The build is configured using the configure command. It defines various aspects of the system, including the methods nginx is allowed to use for connection processing. At the end it creates a Makefile. The configure command supports the following parameters: --help prints a help message. --prefix=path defines a directory that will keep server files. This same directory will also be used for all re
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