Re: [squid-users] squid-3 problem with "cache_dir null"

Adrian Chadd wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 18, 2007, Amos Jeffries wrote:
>> http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v2/2.6/cfgman/cache_dir.html
>> http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v3/3.0/cfgman/cache_dir.html
>>
>> Both identical.
>
> Ah, its confusing documentation. That should be fixed.
>
>> "
>> The null store type:
>>
>> no options are allowed or required
>> "
>
> Yeah, but what it doesn't make abundantly clear is that the path isn't
> an option, its required for all storedir types. :)

It really should not be for null.
null should have an implicit and required "/dev/null" in the source code
if dir string is required for anything like display or hashes.

I assume its still in there for netdb and maybe swap.state?

Amos

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