On Thu, Oct 20, 2022 at 9:56 AM Nick Gearls <nickgea...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello, > > It would sometimes be very handy to be able to define a variable (like -D on > command-line or "Define xxx" in the config) inside a module. > This would, for instance, allow to have a config file based on a define from > the module, knowing if the new syntax is known or not, etc. > > Concrete example: in mod_security2, they introduced a new "collection". > If you use this collection in an old version, it's a syntax error. > If mod_security2 defines the variable "support_new_collection" (OK, very bad > name obviously), then we can enclose the rule using a "<IfDefine > support_new_collection>. > > Would it be possible to export a function to define such a variable?
I think it's feasible. Might want to safeguard against it being called in unexpected times (after pre-config?) or ways (in child processes?)
