Upgrading Squid config file

Tom Minchin wrote:
> So if you do a make install and don't update your config file (yes, it's
> boring) you'll probably be caught out. Always useful to diff the old
> and the new blank config file to see what new goodies Duane has included.

What I do is, _before_ (after is too late) I upgrade I make a unified
diff
file of my local changes:

        diff -u squid.conf.default squid.conf >local.diffs

Then after the "make install" I apply my local diffs to the new config
file:

        cp squid.conf.default squid.conf
        patch -s <local.diffs

If all is well then patch should be silent. This process seems to make
the upgrade step fairly painless.

Cheers.
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