[pkg-lighttpd] Bug#642604: Bug#642604: Bug#642604: lighttpd always binds to IPv6 on TCP port 80

[Olaf van der Spek]

On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 9:23 AM, Adam Nielsen <a.nielsen at shikadi.net> wrote:
> I have no problem with supporting it, but likewise I think segregating it
> would be useful too without introducing any limitations.  For example, while
> unlikely, if Debian decides that all pidfiles should now go into /tmp
> instead, all users will have to examine lighttpd.conf and merge in the
> change.  Those people using a configuration management system like Puppet
> won't get to see dpkg's nice output, and will have to merge the changes by
> hand in their repos and push them out to all their machines.

Isn't that a limitation of Puppet?

> That's true, but my argument is that you shouldn't impede progress just in
> case someone might come along with a better idea one day :-)  I realise you
> don't want to keep changing things, but to be honest, if each change is
> backwards compatible then you are incrementally improving things, which is
> always good.

The point is that it's not a perfect improvement. Having conf bits in
more files means it's harder for a normal user to find/read/update all
bits.

We do agree that (in principle) it would be nice to support stuff like
Puppet better.
So let's say we've got lighttpd.conf and platform.conf. Where would
the ipv6 include go? I'd say platform.conf.
Since you wanted to disable the ipv6 include, you'd have to modify
platform.conf and you'd have the same problem as you do now, right?

-- 
Olaf