Re: Nginx Installation on Unix systems

Hello everyone, The fine people at nginx have their self hosted repos for latest stable and even development mode, and I personally think we should only link to that ( http://wiki.nginx.org/Install). Having a full blown "compile it yourself" in the docs will require maintenance on our part which is rather pointless since the nginx people are already doing it. Another point I want to raise is that if people do follow the compile guide, they will only get the core nginx, which is rather lite for current requirements and it would generate questions from users most likely. Regardsm Stelian On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 1:49 AM, Hannes Magnusson <hannes.magnusson@gmail.com > wrote: > On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 4:29 PM, Jacob Clark <iamjacobclark@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Hi, > > > > 1) When building Nginx from source you are able to be more precise > > over the type of binary you require, for example, is it possible to > > specify at compile time that you do not require the HTTP module, but > > only require the MAIL module. > > > > Or you may specify that you require the HTTP module with no other > > modules apart from the core module. > > > > The other advantage is actually acquiring the most up to date version, > > it's generally the case that most distributions distribute older > > versions of Nginx. > > Correct. It is the best way to get the latest of gratest nginx, but at > the same time, it is also the best way to guarantee that you will > never ever ever ever upgrade it either. > > I don't think this is something we should be recommending. > > > > 4) I am moving the php-fpm binary from the downloaded raw source to > > the /usr/local/bin as this is where subsequent php binaries are > > transferred too, it makes sense to move this also. > > > Shouldn't that be done with the correct install paths? > Am I missing something silly here? > > -Hannes >