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Re:Nweb: a tiny, safe web server (static pages only) by chubot on Tuesday April 01, 2014 @12:12AM (#7506145)
Doesn't DJB's stuff usually compile faster than you can install a Debian package? :)

You could always try to package it for Debian, although I understand that's not a small amount of work.

I don't know of anything else designed for security. Hard to beat DJB in that respect. If you left out the security requirement, I would say just use the Python SimpleHTTPServer. I think it's probably secure, but definitely not explicitly designed for it.

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Re:Nweb: a tiny, safe web server (static pages only) by dfc on Tuesday April 01, 2014 @01:29AM (#7506323)
I use equivs to create a virtual package that does nothing but depends/recommends/suggests other packages. I have two dfc.deb and dfc-workstation.deb, dfc-workstation adds GUI/multimedia/end-user tools that I do not need everywhere. When I get a new machine I can install these packages and all of the things I depend on will be installed. If publicfile was in debian it would be automatically installed. As it is I have to copy the package I created with checkinstall and install it manually.
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