nginx update to 1.18.0 broke my wsl ubuntu 16.04 set up

[Maxim Dounin]

Hello!

On Mon, May 11, 2020 at 08:39:22AM -1000, Bruce Klein wrote:

> Does anyone have nginx 1.18.0 running successfully on WSL?
> 
> Previous versions have worked fine for me the past couple years as long as
> the standard WSL fix "fastcgi_buffering off" was applied.
> 
> I just picked up the 1.18.0 update and now I'm back to the old
> net::ERR_INCOMPLETE_CHUNKED_ENCODING errors you used to see with large
> pages when fastcgi_buffering was on.
> 
> Is it possible that as of the 1.18.0 update a different directive is
> required to turn fastcgi_buffering off? Or that nginx is now ignoring this
> directive?
> 
> Anyone have any suggestions for me to try? Thanks for any tips!

Things are expected to work regardless of "fastcgi_buffering" 
being on or off.  And the error suggests that there is something wrong 
with the setup.  Instead of trying to work around the problem with 
"fastcgi_buffering", it might be a good idea to actually dig into 
what goes wrong and why the error appears.  In particular, looking 
into error log might be a good idea.

Once the underlying problem is understood, you'll be able to fix 
it properly, without involving magic like "the standard WSL fix".  
And the proper fix is expected to work with any nginx version.

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Maxim Dounin
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