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Asked: 2011-12-16 05:58:27 +0800 CST

Old nginx on ubuntu server?

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I have Ubuntu Server 10.04 with all packages updated. When I type nginx -v I get nginx version: nginx/0.7.65. When I go to nginx.org I see that the latest stable version is 1.0.10

Is it different version numeration or ubuntu in fact is running very old version? If so why? It's one of the essential packages for server (like apache, mysql etc.)

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2 Answers

  1. you can add this repo and update to the latest version

    deb http://nginx.org/packages/ubuntu/ lucid nginx

    deb-src http://nginx.org/packages/ubuntu/ lucid nginx

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  2. Best Answer

    nginx 0.7.65 was released in February 2010. The 10.04 version number of your ubuntu indicates it's release was two months later. At the time of the release, this was the latest available stable version of nginx. If you look at the changelog for nginx in 10.04 you will see that they HAVE been releasing newer versions of this package in order to patch security problems. This is what is expected. Once a ubuntu release is made, You should not expect to get newer upstream versions, but instead to get security fixes to the existing versions. If ubuntu was to release new upstream versions instead of just security fixes, it would potentially introduce new bugs, and potentially force administrators to reconfigure servers just to get security patches, neither of which are desirable for a "stable" distro release.

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