Unlike Apache httpd server Nginx has no ebuilds which let you select which modules you want to have installed with it. Yet.
On last Saturday I have written an eclass to simplify maintaining Nginx ebuilds and added a new Portage variable NGINX_MODULES to USE_EXPAND. In other words, from that on you can select Nginx modules like for Apache. As an example, Read more »
The nice thing about Gentoo is that you can extend its port-like “portage” system by third-party trees. They are called ‘overlays‘ to the official main tree. I have started mine about four years ago after having used Gentoo for more than three years, then. A lot has changed, but something is still missing – and that’s my OSSDL overlay meant for.
The overlay has ebuilds for Read more »
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