Received: by taz.hyperreal.com (8.7.5/V2.0) id NAA03134; Mon, 23 Sep 1996 13:17:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from arachnet.algroup.co.uk by taz.hyperreal.com (8.7.5/V2.0) with SMTP id NAA03128; Mon, 23 Sep 1996 13:17:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from heap.ben.algroup.co.uk by arachnet.algroup.co.uk id aa10531; 23 Sep 96 21:17 BST Received: from gonzo.ben.algroup.co.uk by heap.ben.algroup.co.uk id aa22693; 23 Sep 96 20:29 BST Subject: Re: mod_ifmod? To: new-httpd@hyperreal.com Date: Mon, 23 Sep 1996 20:23:15 +0100 (BST) From: Ben Laurie In-Reply-To: from "Brian Behlendorf" at Sep 23, 96 12:08:35 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24 PGP2] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <9609232023.aa00359@gonzo.ben.algroup.co.uk> Sender: owner-new-httpd@apache.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: new-httpd@hyperreal.com Brian Behlendorf wrote: > > > Was mod_ifmod ever discussed? it was Alexei's module which allows config files > to have conditional sections based on whether a particular module is installed > or not. I.e. > > > ProxyRequests On > > > etc - I can attest that it's something we could really use, and I'd imagine Tom > and others working on testing strategies would agree (since this would allow > one to not have to change the config files when one changes the module makeup > of the server). I still don't quite understand why this is useful, but, on the other hand, noone could use it by mistake, so I have nothing against it. Cheers, Ben. > > Brian > > --=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-- > brian@organic.com www.apache.org hyperreal.com http://www.organic.com/JOBS > -- Ben Laurie Phone: +44 (181) 994 6435 Freelance Consultant and Fax: +44 (181) 994 6472 Technical Director Email: ben@algroup.co.uk A.L. Digital Ltd, URL: http://www.algroup.co.uk London, England. Apache Group member (http://www.apache.org)