Without this fix the following line would not match the HTTPD_COMBINEDLOG pattern:
83.149.9.216 - a.user [11/Jan/2020:23:05:27 +0100] "OPTIONS /remote.php/ HTTP/1.1" - 7908 "-" "x-client"
due "-" response (after 7908 "-") not parsing as a number
NOTE: there's also some more specs (which aren't relevant to the change)
Without this fix the following line would not match the
HTTPD_COMBINEDLOGpattern:83.149.9.216 - a.user [11/Jan/2020:23:05:27 +0100] "OPTIONS /remote.php/ HTTP/1.1" - 7908 "-" "x-client"due"-"response (after7908 "-") not parsing as a numberNOTE: there's also some more specs (which aren't relevant to the change)