Opened 11 years ago
Closed 11 years ago
#591 closed defect (fixed)
Windows nginx-1.7.3 build does not start
| Reported by: | Ilyas Bakirov | Owned by: | |
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| Priority: | minor | Milestone: | |
| Component: | nginx-core | Version: | 1.7.x |
| Keywords: | Cc: | ||
| uname -a: | Checked on this platforms: Windows XP SP2, Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2 Enterprise x64, Windows 8.1 x64 | ||
| nginx -V: | 1.7.3 | ||
Description
1.7.3 does not start and gives error:
The specified executable is not a valid Win32 application.
Prior versions and 1.7.2 starts without errors on Windows OS. I think 1.7.3 windows build broken
Change History (2)
comment:1 by , 11 years ago
comment:2 by , 11 years ago
| Resolution: | → fixed |
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| Status: | new → closed |
The binary is indeed fails to load on Windows XP (though runs fine on Windows 8.1). The problem is that MSVC 2013 (and 2012) builds Vista+ binaries by default. While it is possible to build XP-compatible binaries using MSVC 2013, the process looks cumbersome, so I've reverted back to MSVC 2010.
I've replaced nginx/Windows 1.7.3 binary with one built with MSVC 2010, it now works fine on XP and other old systems.
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The 1.7.3 Windows binaries were compiled using MSVC 2013 (previously, binaries were compiled using MSVC 2010), and likely this is the cause (it works fine here under Windows 7 though). I'll take a look.