Release Info¶

• Version: 1.4.58
• Previous version: 1.4.57
• Branch: 1.4
• Status: stable
• Release Purpose: bug fixes
• Release manager: gstrauss
• Released date: 2020-12-27

Important changes from 1.4.57¶

bugfixes, portability

Downloads¶

• https://download.lighttpd.net/lighttpd/releases-1.4.x/lighttpd-1.4.58.tar.gz
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• https://download.lighttpd.net/lighttpd/releases-1.4.x/lighttpd-1.4.58.tar.xz
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Changes from 1.4.57¶

• [mod_wolfssl] use wolfSSL TLS version defines
• [mod_wolfssl] compile with earlier wolfSSL vers
• [tests] collect code for "die-at-end" tests
• [tests] remove FastCGI test dependency on libfcgi
• [core] prefer IPv6+IPv4 func vs IPv4-specific func
• [tests] remove FastCGI test dependency on PHP
• [core] reuse large mem chunks (fix mem usage) (fixes #3033)
• [core] add comment for FastCGI mem use in hctx->rb (#3033)
• [mod_proxy] fix sending of initial reqbody chunked
• [multiple] fdevent_waitpid() wrapper
• [core] sys-time.h - localtime_r,gmtime_r macros
• [core] http_date.[ch] encapsulate HTTP-date parse
• [core] specialized strptime() for HTTP date fmts
• [multiple] employ http_date.h, sys-time.h
• [core] http_date_timegm() (portable timegm())
• buffer_append_path_len() to join paths
• [core] inet_ntop_cache -> sock_addr_cache
• [tests] slight speed up checking for server ready
• [tests] load required modules in alt .conf tests
• [multiple] etag.[ch] -> http_etag.[ch]; better imp
• [core] fix crash after specific err in config file
• [core] fix bug in FastCGI uploads (#3033)
• [tests] OpenBSD crypt() support limited to bcrypt
• [core] http_response_match_if_range()
• [mod_webdav] typedef off_t loff_t for FreeBSD
• [multiple] chunkqueue_write_chunk()
• [build] add GNUMAKEFLAGS=--no-print-directory
• [tests] consolidate some tests/ content
• [core] fix bug in read retry found by coverity

External references¶

• https://www.lighttpd.net/2020/12/27/1.4.58