[Thijs Eilander]

nginx-full (1.22.1-6) unstable; urgency=medium

The packages nginx-core, nginx-full, nginx-light, nginx-extras are deprecated.
Packages no longer distribute the nginx binary and are replaced
by a metapackage to keep upgrades smooth.
Please simply install ‘nginx’ and ‘libnginx-mod-…’ modules You need
instead of these packages.

— Jan Mojžíš jan.mojzis@gmail.com Wed, 11 Jan 2023 20:23:22 +0100

[Dan]

Can we have complete information about this?
Why is it being deprecated?

What happened to the optional modules from nginx that weren’t installable by libnginx-mod-xx?

[Thijs Eilander]

Hi Dan,

Debian has deprecated it last januari, I just read it in their changelog while syncing the bookworm package to my package. The issue is described here: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1025763

There is one binary now, with all non-dynamic modules being builtin. The nginx-light -core -extras -full are converted to metapackages as they all have the same binary now. Everything should continue to work.

I have synced their package to mine, it’s not on the default repo yet but will be with a new nginx release. You can test it with
echo “deb http://edge.deb.myguard.nl:8888 jammy main” > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/edge.deb.myguard.nl.list
apt update && apt upgrade

If there are problems with this build please let me know ;-)

[Thijs Eilander]

This is the commit

— Jan Mojžíš Mon, 13 Feb 2023 13:04:16 +0100

nginx (1.22.1-6) unstable; urgency=medium

* Main change:
Nginx binary moved to package nginx, also moved basic
configuration files from nginx-common to package nginx.2
The packages nginx-{light,core,extras,common} are replaced
by a metapackage. (Closes: 1025763)
Users should simply install ‘nginx’ and ‘libnginx-mod-…’
instead of these packages.
* Additional changes:
* d/nginx-{light,core,extras,full,common}.NEWS: added warning that
nginx-{light,core,extras,full,common} are deprecated

[Dan]

I’m not sure how to use or install those metapackages for Nginx.
Ubuntu LTS users are also affected, right?

How about this old idea that we have?

Is it possible to remove these optional modules from the Nginx-light package?

Having a very basic or minimal nginx binary
Thank you so much.

[Thijs Eilander]

A metapackage is just a package that installs other packages, “apt install nginx-light” installs the metapackage “nginx-light” which installs the package nginx. So upgrading to new packages will be no problem.

[Dan]

Thanks. I’ll test this later today using your Edge repo.

[Dan]

After I enabled your Edge repo and upgraded the system, Nginx-light becomes metapackaged, a lot of modules were built-in, and it became bloated :|

Diff compare log:
https://www.diffchecker.com/1fBt2H3n/

[Dan]

I was using Nginx-light from PPA hosted on Ubuntu Launchpad and updated my system using your Edge repo.

After the upgrade, the Nginx binary (/usr/sbin/nginx) increased a bit, from 1.5MB to 1.7MB.
A large number of modules have now been added, as shown in the diff above.

[Dan]

I was using Nginx-light from PPA hosted on Ubuntu Launchpad and updated my system using your Edge repo.

After the upgrade, the Nginx binary (/usr/sbin/nginx) increased a bit, from 1.5MB to 1.7MB.

A lot of modules have now been added:

From:

nginx version: nginx/1.25.3 (https://deb.myguard.nl/nginx-modules/)

built with OpenSSL 3.0.12+quic 24 Oct 2023

TLS SNI support enabled

configure arguments: –build=https://deb.myguard.nl/nginx-modules/ –conf-path=/etc/nginx/nginx.conf –error-log-path=/var/log/nginx/error.log –http-client-body-temp-path=/var/lib/nginx/body –http-fastcgi-temp-path=/var/lib/nginx/fastcgi –http-log-path=/var/log/nginx/access.log –http-proxy-temp-path=/var/lib/nginx/proxy –http-scgi-temp-path=/var/lib/nginx/scgi –http-uwsgi-temp-path=/var/lib/nginx/uwsgi –lock-path=/var/lock/nginx.lock –modules-path=/usr/lib/nginx/modules –pid-path=/run/nginx.pid –prefix=/usr/share/nginx –with-cc-opt=’-g -ffile-prefix-map=/build/nginx-zroS3h/nginx-1.25.3=. -flto=auto -ffat-lto-objects -flto=auto -ffat-lto-objects -fstack-protector-strong -Wformat -Werror=format-security -O3 -flto -DNGX_HTTP_HEADERS -DNGX_ZLIB_NG=1 -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -w -DTCP_FASTOPEN=23 -fPIC -Wdate-time -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2′ –with-compat –with-file-aio –with-http_dav_module –with-http_gzip_static_module –with-http_auth_request_module –with-http_realip_module –with-http_slice_module –with-http_ssl_module –with-threads –with-http_v2_module –with-http_v3_module –with-ld-opt=’-Wl,-Bsymbolic-functions -flto=auto -ffat-lto-objects -flto=auto -Wl,-z,relro -Wl,-z,now -fPIC -static-libstdc++ -flto -lpcre’ –with-http_sub_module –without-http_browser_module –without-http_geo_module –without-http_limit_req_module –without-http_limit_conn_module –without-http_memcached_module –without-http_referer_module –without-http_split_clients_module –without-http_userid_module

It now becomes:

nginx version: nginx/1.25.3 (https://deb.myguard.nl/nginx-modules/)

built with OpenSSL 3.0.12+quic 24 Oct 2023

TLS SNI support enabled

configure arguments: –conf-path=/etc/nginx/nginx.conf –error-log-path=stderr –http-client-body-temp-path=/var/lib/nginx/body –http-fastcgi-temp-path=/var/lib/nginx/fastcgi –http-log-path=/var/log/nginx/access.log –http-proxy-temp-path=/var/lib/nginx/proxy –http-scgi-temp-path=/var/lib/nginx/scgi –http-uwsgi-temp-path=/var/lib/nginx/uwsgi –lock-path=/var/lock/nginx.lock –modules-path=/usr/lib/nginx/modules –pid-path=/run/nginx.pid –prefix=/usr/share/nginx –with-compat –with-file-aio –with-threads –with-cc-opt=’-g -ffile-prefix-map=/build/nginx-1.25.3=. -flto=auto -ffat-lto-objects -flto=auto -ffat-lto-objects -fstack-protector-strong -Wformat -Werror=format-security -O3 -flto -DNGX_HTTP_HEADERS -DNGX_ZLIB_NG=1 -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -w -DTCP_FASTOPEN=23 -fPIC -Wdate-time -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2′ –with-ld-opt=’-Wl,-Bsymbolic-functions -flto=auto -ffat-lto-objects -flto=auto -Wl,-z,relro -Wl,-z,now -fPIC’ –with-pcre-jit –with-http_dav_module –with-http_ssl_module –with-http_v2_module –with-http_v3_module –with-stream=dynamic –with-stream_realip_module –with-stream_ssl_module –with-stream_ssl_preread_module –build=https://deb.myguard.nl/nginx-modules/ –with-http_addition_module –with-http_auth_request_module –with-http_degradation_module –with-http_flv_module –with-http_geoip_module=dynamic –with-http_gunzip_module –with-http_gzip_static_module –with-http_image_filter_module=dynamic –with-http_mp4_module –with-http_perl_module=dynamic –with-http_random_index_module –with-http_realip_module –with-http_secure_link_module –with-http_slice_module –with-http_stub_status_module –with-http_sub_module –with-http_xslt_module=dynamic –with-mail=dynamic –with-mail_ssl_module –with-stream_geoip_module=dynamic

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