Re: Web mirrors - Mailing list pgsql-www

From Dave Page
Subject Re: Web mirrors
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Msg-id E7F85A1B5FF8D44C8A1AF6885BC9A0E4528143@ratbert.vale-housing.co.uk
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In response to Web mirrors  ("Dave Page" <dpage@vale-housing.co.uk>)
List pgsql-www

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alexey Borzov [mailto:borz_off@cs.msu.su]
> Sent: 24 December 2004 09:06
> To: Dave Page
> Cc: Oleg Bartunov; Marc G. Fournier; pgsql-www@postgresql.org
> Subject: Re: [pgsql-www] Web mirrors
>
> Hi,
>
> Dave Page wrote:
> >>may be before any sanction better explain how to properly configure
> >>mirror ? I just tried to find out any instruction on new server but
> >
> >
> > I *think* you need something like:
> >
> > <Directory /path/to/docroot>
> >     AllowOverride All
> > </Directory>
>
> I think this is a bit too much,
>
> <Directory /path/to/docroot>
>      AllowOverride Options
> </Directory>
> will be enough if we provide our own .htaccess, and

OK, (and yes we do provide a .htaccess)

> .htaccess should look like this:
> Options MultiViews
> AddDefaultCharset utf-8

We don't include the latter. I'll fix that.

> > And mod_rewrite needs to be enabled. If someone can confirm
> that is the
> > case ASAP, I will email all the mirror owners tomorrow and
> ask them to
> > make sure that is in their config so at least as many as
> possible work
> > for the time being.
>
> IIRC we use mod_rewrite only on dynamic website. It is not
> needed on static mirrors.

Oh, OK. I assumed it was used to do the multiview rewriting (ie
index.html -> index.html.xx).

Thanks Alexey.

Regards, Dave.

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