Внутренняя переадресация URL больше не работает после обновления Apache до 2.4

Мне нужно внутренне переписать базовый URL-адрес, чтобы вместо/отображаться в /index.php(поведение по умолчанию) он переходит в другой script с именем contents.php. У меня есть простой .htaccess в корне doc:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^/?$ /contents.php?id_cat=0 [L]

Это отлично работает с Apache 2.2 и больше не работает с Apache 2.4.6. Теперь он просто игнорируется, и по умолчанию вызывает /index.php script.

Однако, если я добавлю флаг Relocate:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^/?$ /contents.php?id_cat=0 [R,L]

... он работает, но он отображает переписанный URL-адрес, который мне не нужен.

Я попытался использовать флаг PT (passthrough) [PT,L] и [END], но не повезло.

Что мне не хватает?

EDIT: Я включил протоколирование трассировки для перезаписи, и это то, что я получил для одного запроса:

[Sat Nov 16 17:43:22.021036 2013] [rewrite:trace3] [pid 5895] mod_rewrite.c(468): [client 127.0.0.1:55297] 127.0.0.1 - - [bacityapartments.localhost/sid#7f7e3b748400][rid#7f7e3b67b0a0/initial] [perdir /var/www/bacityapartments/] strip per-dir prefix: /var/www/bacityapartments/
->
[Sat Nov 16 17:43:22.021075 2013] [rewrite:trace3] [pid 5895] mod_rewrite.c(468): [client 127.0.0.1:55297] 127.0.0.1 - - [bacityapartments.localhost/sid#7f7e3b748400][rid#7f7e3b67b0a0/initial] [perdir /var/www/bacityapartments/] applying pattern '^/?$' to uri ''
[Sat Nov 16 17:43:22.021087 2013] [rewrite:trace2] [pid 5895] mod_rewrite.c(468): [client 127.0.0.1:55297] 127.0.0.1 - - [bacityapartments.localhost/sid#7f7e3b748400][rid#7f7e3b67b0a0/initial] [perdir /var/www/bacityapartments/] rewrite '' -> '/contents.php?id_cat=0'
[Sat Nov 16 17:43:22.021096 2013] [rewrite:trace3] [pid 5895] mod_rewrite.c(468): [client 127.0.0.1:55297] 127.0.0.1 - - [bacityapartments.localhost/sid#7f7e3b748400][rid#7f7e3b67b0a0/initial] split uri=/contents.php?id_cat=0 -> uri=/contents.php, args=id_cat=0
[Sat Nov 16 17:43:22.021111 2013] [rewrite:trace1] [pid 5895] mod_rewrite.c(468): [client 127.0.0.1:55297] 127.0.0.1 - - [bacityapartments.localhost/sid#7f7e3b748400][rid#7f7e3b67b0a0/initial] [perdir /var/www/bacityapartments/] internal redirect with /contents.php [INTERNAL REDIRECT]
[Sat Nov 16 17:43:22.021197 2013] [rewrite:trace3] [pid 5895] mod_rewrite.c(468): [client 127.0.0.1:55297] 127.0.0.1 - - [bacityapartments.localhost/sid#7f7e3b748400][rid#7f7e3b6790a0/subreq] [perdir /var/www/bacityapartments/] strip per-dir prefix: /var/www/bacityapartments/in
dex.html -> index.html
[Sat Nov 16 17:43:22.021208 2013] [rewrite:trace3] [pid 5895] mod_rewrite.c(468): [client 127.0.0.1:55297] 127.0.0.1 - - [bacityapartments.localhost/sid#7f7e3b748400][rid#7f7e3b6790a0/subreq] [perdir /var/www/bacityapartments/] applying pattern '^/?$' to uri 'index.html'
[Sat Nov 16 17:43:22.021218 2013] [rewrite:trace1] [pid 5895] mod_rewrite.c(468): [client 127.0.0.1:55297] 127.0.0.1 - - [bacityapartments.localhost/sid#7f7e3b748400][rid#7f7e3b6790a0/subreq] [perdir /var/www/bacityapartments/] pass through /var/www/bacityapartments/index.html
