php + thttpd

[http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert (Robert)]

Hi.  I saw your posts at
http://php.planetmirror.com/manual/en/install.linux.php

Although I have no problem with php3, I am having lots of problems with
php 4 (php4-cgi v=4.3.4-4) running as a CGI program under thttpd.

Is compiling php4 with --with-thttpd strictly necessary to get php to work
with thttpd?  I'd prefer not to have to download php4-cgi and recompile it
every time there's an update (I'm running Debian GNU/Linux unstable).

Thanks.