[pkg-lighttpd] Bug#502440: lighttpd: Debian-specific config file changes cause strange behaviour

[Tobias Nissen]

Package: lighttpd
Version: 1.4.19-5
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable

The implementation of the Debian policy (regarding "/doc" and "/images")
in the default config file makes it impossible to declare even simple
aliases such as

  alias.url += ( "/test" => "/home/user/foo/" )

Visiting http://localhost/test/ (with or without index.html) just gives
an HTTP 404 error.

After completely removing the Debian specific part in question, the alias
works as expected.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages lighttpd depends on:
ii  libattr1               1:2.4.43-1        Extended attribute shared library
ii  libbz2-1.0             1.0.5-1           high-quality block-sorting file co
ii  libc6                  2.7-14            GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libfam0                2.7.0-13.3        Client library to control the FAM 
ii  libldap-2.4-2          2.4.10-3          OpenLDAP libraries
ii  libpcre3               7.6-2.1           Perl 5 Compatible Regular Expressi
ii  libssl0.9.8            0.9.8g-13         SSL shared libraries
ii  libterm-readline-perl- 1.0302-1          Perl implementation of Readline li
ii  lsb-base               3.2-20            Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip
ii  mime-support           3.44-1            MIME files 'mime.types' & 'mailcap
ii  zlib1g                 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-12 compression library - runtime

lighttpd recommends no packages.

Versions of packages lighttpd suggests:
pn  apache2-utils                 <none>     (no description available)
ii  openssl                       0.9.8g-13  Secure Socket Layer (SSL) binary a
pn  rrdtool                       <none>     (no description available)

-- no debconf information