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

[Steve Greenland]

On 13-Dec-07, 13:36 (CST), Olaf van der Spek <olafvdspek at gmail.com> 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. ;)

Changing policy because the current configuration of one webserver
doesn't work is not reasonable, particularly when simply modifying the
shipped config would work, sort of.

>>> IMO it's not ok to hijack /doc/. Users might wish to use it for
>>> another purpose.

It's not "hijacked", is simply a default. You might as well complain
about the default server root of /var/www - after all, a user might want
something different.

Regarding the basic problem, I'm going to investigate further...off to
the mailling list.

Steve
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