I also reported this problem via reportbug to the Debian Package-Maintainer Marvin Stark.
He applied my patch and created a new debianized version of mini-httpd which will now work out of the box with PHP and CGI.
Here is the link: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=462930
I usually use iTerm when connecting to linux boxes from my Macbook. When also using screen one may notice that e.g. the backspace key doesn’t work properly. I found a solution for this problem:
- Just fire up iTerm
- Click on “Bookmarks” – “Manage Profiles”
- Keyboard Profiles – xterm (OS X)
- Modify the setting for delete and set the value to “send hex code 8″
After that your ssh sessions may also use the backspace key with iTerm using screen.