Backport:

  Refer people to mod_rewrite if they need to manipulate the query
  string.  (This is a FAQ.)

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diff --git a/docs/manual/mod/mod_alias.html.en b/docs/manual/mod/mod_alias.html.en
index a021ec25350f1dbbee57eb09ccfc74bf5984ef56..def9a5f744f6534f9c1de9c6f267a9a26b2acec8 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/manual/mod/mod_alias.html.en
+++ b/docs/manual/mod/mod_alias.html.en
@@ -44,6 +44,12 @@
     directives are used to instruct clients to make a new request with
     a different URL. They are often used when a resource has moved to
     a new location.</p>
+
+    <p><code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_alias.html">mod_alias</a></code> is designed to handle simple URL
+    manipulation tasks.  For more complicated tasks such as
+    manipulating the query string, use the tools provided by
+    <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_rewrite.html">mod_rewrite</a></code>.</p>
+
 </div>
 <div id="quickview"><h3 class="directives">Directives</h3>
 <ul id="toc">
@@ -365,4 +371,4 @@ and designates the target as a CGI script</td></tr>
 </div><div id="footer">
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-</body></html>
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+</body></html>

diff --git a/docs/manual/mod/mod_alias.xml b/docs/manual/mod/mod_alias.xml
index 8c83a4da6c5cd1d143891a6e1e84c14bfaf44714..4dbdd36caff2bdf5574521574d9a41f8d50142bd 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/manual/mod/mod_alias.xml
+++ b/docs/manual/mod/mod_alias.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0"?>
 <!DOCTYPE modulesynopsis SYSTEM "../style/modulesynopsis.dtd">
 <?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="../style/manual.en.xsl"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.9.2.9 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.9.2.10 $ -->
 
 <!--
  Copyright 2002-2004 The Apache Software Foundation
@@ -45,6 +45,12 @@
     directives are used to instruct clients to make a new request with
     a different URL. They are often used when a resource has moved to
     a new location.</p>
+
+    <p><module>mod_alias</module> is designed to handle simple URL
+    manipulation tasks.  For more complicated tasks such as
+    manipulating the query string, use the tools provided by
+    <module>mod_rewrite</module>.</p>
+
 </summary>
 
 <seealso><module>mod_rewrite</module></seealso> <seealso><a