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Re: Bug in docs regarding case-sensitivity?

From: Branko Čibej <brane_at_apache.org>
Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2019 01:21:27 +0100

On 14.12.2019 14:38, sebb wrote:
> On Sat, 14 Dec 2019 at 13:33, Daniel Shahaf <d.s_at_daniel.shahaf.name
> <mailto:d.s_at_daniel.shahaf.name>> wrote:
>
> sebb wrote on Sat, 14 Dec 2019 13:17 +00:00:
> > On Sat, 14 Dec 2019 at 11:51, Daniel Shahaf
> <d.s_at_daniel.shahaf.name <mailto:d.s_at_daniel.shahaf.name>> wrote:
> > > sebb wrote on Sat, 14 Dec 2019 09:20 +00:00:
> > >  > The code comment here [1] and the wiki [2] both state that
> section name
> > >  > matching is case-insensitive.
> > >  >
> > >  > However my reading of the document here [3] says this
> changed in version 1.7.
> > >
> > >  Thank you for taking the time to point out the specific text
> within that
> > >  page you had in mind, to save us all looking for it. (It's
> the first
> > >  "No Entry" box.)
> > >
> > >  > These docs don't seem consistent to me.
> > >
> > >  The two documents describe different layers. [1] and [2]
> describe the
> > >  configuration parsing module (svn_config_*), whereas [3] —
> says that
> > >  the implementation of authz (≤1.6) did case conversions
> before or after
> > >  calling svn_config_*().
> > >
> >
> > However [2] says:
> >
>
> [2] is not normative.  The C API docs are normative.  The API errata,
> release notes, and CVE advisories are all fair game.  But the wiki
> serves
> as the whiteboard in our virtual office; it isn't API documentation.
>
> However [1] says:
>
> "Section and option names are case-insensitive, but case is preserved."

Configuration files and authz files no longer use the same
representation. Since you've been reading the section on config files in
the wiki, I propose you also read this:

https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/SVN/Path-Based+Access+Control

It's far from finished, but it *does* describe the differences in syntax
and semantics.

-- Brane
Received on 2019-12-15 01:21:31 CET

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