TracEnv + TracEnvParentDir failure

[coderanger@…]

I have two <Location>s:

• <Location /> is a single env at /var/trac/main
• <Location /projects> is a parent_dir at /var/trac

The problem is that Apache helpfuly merges the options from / into /projects, and in mod_python 3.1, there is no way to unset an option. This results in the TracEnv taking priority. Many other projects use a marker value to get around this ("." or something).

[coderanger]

Just tested with mod_python 3.2, and it does work if you do this:

PythonOption TracEnv ""
PythonOption TracEnvParentDir /var/trac

[Christian Boos]

So I propose to close the ticket. Please reopen if the solution proposed by coderanger doesn't work for you.

[coderanger]

I was the one who filed the ticket, and the reason its not enough is that mod_python 3.2 is not available on many distros yet.

[Matthew Good]

Instead of <Location /> try <LocationMatch ^{/(?!projects)>. Then the two blocks should be mutually exclusive and the options won't be applied to both.}

[anonymous]

That works, but is fairly unintuitive. It might be better to have an error shown if both options are set instead of passively ignoring one.

[coderanger]

This shouldn't block 0.10, but I'm adding it to 0.11 so it doesn't get forgoten

[Christian Boos]

Patch please ;)

[Christian Boos]

If mod_python has to be used, 3.3.1 is the preferred version, so the solution in comment:1 can be used.