If you’ve ever dealt with Nginx and its dynamic modules, you know the drill. An Nginx package update hits, and suddenly your custom modules – like ModSecurity or GeoIP2 – are no longer compatible. The whole process is a headache: you have to stop Nginx, recompile your modules against the new version, copy the files, and restart the service.
I was looking for a way to automate this. The goal was simple: ensure that dynamic modules are always compatible with a new Nginx version. And if the recompilation fails for any reason, the entire Nginx update must be aborted.
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