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authorEric Covener <covener@apache.org>2010-12-29 03:39:31 +0000
committerEric Covener <covener@apache.org>2010-12-29 03:39:31 +0000
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@@ -212,23 +212,39 @@ headers</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>FileInfo</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Extension</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_headers</td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Compatibility">Compatibility:</a></th><td>Default condition changes in 2.3.9 from "onsuccess" to "always"</td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Compatibility">Compatibility:</a></th><td>Default condition was temporarily changed to "always" in 2.3.9 and 2.3.10</td></tr>
</table>
<p>This directive can replace, merge or remove HTTP response
headers. The header is modified just after the content handler
and output filters are run, allowing outgoing headers to be
modified.</p>
- <p> In 2.3.9 and later, the default condition is "always", meaning this directive
- acts without regard for the response status code. In 2.3.8 and earlier,
- "onsuccess" is the default, meaning headers are only modified for <code>2<var>xx</var>
- </code> responses.</p>
-
- <p>An effective value of <code>always</code> may be needed to influence
- headers set by some internal modules (such as <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_cgi.html">mod_cgi</a></code>)
- even for successful responses, and is always needed to affect
- non-<code>2<var>xx</var></code> responses such as redirects or client
- errors.</p>
+ <p> The optional <var>condition</var> argument determines which internal
+ table of responses headers this directive will operate against. Other
+ components of the server may have stored their response headers in either
+ the table that corresponds to <code>onsuccess</code> or the table that
+ corresponds to <code>always</code>. "Always" in this context refers to
+ whether headers you add will be sent during both a successful and unsucessful
+ response, but if your action is a function of an existing header, you
+ will have to read on for further complications.</p>
+
+ <p> The default value of <code>onsuccess</code> may need to be changed to
+ <code>always</code> under the circumstances similar to those listed below
+ Note also that repeating this directive with both conditions makes sense in
+ some scenarios because <code>always</code> is not a superset of
+ <code>onsuccess</code> with respect to existing headers:</p>
+
+ <ul>
+ <li> You're adding a header to a non-success (non-2xx) response, such
+ as a redirect, in which case only the table corresponding to
+ <code>always</code> is used in the ultimate response.</li>
+ <li> You're modifying or removing a header generated by a CGI script,
+ in which case the CGI scripts are in the table corresponding to
+ <code>always</code> and not in the default table.</li>
+ <li> You're modifying or removing a header generated by some piece of
+ the server but that header is not being found by the default
+ <code>onsuccess</code> condition.</li>
+ </ul>
<p>The action it performs is determined by the first
argument (second argument if a <var>condition</var> is specified).