Installing lighttpd 1.4.13

I've found out that lighttpd (I can't bare to call it lighty) doesn't do conditional re-writes, it's all or nothing.

I found a modified mod_rewrite.c that will only re-write if the file is not found
http://lmmrtech.com/lighttpd_mod_rewrite_with_file_exists_check

Having noticed Linux' mount --rbind stuff I keep thinking it is anything like as useful as plan9's bind.

mount --rbind /home/maht/mod_rewrite.c mod_rewrite.c
make

but then I remembered the shocking truth, 1) you have to be root 2) it hangs around until reboot or umount. I've decided it's even less useful than a symlink, at least they show up in an ls. Linux' rbind gives the whole concept a bad name "It's a bit like Linux' rbind" is not going to persuade anyone of the usefulness of plan9's bind and private namespaces.

on with the pony

mv src/mod_rewrite.c src/mod_rewrite.c.old && cp /home/maht/mod_rewrite.c src/

apt-get install libpcre3-dev

./configure --with-pcre --with-openssl --prefix=/usr --with-bzip2

--with-fam didn't work even though I apt-get installed gamin & pkg-config - I'll come back to this, FAM looks interesting - also found pbzip2 that could be useful.

and hey whaddya know, it works just fine

url.rewrite-final-NF = (".*" => "/index.php")

and any files requested from public_html were left right alone

now to see if ixp works


later ....
it has a bug see the // *sigh* I had a quick look but I can't see where it is
2007-08-20 19:15:38: (mod_rewrite.c.407) my-path : /var/www/tham/public_html//imgs/lfg_dbg_curve.gif exists

BUFFER_APPEND_SLASH(path);
the slash after public_html is added by the system as my lighttpd.conf doesn't have trailing slashes so I'm guessing that's safe to remove, and the chatty logging while I'm at it.