From: Eric Covener <covener@apache.org>
Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2016 17:19:45 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: backport & expand on Define in non-global scope.
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backport & expand on Define in non-global scope.

We can't backport fixing Define, so explain the problem.



git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/branches/2.4.x@1761343 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68
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diff --git a/docs/manual/mod/core.xml b/docs/manual/mod/core.xml
index 54442305be7..065a65e2b4a 100644
--- a/docs/manual/mod/core.xml
+++ b/docs/manual/mod/core.xml
@@ -786,6 +786,13 @@ DocumentRoot "/var/www/${servername}/htdocs"
 
     <p>Variable names may not contain colon ":" characters, to avoid clashes
     with <directive module="mod_rewrite">RewriteMap</directive>'s syntax.</p>
+
+    <p>While this directive is supported in virtual host and directory context,
+       the changes it makes are visible to any later configuration
+       directives, beyond any enclosing configuration section. Support for the
+       the other configuration sections was erroneously permitted by the initial
+       implementation of this directive and is only preserved (with unintuitive 
+       results to maintain backward compatibility.</p>
 </usage>
 </directivesynopsis>