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Why does building opentelemetry-cpp-contrib/instrumentation/nginx requires NGINX_VERSION and downloading Nginx? Can I just specify Nginx source myself?

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Description

It seems that to configure it it requires NGINX_VERSION to be supplied, which will download Nginx. I intent to build Nginx from source anyway to add other modules, which means I already have Nginx source downloaded. How can I configure it to use existing Nginx source?

Steps to reproduce
cmake -DNGINX_VERSION=1.26.0

What is the expected behavior?
Can point to existing Nginx source

What is the actual behavior?
It downloads Nginx source again

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Research direction

Start with the CMake configuration under instrumentation/nginx and reproduce the issue using cmake -DNGINX_VERSION=1.26.0. Trace how the NGINX_VERSION option triggers the source download. Done means the configuration can accept and use an existing Nginx source tree instead of downloading it again.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cmake, nginx
Domain
build-system
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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