From: Daniel Earl Poirier <poirier@apache.org>
Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2010 02:48:34 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Be specific about which environment variables can be used in
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Be specific about which environment variables can be used in
expansions in the server configuration file.


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diff --git a/docs/manual/configuring.xml b/docs/manual/configuring.xml
index 390a88ca85e..c0efc00e3d5 100644
--- a/docs/manual/configuring.xml
+++ b/docs/manual/configuring.xml
@@ -87,6 +87,12 @@ HTTP server.</p>
     unchanged for use by later stages in the config file
     processing.)</p>
 
+    <p>Only environment variables defined before the server is started
+    can be used in expansions.  Variables defined in the
+    configuration file itself, for example with <directive
+    module="mod_env">SetEnv</directive>, take effect too late to be
+    used for expansions in the configuration file.</p>
+
     <p>The maximum length of a line in the configuration file, after
     environment-variable substitution, joining any continued lines and
     removing leading and trailing white space, is 8192 characters.</p>