


git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/trunk@1290823 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68
parent cbb35904

docs/manual/new_features_2_4.html.en

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      platforms.</dd>



      <dt>Per-request configuration sections</dt>

      <dd>&lt;<code class="directive"><a href="./mod/core.html#if">If</a></code>&gt; sections can be used to

      set the configuration based on per-request criteria</dd>

      <dd><code class="directive"><a href="./mod/core.html#if">&lt;If&gt;</a></code>,

          <code class="directive"><a href="./mod/core.html#elseif">&lt;ElseIf&gt;</a></code>,

          and <code class="directive"><a href="./mod/core.html#else">&lt;Else&gt;</a></code>

          sections can be used to set the configuration based on per-request

          criteria.</dd>



      <dt>General-purpose expression parser</dt>

      <dd>A new expression parser allows to specify
@@ -71,7 +74,7 @@ 
          <code class="directive"><a href="./mod/mod_setenvif.html#setenvifexpr">SetEnvIfExpr</a></code>,

          <code class="directive"><a href="./mod/mod_rewrite.html#rewritecond">RewriteCond</a></code>,

          <code class="directive"><a href="./mod/mod_headers.html#header">Header</a></code>,

          <code class="directive"><a href="./mod/mod_headers.html#if">&lt;If&gt;</a></code>,

          <code class="directive"><a href="./mod/core.html#if">&lt;If&gt;</a></code>,

          and others.

      </dd>
@@ -82,6 +85,17 @@ 
      <dt>NameVirtualHost directive</dt>

      <dd>No longer needed and is now deprecated.</dd>



      <dt>Override Configuration</dt>

      <dd>The new <code class="directive"><a href="./mod/core.html#allowoverridelist">AllowOverrideList</a></code>

          directive allows more fine grained control which directives are

          allowed in <code>.htaccess</code> files. </dd>



      <dt>Config file variable</dt>

      <dd>It is now possible to <code class="directive"><a href="./mod/core.html#define">Define</a></code>

          variables in the configuration, allowing a clearer representation

          if the same value is used at many places in the configuration.

      </dd>



    </dl>

  </div><div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="./images/up.gif" /></a></div>

<div class="section">
@@ -178,6 +192,8 @@ 
      <dd><code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_ssl.html">mod_ssl</a></code> can now be configured to share SSL Session

      data between servers through memcached</dd>



      <dd>EC keys are now supported in addition to RSA and DSA.</dd>



      <dt><code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_proxy.html">mod_proxy</a></code></dt>



      <dd>The <code class="directive"><a href="./mod/mod_proxy.html#proxypass">ProxyPass</a></code> directive
@@ -186,6 +202,7 @@ 
      <code class="directive"><a href="./mod/core.html#locationmatch">LocationMatch</a></code>

      block, and offers a significant performance advantage over the traditional

      two-parameter syntax when present in large numbers.</dd>

  <dd>The source address used for proxy requests is now configurable.</dd>



      <dt><code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_proxy_balancer.html">mod_proxy_balancer</a></code></dt>
@@ -269,7 +286,8 @@ 
    

    <dl>

        <dt>fcgistarter</dt>

        <dd>FastCGI deamon starter utility</dd>

        <dd>New FastCGI deamon starter utility</dd>



        <dt>htcacheclean</dt>

        <dd>Current cached URLs can now be listed, with optional metadata

        included.</dd>
@@ -280,6 +298,10 @@ 
        <dd>Cache size can now be limited by the number of inodes, instead

        of or in addition to being limited by the size of the files on

        disk.</dd>



        <dt>rotatelogs</dt>

        <dd>May now create a link to the current log file.</dd>

        <dd>May now invoke a custom post-rotate script.</dd>

    </dl>

  </div><div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="./images/up.gif" /></a></div>

<div class="section">

docs/manual/new_features_2_4.xml

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      platforms.</dd>



      <dt>Per-request configuration sections</dt>

      <dd>&lt;<directive module="core">If</directive>&gt; sections can be used to

      set the configuration based on per-request criteria</dd>

      <dd><directive module="core" type="section">If</directive>,

          <directive module="core" type="section">ElseIf</directive>,

          and <directive module="core" type="section">Else</directive>

          sections can be used to set the configuration based on per-request

          criteria.</dd>



      <dt>General-purpose expression parser</dt>

      <dd>A new expression parser allows to specify
@@ -67,7 +70,7 @@ 
          <directive module="mod_setenvif">SetEnvIfExpr</directive>,

          <directive module="mod_rewrite">RewriteCond</directive>,

          <directive module="mod_headers">Header</directive>,

          <directive module="mod_headers" type="section">If</directive>,

          <directive module="core" type="section">If</directive>,

          and others.

      </dd>
@@ -78,6 +81,17 @@ 
      <dt>NameVirtualHost directive</dt>

      <dd>No longer needed and is now deprecated.</dd>



      <dt>Override Configuration</dt>

      <dd>The new <directive module="core">AllowOverrideList</directive>

          directive allows more fine grained control which directives are

          allowed in <code>.htaccess</code> files. </dd>



      <dt>Config file variable</dt>

      <dd>It is now possible to <directive module="core">Define</directive>

          variables in the configuration, allowing a clearer representation

          if the same value is used at many places in the configuration.

      </dd>



    </dl>

  </section>
@@ -174,6 +188,8 @@ 
      <dd><module>mod_ssl</module> can now be configured to share SSL Session

      data between servers through memcached</dd>



      <dd>EC keys are now supported in addition to RSA and DSA.</dd>



      <dt><module>mod_proxy</module></dt>



      <dd>The <directive module="mod_proxy">ProxyPass</directive> directive
@@ -182,6 +198,7 @@ 
      <directive module="core">LocationMatch</directive>

      block, and offers a significant performance advantage over the traditional

      two-parameter syntax when present in large numbers.</dd>

  <dd>The source address used for proxy requests is now configurable.</dd>



      <dt><module>mod_proxy_balancer</module></dt>
@@ -268,7 +285,8 @@ 
    <title>Program Enhancements</title>

    <dl>

        <dt>fcgistarter</dt>

        <dd>FastCGI deamon starter utility</dd>

        <dd>New FastCGI deamon starter utility</dd>



        <dt>htcacheclean</dt>

        <dd>Current cached URLs can now be listed, with optional metadata

        included.</dd>
@@ -279,6 +297,10 @@ 
        <dd>Cache size can now be limited by the number of inodes, instead

        of or in addition to being limited by the size of the files on

        disk.</dd>



        <dt>rotatelogs</dt>

        <dd>May now create a link to the current log file.</dd>

        <dd>May now invoke a custom post-rotate script.</dd>

    </dl>

  </section>