Backout changes for automatically calculating the public baseurl. (#9313)

This breaks some people's configurations (if their Client-Server API
is not accessed via port 443).

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/docs/sample_config.yaml b/docs/sample_config.yaml

index 236abd9a3f..d395da11b4 100644
--- a/docs/sample_config.yaml
+++ b/docs/sample_config.yaml
@@ -74,10 +74,6 @@ pid_file: DATADIR/homeserver.pid
 # Otherwise, it should be the URL to reach Synapse's client HTTP listener (see
 # 'listeners' below).
 #
-# If this is left unset, it defaults to 'https://<server_name>/'. (Note that
-# that will not work unless you configure Synapse or a reverse-proxy to listen
-# on port 443.)
-#
 #public_baseurl: https://example.com/
 
 # Set the soft limit on the number of file descriptors synapse can use
@@ -1169,9 +1165,8 @@ account_validity:
   # send an email to the account's email address with a renewal link. By
   # default, no such emails are sent.
   #
-  # If you enable this setting, you will also need to fill out the 'email'
-  # configuration section. You should also check that 'public_baseurl' is set
-  # correctly.
+  # If you enable this setting, you will also need to fill out the 'email' and
+  # 'public_baseurl' configuration sections.
   #
   #renew_at: 1w
 
@@ -1262,7 +1257,8 @@ account_validity:
 # The identity server which we suggest that clients should use when users log
 # in on this server.
 #
-# (By default, no suggestion is made, so it is left up to the client.)
+# (By default, no suggestion is made, so it is left up to the client.
+# This setting is ignored unless public_baseurl is also set.)
 #
 #default_identity_server: https://matrix.org
 
@@ -1287,6 +1283,8 @@ account_validity:
 # by the Matrix Identity Service API specification:
 # https://matrix.org/docs/spec/identity_service/latest
 #
+# If a delegate is specified, the config option public_baseurl must also be filled out.
+#
 account_threepid_delegates:
     #email: https://example.com     # Delegate email sending to example.com
     #msisdn: http://localhost:8090  # Delegate SMS sending to this local process
@@ -1938,9 +1936,9 @@ sso:
     # phishing attacks from evil.site. To avoid this, include a slash after the
     # hostname: "https://my.client/".
     #
-    # The login fallback page (used by clients that don't natively support the
-    # required login flows) is automatically whitelisted in addition to any URLs
-    # in this list.
+    # If public_baseurl is set, then the login fallback page (used by clients
+    # that don't natively support the required login flows) is whitelisted in
+    # addition to any URLs in this list.
     #
     # By default, this list is empty.
     #