The following reply was made to PR mod_negotiation/4916; it has been noted by
GNATS.
From: Dirk-Willem van Gulik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Eugen Kuleshov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: mod_negotiation/4916: Wrong negotiation for DefaultLanguage
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 1999 19:52:39 +0200 (CEST)
On Sat, 28 Aug 1999, Eugen Kuleshov wrote:
> On Fri, 27 Aug 1999, Dirk-Willem van Gulik wrote:
>
> > > I this directory I have files:
> > > a.html
> > > a.html.en
> > >
> > > where a.html in Russian and a.html.en in English
> > >
> > > Now I have request for document /a.html from web browser who have setted
> > > HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE=en
> > > Apache returns /a.html, not /a.html.en
> > > Thats wrong. I think, if I have setted DefaultLanguage for DIRECTORY
> > > thats mean a.html == a.html.ru
> > > But if browser asks for /a - Apache returns correct document - /a.html.en
> >
> > This is not a big, but a config isse.
> >
> > What is happening is that the exact match takes precendece. Just configure
> > as
> >
> > a.html.ru
> > a.html.en
> >
> > And then either
> > DefaultLanguage ru en
> > DefaultLanguage en ru
> >
> > which will rule when a.html is requested with no ACCEPT languyage set.
>
> It is not possible for me. Our web site havee about 300 russian pages
> and only 20..30 english pages. I can't rename old index.html files.
I am afraid you will have to either resort to very clever mod_rewrite
tricks; or do an automatic 'find docroot -name '*.html' -exec mv {} {}.ru
\;' sort of trick. Or hack mod_negotiation.c. Note that you do not (nor
should!) change any of the links! Just the name of the files!
But are no longer discussing a bug in apache. So IMHO this bug report is
to be closed. Ok ?
Dw.
