? htaccess-clarification.patch
Index: .htaccess
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RCS file: /cvs/drupal/drupal/.htaccess,v
retrieving revision 1.107
diff -u -r1.107 .htaccess
--- .htaccess	7 Feb 2010 05:20:21 -0000	1.107
+++ .htaccess	12 Mar 2010 18:18:22 -0000
@@ -78,18 +78,21 @@
   RewriteRule "(^|/)\." - [F]
 
   # If your site can be accessed both with and without the 'www.' prefix, you
-  # can use one of the following settings to redirect users to your preferred
-  # URL, either WITH or WITHOUT the 'www.' prefix. Choose ONLY one option:
+  # can use one of the following rewrite rules to redirect users to your
+  # preferred URL, either WITH or WITHOUT the 'www.' prefix. Be aware that this
+  # redirection will happen to ALL domain names which point to this Drupal
+  # installation on your server; if you only want it to happen for SOME domain
+  # names, this approach will not work for you. Choose ONLY one option:
   #
   # To redirect all users to access the site WITH the 'www.' prefix,
   # (http://example.com/... will be redirected to http://www.example.com/...)
-  # uncomment the following:
+  # uncomment the following two lines:
   # RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\. [NC]
   # RewriteRule ^ http://www.%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]
   #
   # To redirect all users to access the site WITHOUT the 'www.' prefix,
   # (http://www.example.com/... will be redirected to http://example.com/...)
-  # uncomment the following:
+  # uncomment the following two lines:
   # RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.(.+)$ [NC]
   # RewriteRule ^ http://%1%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]