> I should have mentioned that I'm on ubuntu and therefore nginx 0.5.33  !  No
> try-files.
>
> So I must either compile nginx on (unfamilar) ubuntu, or work round the
> missing try-files.

And i thought Debian Sid was slow keeping up to date with nginx
(latest is 0.7.61 [1]).

The source comes with a configure script, it's (almost) as simple as
running it. Search the nginx wiki for the modules you want to
add/remove and pertinent configuration/installation and you should do
fine. If you run into trouble the Ubuntu forums are a vast source of
help.

If it's in the Ubuntu repos, i recommend using "checkinstall" ([2]?)
instead of "make install", that way you'll end up with a .deb to
install, which makes things much more clean.

HTH,
Nuno Magalhães

[1] http://packages.debian.org/sid/nginx
[2] http://packages.ubuntu.com/dapper/checkinstall

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