/pub/errors/.htaccess is not Apache 2.4 compliant

[gwharton]

Preconditions and environment

• 2.4-develop

Steps to reproduce

https://github.com/magento/magento2/blob/49bd70677e2a65755b82ac81f5b561b01f14fce1/pub/errors/.htaccess#L2-L4

Expected result

Deny call is not valid in Apache 2.4

See other .htaccess files for reference. https://github.com/magento/magento2/blob/49bd70677e2a65755b82ac81f5b561b01f14fce1/pub/.htaccess#L207-L215

Actual result

Deny call is wrapped in Version calls to allow both Apache < 2.4 and Apache >= 2.4

Additional information

No response

Release note

No response

Triage and priority

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• [ ] Severity: S3 - Affects non-critical data or functionality and does not force users to employ a workaround.
• [ ] Severity: S4 - Affects aesthetics, professional look and feel, “quality” or “usability”.

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[engcom-November]

Hi @gwharton , Thank you for reporting and collaboration. Verified the behavior on Magento 2.4-develop instance and is reproducible. I believe here no IfVersion checks are required as this is not version dependant configuration. In this case Deny call is still Apache 2.4 compliant. https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/mod/mod_access_compat.html. Kindly recheck and confirm if we are missing anything to consider this as valid issue. Thank you.

[gwharton]

Right,

I see.

Given all other .htaccess files in Magento use the IfVersion call I would have thought that this one should too, to avoid having the dependency on the mod_access_compat module, which isn't listed as a requirement.

I'm not gonna die in a ditch over it, as I'll just enable the module, but there seems to have been an effort in the other .htaccess files to not require the compat module.

[engcom-November]

Thank you for the response @gwharton. We are confirming this issue as there is inconsistency among .htaccess files. Behavior should be same among all .htaccess files. mod_access_compat module is enabled by default in httpd.conf file and is not listed as a requirement and if no version check is made (Ex: pub/errors/.htaccess), .htaccess file require mod_access_compat.

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[pedromtalavera]

Hi,

I created a PR for this #37707