Binary package hint: lighttpd
Description: Ubuntu 8.04.1
Release: 8.04
rvdm@serpent:~$ apt-cache policy lighttpd
lighttpd:
Installed: 1.4.19-0ubuntu3
Candidate: 1.4.19-0ubuntu3
Version table:
*** 1.4.19-0ubuntu3 0
500 http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/universe Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
When restarting lighty using /etc/init.d/lighttpd restart, the lighttpd.conf is not checked. This results in a non-running webserver if there are typo's in the configuration file(s).
As lighttpd configuration can be quite complicated, it would be advisable to do checking similar to the checks used in the apache packages. Lighttpd supports a configuration check using the lighttpd -t command.
I just wanted to report this to get it out of my head; If patches are required, I'd be happy to supply them.
I'd like to endorse this... here's the diff from our patched version:
--- lighttpd 2009-02-11 00:50:12.000000000 -0800
+++ changed 2009-02-11 00:57:36.000000000 -0800
@@ -31,8 +31,15 @@
. /lib/lsb/
+function syntax_check
+{
+$DAEMON $DAEMON_OPTS -t
+[ $? -ne 0 ] || exit 1
+}
+
case "$1" in
start)
+ syntax_check
log_daemon_msg "Starting $DESC" $NAME
if ! $ENV $SSD --start --quiet\
--pidfile $PIDFILE --exec $DAEMON -- $DAEMON_OPTS ; then
@@ -52,6 +59,7 @@
fi
;;
reload)
+ syntax_check
log_daemon_msg "Reloading $DESC configuration" $NAME
if $SSD --stop --signal 2 --oknodo --retry 30\
--quiet --pidfile $PIDFILE --exec $DAEMON; then
@@ -66,6 +74,7 @@
fi
;;
restart|
+ syntax_check
$0 stop
[ -r $PIDFILE ] && while pidof lighttpd |\
grep -q `cat $PIDFILE 2>/dev/null` 2>/dev/null ; do sleep 1; done
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