package from unstable to testing + tracking testing and unstable
Hello,
I wanted to try fastcgi with either apache or lighttp, under etch. And
on my way I learn more on using debian.
As libapache2-mod-fastcgi, lighttpd seemed to be unknown from aptitude,
I turned my browser to the http://packages.debian.org/testing which has
the list.
* no version of libapache{,2}-mod-fastcgi is available
* no version of lighttpd is available
* also the fastcgi module is available under sarge for version 1 and 2
of apache
* lighttpd, libapache{,2}-mod-fastcgi are available in unstable
To understand why all that, I checked http://bugs.debian.org to find out
that :
* lighttpd : #383922: fastcgi with php4-cgi leads to segmentation fault
The description of the problem plus the discussion make me think that it
is worth a try. I won't be using php4 anyway.
* libapache2-mod-fastcgi : #343514: SEGV due to NULL pointer...
Again, reading the discussion, i was glad to know that the last version
of the package corrected the bug and was uploaded three days agovto
unstable.
Debian is cool because it is transparent, you can get answers. I now
have new questions:
* how will the libapache2-mod-fastcgi land in testing?
* how can I tell aptitude to install only that specific module from
unstable? (by reading
http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ch-package.en.html, I learnt
that the man from apt-preferences has the answer)
good evening
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