[Sat Nov 16 17:43:22.021268 2013] [rewrite:trace3] [pid 5895] mod_rewrite.c(468): [client 127.0.0.1:55297] 127.0.0.1 - - [bacityapartments.localhost/sid#7f7e3b748400][rid#7f7e3b6740a0/subreq] [perdir /var/www/bacityapartments/] strip per-dir prefix: /var/www/bacityapartments/in
dex.cgi -> index.cgi
[Sat Nov 16 17:43:22.021290 2013] [rewrite:trace3] [pid 5895] mod_rewrite.c(468): [client 127.0.0.1:55297] 127.0.0.1 - - [bacityapartments.localhost/sid#7f7e3b748400][rid#7f7e3b6740a0/subreq] [perdir /var/www/bacityapartments/] applying pattern '^/?$' to uri 'index.cgi'
[Sat Nov 16 17:43:22.021299 2013] [rewrite:trace1] [pid 5895] mod_rewrite.c(468): [client 127.0.0.1:55297] 127.0.0.1 - - [bacityapartments.localhost/sid#7f7e3b748400][rid#7f7e3b6740a0/subreq] [perdir /var/www/bacityapartments/] pass through /var/www/bacityapartments/index.cgi
[Sat Nov 16 17:43:22.021345 2013] [rewrite:trace3] [pid 5895] mod_rewrite.c(468): [client 127.0.0.1:55297] 127.0.0.1 - - [bacityapartments.localhost/sid#7f7e3b748400][rid#7f7e3b6790a0/subreq] [perdir /var/www/bacityapartments/] strip per-dir prefix: /var/www/bacityapartments/in
dex.pl -> index.pl
[Sat Nov 16 17:43:22.021355 2013] [rewrite:trace3] [pid 5895] mod_rewrite.c(468): [client 127.0.0.1:55297] 127.0.0.1 - - [bacityapartments.localhost/sid#7f7e3b748400][rid#7f7e3b6790a0/subreq] [perdir /var/www/bacityapartments/] applying pattern '^/?$' to uri 'index.pl'
[Sat Nov 16 17:43:22.021364 2013] [rewrite:trace1] [pid 5895] mod_rewrite.c(468): [client 127.0.0.1:55297] 127.0.0.1 - - [bacityapartments.localhost/sid#7f7e3b748400][rid#7f7e3b6790a0/subreq] [perdir /var/www/bacityapartments/] pass through /var/www/bacityapartments/index.pl
[Sat Nov 16 17:43:22.021389 2013] [rewrite:trace3] [pid 5895] mod_rewrite.c(468): [client 127.0.0.1:55297] 127.0.0.1 - - [bacityapartments.localhost/sid#7f7e3b748400][rid#7f7e3b6740a0/subreq] [perdir /var/www/bacityapartments/] strip per-dir prefix: /var/www/bacityapartments/in
dex.php -> index.php
[Sat Nov 16 17:43:22.021398 2013] [rewrite:trace3] [pid 5895] mod_rewrite.c(468): [client 127.0.0.1:55297] 127.0.0.1 - - [bacityapartments.localhost/sid#7f7e3b748400][rid#7f7e3b6740a0/subreq] [perdir /var/www/bacityapartments/] applying pattern '^/?$' to uri 'index.php'
[Sat Nov 16 17:43:22.021407 2013] [rewrite:trace1] [pid 5895] mod_rewrite.c(468): [client 127.0.0.1:55297] 127.0.0.1 - - [bacityapartments.localhost/sid#7f7e3b748400][rid#7f7e3b6740a0/subreq] [perdir /var/www/bacityapartments/] pass through /var/www/bacityapartments/index.php
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Итак, выполняется переписывание, но затем оно продолжается так же, как если бы оно не было.

РЕДАКТИРОВАТЬ 2: Если я переведу эти правила в файл конфигурации виртуального хоста, он работает должным образом. Более подробную информацию можно найти здесь.

Кроме того, эта проблема возникает только для самого каталога. Например, если я переписываю /hello в /contents.php?msg=hello, он отлично работает и с .htaccess.

Ответы

AllowOverride All 

    <Directory /srv/path_to_public/public_html/>
            AllowOverride All
    </Directory>

<Directory /home/example.com/public_html>
    Options -Indexes -MultiViews
    AllowOverride All
    Require all granted
</Directory>