[Rails] Re: script/server lighttpd on Windows

Alex Wayne
Wed, 26 Apr 2006 18:20:23 -0000

Wilson Bilkovich wrote:
> On 4/26/06, Alex Wayne <rubyonrails@beautifulpixel.com> wrote:
>>
> The lighttpd server script has this code in it:
> unless RUBY_PLATFORM !~ /mswin/ && !silence_stderr { `lighttpd
> -version` }.blank?
>   puts "PROBLEM: Lighttpd is not available on your system (or not in
> your path)"
>   exit 1
> end
>
> ..which means it will always fail on Win32.
>
> Have you tried Mongrel? It''s very fast, and very well-supported on
> Windows.

Dang, I just want to use lighty for development, not serve an app
publicly.

Is mongrel easy to start and stop like script/server and will work well
for developing a rails app?

--
Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.