[Catalyst] issue with Path method not catching '.html' portion

[Matt S Trout]

Edric wrote:
> i speicfy 'test.html' in the parameter for Path. i expect it to match 
> the url ending with 'test.html'... i read the documentation over and 
> over and it's supposed to match a literal... hopefully a string that 
> will take a period?
> 
> why does it not work correctly when i specify my document root in my 
> apache virtual host config file, but it works fine when specifiying 
> document root in  my main app class, like what is shown here below? i'm 
> not surre if it's my function that is the problem.
> 
> __PACKAGE__->config(
>        root => '/usr/local/www/media'
> );
> 
> and now i think this proves that

I'm not sure the apache engines actually pay attention to DocumentRoot since 
this isn't portable between environments. Best to always specify so you keep 
your deployment options open.

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