lighty labs

2026-01-13

16:32 Lighttpd Revision 22c59dd7: [build] support lua 5.5

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"[build] support lua 5.5"
https://github.com/lighttpd/lighttpd1.4/pull/148
github: closes #148 Achill Gilgenast

GS 06:45 Lighttpd Feature #3295 (Fixed): Add default MIME types for .rst and .xsl

Applied in changeset commit:27e031985d981df8626a257f1561b0ecdf9530a1. gstrauss

MB 06:45 Lighttpd Bug #3296 (Fixed): Multiple htdigest www-authentication algorithms fails for HTTP/2

Applied in changeset commit:e95f7bef0f2614a1848e4c8daceb6d9eb3d893f4. mb5

GS 06:40 Lighttpd Revision 27e03198: [core] add .rst .xsl .xslt to builtin mimetype.assign (fixes #3295)

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"Add default MIME types for .rst and .xsl"
https://redmine.lighttpd.net/issues/3295 gstrauss

GS 06:40 Lighttpd Revision a083de46: [doc] add comment to lighttpd.service

gstrauss

GS 06:40 Lighttpd Revision e70f334d: [ci] Bump actions/cache from 4 to 5

x-ref:
"Bump actions/cache from 4 to 5"
https://github.com/lighttpd/lighttpd1.4/pull/149
github: closes #149 gstrauss

MB 06:40 Lighttpd Revision e95f7bef: [mod_auth] HTTP/2 response w/ multiple auth methods (fixes #3296)

fix HTTP/2 response with multiple www-authenticate methods
The mod_auth_send_401_unauthorized_digest() was generating multiple
WWW-Authenticate headers by using hardcoded newline, which was not
compatible with HTTP/2 header processing. ... mb5

GS 06:40 Lighttpd Revision 9d21bc81: [multiple] C99 designated initializers

gstrauss

2026-01-12

GS 06:27 Lighttpd Feature #3295 (Patch Pending): Add default MIME types for .rst and .xsl

gstrauss

2026-01-11

GS 04:34 Lighttpd Bug #3297: server.max-fds limited to 64K

The string @server.max-fds = "100000"@ has been rejected since lighttpd 1.4.56.
The integer @server.max-fds = 100000@ was silently truncated to @unsigned short@ until lighttpd 1.4.73, which included commit commit:0c5d7096, and rejects t... gstrauss

2026-01-10

OL 16:44 Lighttpd Bug #3297: server.max-fds limited to 64K

gstrauss wrote in #note-3:
> FYI: "previously 100K worked fine" was prior to lighttpd 1.4.56, released Nov 2020, over 5 years ago.
1.4.69 still accepts 100K.
Olaf-van-der-Spek

2026-01-09

GS 16:19 Lighttpd Bug #3297: server.max-fds limited to 64K

Olaf-van-der-Spek wrote in #note-2:
> gstrauss wrote in #note-1:
> ...
FYI: "previously 100K worked fine" was prior to lighttpd 1.4.56, released Nov 2020, over 5 years ago.
While I have not verified the old behavior, it probably sil... gstrauss

OL 09:55 Lighttpd Bug #3297: server.max-fds limited to 64K

gstrauss wrote in #note-1:
> Why is server.max-fds limited to 65535 a problem for you?
It's not, though previously 100K worked fine. Olaf-van-der-Spek

GS 04:22 Lighttpd Bug #3297 (Invalid): server.max-fds limited to 64K

Do you have any idea how to distinguish a bug from "works as designed"?
The server issues a detailed error message indicating exactly what it was designed to do. That is not a bug.
@server.max-fds 2 expected a short integer, range... gstrauss

2026-01-08

OL 20:56 Lighttpd Bug #3297 (Invalid): server.max-fds limited to 64K

Olaf-van-der-Spek