July 10, 2008
Apache 2.2 breakage
In case anyone cares, my hosting provider recently upgraded its webserver to Apache2.2.
*Sigh* Unfortunately, I wasn't aware of the change until the site went down. The root cause seemed to have something to do with my .htaccess file. Apparently, Apache2.2 server seems to expect and not .
More specifically the following appeared in the Apache error logs. ->
Expected but saw
I have no idea why Apache 1.x resolved this syntax without any problems. In fact, I had been using this syntax for several years. Nonetheless, the problem is resolved. If any of care to educate me on the complexities of Apache 2.2, I'm all ears..
I'd be happy to share this info w/my faceless admins :)
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