[pkg-lighttpd] Bug#532265: Bug#532265: lighttpd: Package should Suggest: php5-cgi

[Pierre Habouzit]

On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 04:46:49PM +0930, Karl Goetz wrote:
> On Wed, 10 Jun 2009 21:48:22 +0200
> Pierre Habouzit <madcoder at madism.org> wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, Jun 08, 2009 at 10:12:12AM +0800, Karl Goetz wrote:
> > > Package: lighttpd
> > > Version: 1.4.19-5
> > > Severity: normal
> > > 
> > > Since the fastcgi module wont start without php5-cli I think it
> > > would be nice if this package could suggest it to make people aware
> > > that it might be needed.
> > 
> > Huh, the fastcgi module has no sense to be loaded if you don't have a
> > cgi handler to run. It may as well be perl, python, or php. We _won't_
> > suggest all the possible languages that handle fastcgi out there, it's
> > just silly.
> 
> I'd agree with that, if the default fastcgi script did nothing (except
> perhaps warn).
> At the moment it errors because it is setup with a php handler.
> kk

That's ridiculous, if you don't _know_ why you want the fastcgi module,
don't use it. the example config is what it is, an example. That's the
reason why it's not enabled by default.



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