On Aug 5, 2010, at 7:32 AM, Plüm, Rüdiger, VF-Group wrote: > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Rainer Jung >> Sent: Donnerstag, 5. August 2010 13:14 >> To: dev@httpd.apache.org >> Subject: Rephrasing " worker already used" >> >> The message "worker ... already used by another worker" seems >> to not say >> what's actually happening. >> >> Situation: >> >> ProxyPass /X http://a.b.c.d/A >> ProxyPass /Y http://a.b.c.d/AB >> >> Wouldn't a message >> >> worker "http://a.b.c.d/A"; will also be used for URL "/Y" >> >> be more correct? >> >> In addition: we do overwrite the worker config (additional >> attributes) >> when parsing the second ProxyPass. Should we add a message >> >> Merging configuration for worker "http://a.b.c.d/A"; > > Actually it doesn't merge the configuration. For some parameters like > timeout they get overwritten with the defaults if not configured again in the > ProxyPass directive. So > > ProxyPass /X http://a.b.c.d/A timeout=5 > ProxyPass /Y http://a.b.c.d/AB > > Will result in a worker http://a.b.c.d/A with timeout set to the default value > (ProxyTimeout / Timeout). >
The question is whether this should be expected... I feel that the docs could be clearer that in many cases, we are looking at prefixes, and not distinct entities.
