[pkg-lighttpd] Bug#445459: Bug#445459: lighttpd: mod_alias fails on localhost

[Olaf van der Spek]

On Dec 13, 2007 9:55 PM, Pierre Habouzit <madcoder at debian.org> wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 13, 2007 at 07:36:28PM +0000, Olaf van der Spek wrote:
> > On Dec 13, 2007 8:31 PM, Pierre Habouzit <madcoder at debian.org> wrote:
> > > > Can't the /doc/ alias just be dropped?
> > >
> > >   no, it's the httpd debian policy to support /doc/ alias on localhost.
> >
> > Maybe it's time to change policy. ;)
>
>   No I believe it's a good one.

Why?

> And when you're supposed to install a
> web server, you're supposed to configure at least a bit anyways.

That's a weak argument.

>   No I won't change a policy because the way my web-server parses its
> options is completely brain-dead.

I agree. But I think the alias should be removed regardless.

> Please let be serious for one second.
> What kind of languages forces you to do global-scoped declaration first
> and then as soon as you scoped anything ignores them ? What kind of
> silly joke is that ? Even COBOL isn't that stupid.

I agree, that's silly.