feature: this module can now be built as a "dynamic module" with NGINX 1.9.11+ via the --add-dynamic-module=PATH option of ./configure.

Author: agentzh

README.markdown

@@ -299,6 +299,14 @@ Build the source with this module:
  make install
 ```
 
+Starting from NGINX 1.9.11, you can also compile this module as a dynamic module, by using the `--add-dynamic-module=PATH` option instead of `--add-module=PATH` on the
+`./configure` command line above. And then you can explicitly load the module in your `nginx.conf` via the [load_module](http://nginx.org/en/docs/ngx_core_module.html#load_module)
+directive, for example,
+
+```nginx
+load_module /path/to/modules/ngx_http_lua_module.so;
+```
+
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 C Macro Configurations

config

@@ -284,14 +284,17 @@ END
     fi
 fi
 
+ngx_module_incs=
+ngx_module_libs=
+
 if [ $ngx_found = yes ]; then
     # this is a hack to persuade nginx's build system to favor
     # the paths set by our user environments:
     CFLAGS="$ngx_lua_opt_I $CFLAGS"
     NGX_LD_OPT="$ngx_lua_opt_L $NGX_LD_OPT"
 
-    CORE_INCS="$CORE_INCS $ngx_feature_path"
-    CORE_LIBS="$CORE_LIBS $ngx_feature_libs"
+    ngx_module_incs="$ngx_module_incs $ngx_feature_path"
+    ngx_module_libs="$ngx_module_libs $ngx_feature_libs"
 else
  cat << END
  $0: error: ngx_http_lua_module requires the Lua library.
@@ -463,9 +466,21 @@ ngx_feature_test='setsockopt(1, SOL_SOCKET, SO_PASSCRED, NULL, 0);'
 
 . auto/feature
 
-HTTP_AUX_FILTER_MODULES="$HTTP_AUX_FILTER_MODULES $ngx_addon_name"
-NGX_ADDON_SRCS="$NGX_ADDON_SRCS $HTTP_LUA_SRCS"
-NGX_ADDON_DEPS="$NGX_ADDON_DEPS $HTTP_LUA_DEPS"
+if test -n "$ngx_module_link"; then
+    ngx_module_type=HTTP_AUX_FILTER
+    ngx_module_name=$ngx_addon_name
+    ngx_module_deps="$HTTP_LUA_DEPS"
+    ngx_module_srcs="$HTTP_LUA_SRCS"
+
+    . auto/module
+else
+    HTTP_AUX_FILTER_MODULES="$HTTP_AUX_FILTER_MODULES $ngx_addon_name"
+    NGX_ADDON_SRCS="$NGX_ADDON_SRCS $HTTP_LUA_SRCS"
+    NGX_ADDON_DEPS="$NGX_ADDON_DEPS $HTTP_LUA_DEPS"
+
+    CORE_INCS="$CORE_INCS $ngx_module_incs"
+    CORE_LIBS="$CORE_LIBS $ngx_module_libs"
+fi
 
 #CFLAGS=$"$CFLAGS -DLUA_DEFAULT_PATH='\"/usr/local/openresty/lualib/?.lua\"'"
 #CFLAGS=$"$CFLAGS -DLUA_DEFAULT_CPATH='\"/usr/local/openresty/lualib/?.so\"'"

doc/HttpLuaModule.wiki

@@ -233,6 +233,14 @@ Build the source with this module:
     make install
 </geshi>
 
+Starting from NGINX 1.9.11, you can also compile this module as a dynamic module, by using the `--add-dynamic-module=PATH` option instead of `--add-module=PATH` on the
+`./configure` command line above. And then you can explicitly load the module in your `nginx.conf` via the [load_module](http://nginx.org/en/docs/ngx_core_module.html#load_module)
+directive, for example,
+
+```nginx
+load_module /path/to/modules/ngx_http_lua_module.so;
+```
+
 == C Macro Configurations ==
 
 While building this module either via OpenResty or with the NGINX core, you can define the following C macros via the C compiler options: