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That's correct. They are still available in the ports. If were operating a complex setup, you probably already used nginx from ports before.

Not being in the base means that it doesn't get the same security attention as its not officially part of OpenBSD anymore.

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> If were operating a complex setup, you probably already used nginx from ports before.

Does "before" refer to the period before Apache was dropped from and nginx was imported to base? (Since apparently you can just use nginx from the base when it is there.)

EDIT: It just occurred to me that "complex setup" likely indicates that you would like to change some build flags, so you have to install from the ports. Stupid me.

And the nginx in ports still maintains at least one significant OpenBSD patch: chroot(2) functionality.

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