answer a question embedded in a patch

git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/branches/2.2.x@815281 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68

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@@ -142,7 +142,10 @@ PATCHES PROPOSED TO BACKPORT FROM TRUNK:
    Trunk patch: n/a due to authz refactoring (no provider called without require-ments)
    2.2.x version of patch: http://people.apache.org/~covener/httpd-2.2.x-authnz_ldap-skipdnloookup-2.diff
    +1: covener, poirier
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+   trawick: The code for "FIXME: dead code?" is indeed dead, as is the
+            conditional setting of reqs_array within the declarations.  The hook won't
+            be called if ap_requires() returns NULL.  (See calls to ap_some_auth_required()
+            before calls to ap_run_auth_checker().)
    
 PATCHES/ISSUES THAT ARE STALLED