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authorKen Coar <coar@apache.org>1999-05-04 19:17:37 +0000
committerKen Coar <coar@apache.org>1999-05-04 19:17:37 +0000
commit2e710e927d867c8a05e63c6cccf498b9e7a50d73 (patch)
tree4aa8dde9039a068151011ab01a3165d470e19699
parentbcbf315922451c6e479a9c7d6da3632632acf875 (diff)
downloadhttpd-2e710e927d867c8a05e63c6cccf498b9e7a50d73.tar.gz
Add the 'force-no-vary' envariable to the list of specials, and
put the entire list into alphabetical order. git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/trunk@83180 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68
-rw-r--r--docs/manual/env.html42
-rw-r--r--docs/manual/env.html.en42
2 files changed, 60 insertions, 24 deletions
diff --git a/docs/manual/env.html b/docs/manual/env.html
index 6235076c4c..962dbe90ae 100644
--- a/docs/manual/env.html
+++ b/docs/manual/env.html
@@ -14,32 +14,50 @@
>
<!--#include virtual="header.html" -->
<H1 ALIGN="CENTER">Special Purpose Environment Variables</H1>
-<P>Interoperability problems have led to the introduction of
+<P>
+Interoperability problems have led to the introduction of
mechanisms to modify the way Apache behaves when talking to particular
clients. To make these mechanisms as flexible as possible, they
are invoked by defining environment variables, typically with
<A HREF="mod/mod_browser.html#browsermatch">BrowserMatch</A>, though
<A HREF="mod/mod_env.html#setenv">SetEnv</A> and
<A HREF="mod/mod_env.html#passenv">PassEnv</A> could also be used, for
-example.</P>
+example.
+</P>
-<H2>nokeepalive</H2>
-This disables <A HREF="mod/core.html#keepalive">KeepAlive</A> when set. Because
-of problems with Netscape 2.x and KeepAlive, we recommend the following
-directive be used:
-<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
-BrowserMatch Mozilla/2 nokeepalive
-</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
+<H2>downgrade-1.0</H2>
+<P>
+This forces the request to be treated as a HTTP/1.0 request even if it
+was in a later dialect.
+</P>
+
+<H2>force-no-vary</H2>
+<P>
+This causes any <CODE>Vary</CODE> fields to be removed from the response
+header before it is sent back to the client. Some clients don't
+interpret this field correctly (see the
+<A HREF="misc/known_client_problems.html">known client problems</A>
+page); setting this variable can work around this problem. Setting
+this variable also implies <STRONG>force-response-1.0</STRONG>.
+</P>
<H2>force-response-1.0</H2>
+<P>
This forces an HTTP/1.0 response when set. It was originally implemented as a
result of a problem with AOL's proxies. Some clients may not behave correctly
when given an HTTP/1.1 response, and this can be used to interoperate with
them.
+</P>
-<H2>downgrade-1.0</H2>
-<P>This forces the request to be treated as a HTTP/1.0 request even if it
-was in a later dialect.
+<H2>nokeepalive</H2>
+<P>
+This disables <A HREF="mod/core.html#keepalive">KeepAlive</A> when set. Because
+of problems with Netscape 2.x and KeepAlive, we recommend the following
+directive be used:
+</P>
+<PRE>
+ BrowserMatch Mozilla/2 nokeepalive
+</PRE>
<!--#include virtual="footer.html" -->
</BODY>
diff --git a/docs/manual/env.html.en b/docs/manual/env.html.en
index 6235076c4c..962dbe90ae 100644
--- a/docs/manual/env.html.en
+++ b/docs/manual/env.html.en
@@ -14,32 +14,50 @@
>
<!--#include virtual="header.html" -->
<H1 ALIGN="CENTER">Special Purpose Environment Variables</H1>
-<P>Interoperability problems have led to the introduction of
+<P>
+Interoperability problems have led to the introduction of
mechanisms to modify the way Apache behaves when talking to particular
clients. To make these mechanisms as flexible as possible, they
are invoked by defining environment variables, typically with
<A HREF="mod/mod_browser.html#browsermatch">BrowserMatch</A>, though
<A HREF="mod/mod_env.html#setenv">SetEnv</A> and
<A HREF="mod/mod_env.html#passenv">PassEnv</A> could also be used, for
-example.</P>
+example.
+</P>
-<H2>nokeepalive</H2>
-This disables <A HREF="mod/core.html#keepalive">KeepAlive</A> when set. Because
-of problems with Netscape 2.x and KeepAlive, we recommend the following
-directive be used:
-<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
-BrowserMatch Mozilla/2 nokeepalive
-</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
+<H2>downgrade-1.0</H2>
+<P>
+This forces the request to be treated as a HTTP/1.0 request even if it
+was in a later dialect.
+</P>
+
+<H2>force-no-vary</H2>
+<P>
+This causes any <CODE>Vary</CODE> fields to be removed from the response
+header before it is sent back to the client. Some clients don't
+interpret this field correctly (see the
+<A HREF="misc/known_client_problems.html">known client problems</A>
+page); setting this variable can work around this problem. Setting
+this variable also implies <STRONG>force-response-1.0</STRONG>.
+</P>
<H2>force-response-1.0</H2>
+<P>
This forces an HTTP/1.0 response when set. It was originally implemented as a
result of a problem with AOL's proxies. Some clients may not behave correctly
when given an HTTP/1.1 response, and this can be used to interoperate with
them.
+</P>
-<H2>downgrade-1.0</H2>
-<P>This forces the request to be treated as a HTTP/1.0 request even if it
-was in a later dialect.
+<H2>nokeepalive</H2>
+<P>
+This disables <A HREF="mod/core.html#keepalive">KeepAlive</A> when set. Because
+of problems with Netscape 2.x and KeepAlive, we recommend the following
+directive be used:
+</P>
+<PRE>
+ BrowserMatch Mozilla/2 nokeepalive
+</PRE>
<!--#include virtual="footer.html" -->
</BODY>