Lighttpd

As the title implies I've installed lighttpd on Ubuntu with apt-get install lighttpd

I've then done a source build of 1.4.50 to try to get some of the features, but had some questions before I do a make install

Questions¶

1. Will make uninstall totally backout the work of make install (is it well tested, or considered deprecated?)
2. Will make install clobber any of the files placed from apt-get install lighttpd
3. Will changing ExecStart in /lib/systemd/system/lighttpd.service with the propper -m and -f switches be sufficient to switch between the two versions?

Answers (Updated)¶

1. make uninstall appears to work perfectly on 1.4.50
2. With the default settings in ./configure, everything seems to install under /usr/local so no clobbering.
3. Changed all references in lighttpd.service to /usr/local/sbin/lighttpd -f /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf -m /usr/local/lib and it works great!

SysInfo¶

• Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS (Bionic Beaver)
• Kernel 4.15.0-1021-gcp x86_64 (packaged with bionic)
• lighttpd 1.4.45-1ubuntu3 bionic in /usr/sbin
• lighttpd 1.4.50 source build in /usr/local/sbin
• Client: Chrome Version 69.0.3497.100 (Official Build) (64-bit)
• Client: Tor Browser 8.0.1
• Client: lynx/bionic,now 2.8.9dev16-3 amd64
• Client: dillo/bionic,now 3.0.5-4build1 amd64
• Client: seamonkey-mozilla-build/stable,now 2.49.4-0ubuntu1 amd64