# Nginx-1.2.7

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nginx-1-2-7/229920>\
**Category:** NGINX\
**Created:** [February 12, 2013, 2:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nginx-1-2-7/229920 "2013-02-12T14:58:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![Maxim\_D](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Maxim\_D](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Maxim_D)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2013, 2:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nginx-1-2-7/229920/1 "2013-02-12T14:58:07Z")

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Changes with nginx 1.2.7 12 Feb  
2013

```
*) Change: now if the "include" directive with mask is used on Unix
   systems, included files are sorted in alphabetical order.

*) Change: the "add_header" directive adds headers to 201 responses.

*) Feature: the "geo" directive now supports IPv6 addresses in CIDR
   notation.

*) Feature: the "flush" and "gzip" parameters of the "access_log"
   directive.

*) Feature: variables support in the "auth_basic" directive.

*) Feature: the $pipe, $request_length, $time_iso8601, and 

```

$time\_local  
variables can now be used not only in the “log\_format” directive.  
Thanks to Kiril Kalchev.

```
*) Feature: IPv6 support in the ngx_http_geoip_module.
   Thanks to Gregor Kališnik.

*) Bugfix: nginx could not be built with the ngx_http_perl_module in
   some cases.

*) Bugfix: a segmentation fault might occur in a worker process if 

```

the  
ngx\_http\_xslt\_module was used.

```
*) Bugfix: nginx could not be built on MacOSX in some cases.
   Thanks to Piotr S..

*) Bugfix: the "limit_rate" directive with high rates might result 

```

in  
truncated responses on 32-bit platforms.  
Thanks to Alexey Antropov.

```
*) Bugfix: a segmentation fault might occur in a worker process if 

```

the  
“if” directive was used.  
Thanks to Piotr S…

```
*) Bugfix: a "100 Continue" response was issued with "413 Request 

```

Entity  
Too Large" responses.

```
*) Bugfix: the "image_filter", "image_filter_jpeg_quality" and
   "image_filter_sharpen" directives might be inherited incorrectly.
   Thanks to Ian Babrou.

*) Bugfix: "crypt_r() failed" errors might appear if the 

```

“auth\_basic”  
directive was used on Linux.

```
*) Bugfix: in backup servers handling.
   Thanks to Thomas Chen.

*) Bugfix: proxied HEAD requests might return incorrect response if 

```

the  
“gzip” directive was used.

```
*) Bugfix: a segmentation fault occurred on start or during
   reconfiguration if the "keepalive" directive was specified more 

```

than  
once in a single upstream block.

```
*) Bugfix: in the "proxy_method" directive.

*) Bugfix: a segmentation fault might occur in a worker process if
   resolver was used with the poll method.

*) Bugfix: nginx might hog CPU during SSL handshake with a backend 

```

if  
the select, poll, or /dev/poll methods were used.

```
*) Bugfix: the "[crit] SSL_write() failed (SSL:)" error.

*) Bugfix: in the "fastcgi_keep_conn" directive.

```

–  
Maxim D.

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**Author:** ![Maxim\_D](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Maxim\_D](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Maxim_D)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2013, 10:15am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nginx-1-2-7/229920/2 "2013-02-13T10:15:08Z")

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Hello Nginx U.s,

Now available: Nginx 1.2.7 For Windows [Nginx 1.2.7 for Windows – Kevin Worthington](http://goo.gl/q2kaJ) (32-bit and  
64-bit versions)

These versions are to support legacy users who are already using Cygwin  
based builds of Nginx. Officially supported native Windows binaries are  
at  
[nginx.org](http://nginx.org).

Announcements are also available via my Twitter stream (  
[http://twitter.com/kworthington](http://twitter.com/kworthington)), if you prefer to receive updates  
that way.

## Thank you, Kevin

Kevin W.  
kworthington _@_ (gmail] [dot} {com)

> **[Kevin Worthington](https://kevinworthington.com/)**
>
> Practical Tech Guides, Troubleshooting, and Insights on the Modern Internet

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## Best regards, Kevin

Kevin W.  
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>
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(516) 647-1992  
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