Updating to nginx 1.2.4 on Fedora 8Edit

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These are update notes. For more detail, see "Updating to nginx 0.8.54 and nginx upload module 2.2.0 on Fedora 8".

$ curl -O http://nginx.org/download/nginx-1.2.4.tar.gz \
       -O http://nginx.org/download/nginx-1.2.4.tar.gz.asc
$ gpg --verify nginx-1.2.4.tar.gz.asc
$ nice tar xzf nginx-1.2.4.tar.gz
$ cd nginx-1.2.4
$ nice ./configure --prefix=/usr/nginx \
                   --with-http_ssl_module \
                   --with-http_gzip_static_module \
                   --add-module=../vkholodkov-nginx-upload-module-2ec4e4f
$ nice make
$ ps auxww | grep nginx # note old master process PID
$ sudo -s
# nice make install
# kill -s USR2 17998    # advise old master process to start a new master process using updated binary
# kill -s WINCH 17998   # gracefully shut down old worker processes
# kill -s QUIT 17998    # exit old master process