Broken software (was Re: RH7.2 install)

2002-03-29 Thread Derek D. Martin
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 At some point hitherto, Benjamin Scott hath spake thusly: Also, it may be useful to know that, when it comes to Paul Lussier and Derek Martin, broken and misbehaving often evaluates to not how Solaris does things. ;-) Actually (and I know that

Re: Broken software (was Re: RH7.2 install)

2002-03-29 Thread Paul Iadonisi
On Fri, Mar 29, 2002 at 09:06:23AM -0500, Derek D. Martin wrote: [snip] patches... Broken and misbehaving to me means it doesn't do what the man pages say it does, or does so inconsistently, or core dumps semi-regularly. Unfortunately, most software I've used falls into one of those

Re: Broken software (was Re: RH7.2 install)

2002-03-29 Thread Andrew W. Gaunt
I'm looking for a light weight web server that I can run on port 81 of my linux box (Sparc Debian) at home and expose it to the Internet. I've got apache running on 80 which is what I use on the home network. I block that port with the firewall 'cause I don't want it exposed the unwashed

Re: Broken software (was Re: RH7.2 install)

2002-03-29 Thread Tom Buskey
Andrew W. Gaunt said: I'm looking for a light weight web server that I can run on port 81 of my linux box (Sparc Debian) at home and expose it to the Internet. I've got apache running on 80 which is what I use on the home network. I block that port with the firewall 'cause I don't want it

Re: Broken software (was Re: RH7.2 install)

2002-03-29 Thread plussier
In a message dated: Fri, 29 Mar 2002 09:37:03 EST Paul Iadonisi said: Fans regard it much better? Isn't that a redundant statement? Not at all. I doubt you'll ever find a Red Sox fan who regards that team as better than the team which actually makes it to and wins the World Series :) I

Re: Broken software (was Re: RH7.2 install)

2002-03-29 Thread Bruce Dawson
When I need to embed a web server in an application (which beats writing a GUI), I usually use tclhttpd - it also runs as a standalone web server. Note that even though its light weight, the learning curve may be a bit steep - unless you know TCL.