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1. How to patch thttpd

• 1.1 Name conventions
• 1.2 How to apply a patch

1. How to patch thttpd

This chapter explains how patches are named and how to apply them to thttpd.

1.1 Name conventions

Each patch is named like this:

thttpd-V.VVv-pNN.patch

and it is enclosed / contained in a compressed tar(1) archive:

thttpd-V.VVv-pNN.tar.gz

Legenda

These are the fixed and variable parts of composed names:

thttpd

program name (fixed string);

-

name separator (fixed char);

V.VVv

version number (i.e. 2.21b) (variable part);

-

name separator (fixed char);

p

patch prefix (fixed char);

NN

patch level (01-99) (variable part);

.patch

name extension (fixed string);

.tar.gz

name extensions (.tar + .gz), they mean that file is a compressed gzip(1) archive in tar(1) format (fixed string).

1.2 How to apply a patch

Each patch includes also all previous (older) patches for a specific version of thttpd, thus, you have to apply only one patch to original version of thttpd.

These are the recommended steps to apply a patch:

1. download original version of thttpd (i.e. thttpd-2.21b.tar.gz), matching chosen (usually latest) patch (i.e. thttpd-2.21b-p22.tar.gz), and extract it:

   tar xvfz thttpd-V.VVv.tar.gz

   Example:

   tar xvfz thttpd-2.21b.tar.gz

2. rename created subdirectory so that it matches name of chosen patch:

   mv thttpd-V.VVv thttpd-V.VVv-pNN

   Example:

   mv thttpd-2.21b thttpd-2.21b-p22

3. change directory:

   cd thttpd-V.VVv-pNN

   Example:

   cd thttpd-2.21b-p22

4. change permissions of source files:

   chmod u+rw *

5. extract patch file from tar(1) archive:

   tar xvfz thttpd-V.VVv-pNN.tar.gz

   Example:

   tar xvfz thttpd-2.21b-p22.tar.gz

6. apply extracted patch:

   patch < thttpd-V.VVv-pNN.patch

   Example:

   patch < thttpd-2.21b-p22.patch

7. configure thttpd:

   ./configure

8. compile thttpd:

   make clean; make;

   NOTE: if (by mistake) file config.cache exists before you run ./configure then try these commands instead of those in steps 7 and 8:

   make distclean; ./configure; make;

Now you can install it (see instructions in thttpd HOME page / FAQs) and hopefully enjoy it.