Why do apache access log shows "GET robots.txt HTTP 1.1" 404 ?

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Issue

  • Apache access log shows follwoing messages,
63.249.66.212 - - [07/Dec/2013:12:11:02 +0800] "GET /robots.txt HTTP/1.1" 404 208
65.55.52.95 - - [07/Dec/2013:12:40:24 +0800] "GET /robots.txt HTTP/1.1" 404 208 "-" "Mozilla/5.

Environment

Red Hat Enterprise Linux x.x
Apache

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