load_module with "./configure ... --modules-path=<path> ..."

[Fabiano Furtado Pessoa Coelho]

Hello...

On Wed, Jul 12, 2023 at 9:37 PM Maxim Dounin wrote:
>
> Hello!
>
> On Wed, Jul 12, 2023 at 06:40:21PM -0300, Fabiano Furtado Pessoa Coelho wrote:
>
> > Hello...
> >
> > I have compiled NGINX 1.24.0 with "./configure ... --modules-path=<path> ...".
> >
...
> > /<path>/ngx_http_module1.so;", it works fine.
>
> The "--modules-path" configure option defines a directory where
> dynamic modules will be installed by "make install" and only used
> during installation.
>
> The "load_module" configuration directive, if used with relative
> paths, resolves such paths from "--prefix", much like most of the
> configuration directives.  Note the example in the documentation
> (http://nginx.org/r/load_module):
>
>     load_module modules/ngx_mail_module.so;
>
> This example assumes the default "--modules-path", so modules are
> installed into the "modules" directory under prefix.

First of all, thanks for the help.

Is it a good idea to modify the "load_module" directive to read the
"--modules-path" parameter, if defined by "./configure", to use a
custom relative path instead of default "--prefix" relative path?

Thanks in advance.
Fabiano Furtado