Hi Christopher It did not occur to me to look at diffs/commit history before raising my enquiry - I should have done so first.
Thank you for the informative and prompt response- I do appreciate it. Greg ________________________________ From: Christopher Faulet <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, 07 July 2026 14:29 To: Greg Somasundram <[email protected]>; [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Missing Sections in Configuration Documentation <=1.4 vs >=1.5 Le 07/07/2026 à 11:45 AM, Greg Somasundram a écrit : > Greetings > > I've noticed that Configuration Documentation for HAProxy 1.4 and prior > includes > detailed explanation of > > path_dir, path sub etc in Section 7. > > e.g > https://cbonte.github.io/haproxy-dconv/1.4/configuration.html#7.5.3-path_dir > <https://cbonte.github.io/haproxy-dconv/1.4/configuration.html#7.5.3-path_dir> > > However, from that version forward - it appears these are no longer present > Hi, path_dir, path_sub ... are aliases of "path -m ...". So, since the 1.5, everything is documented with "path". The changes were performed during a documentation reorg: commit 74ca5041bf46a6f12638267aae053ec00c08f1bc Author: Willy Tarreau <[email protected]> Date: Tue Jun 11 23:12:07 2013 +0200 DOC: major reorg of ACL + sample fetch The split between ACL and sample fetch was a terrible mess in the doc, as it caused all entries to be duplicated with most of them not easy to find, some missing and some wrong. The new approach consists in describing the sample fetch methods and indicating the ACLs that are derived from these fetches. The doc is much smaller (1500 lines added, 2200 removed, net gain = 700 lines) and much clearer. The description of the ACL mechanics was revamped to take account of the latest evolutions and clearly describe the compatibility between types of fetches and ACL patterns. The deprecated keywords have been marked as such, though they still appear in the examples given for various other keywords. -- Christopher Faulet DISCLAIMER: The information in this message is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee. Access to this message by anyone else is unauthorised. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, or distribution of the message, or any action or omission taken by you in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. Please immediately contact the sender if you have received this message in error. Thank you.
