Re: Purge tool as a portability nightmare

Hi Amos. Would it be possible to use this tool to migrate between coss and ufs ? or between 2.7 to 3.x ? thanks Marcos ----- Mensagem original ----- > De: Amos Jeffries <squid3_at_treenet.co.nz> > Para: squid-dev_at_squid-cache.org > Cc: > Enviadas: Sexta-feira, 3 de Junho de 2011 14:05 > Assunto: Re: Purge tool as a portability nightmare > > On Fri, 3 Jun 2011 12:01:43 +0200, Kinkie wrote: >> Hi all, >>   The purge tool seems to be showing its age; among other things, it >> is a mess to have it build on Windows, and even doing so would be >> kludgy. >> What are your opinions about refreshing/rewriting it? If so, which of >> its features would it be worth to maintain, and which to abandon? >> for instance, I'm not sure it'd be worth to keep squid.conf file >> parsing, parallel scanning, talking to squid. >> >> It could remain as an ufs cache dump/clear tool, with cache_dir(s) >> passed as command line arguments. >> >> Opinions? > > The roadmap for purge includes: > * migrating a few of its features internal to Squid for use by cachemgr > * merging other bits with ufsdump and cossdump into a better tool. > * ?? something else with the leftovers? > > For now it is bundled and built for the people who want it. If you want to omit > it from windows, fine. We can evaluate (much) later which bits actually need > porting. > > Amos >
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