Re: [squid-users] squid compilation

From: Andrew Beverley <andy_at_andybev.com>
Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2011 17:21:31 +0000

On Sun, 2011-11-13 at 22:29 +0530, Benjamin wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I want to use squid version on centos 6.So for that i wonder that do i
> compile squid latest stable version from squid source code or should i
> go with rpm package which i get from my distro.?

You're normally best using the one provided with your distro, unless
there are specific features you need from a later version.

> Actually my concern is that installation of rpm / compilation from
> source code are same while compare with squid features ?

Try the one from the distro first and see if it meets your requirements.

> And as per my purpose with squid, we want to use it for only high cache
> performance, so for that do i need to take care of specific squid feature ?

I don't know, but others will be able to advise, or you can check the
list archives.

> And please provide me any good document or link from where i can have
> good understanding of each squid features which we get while compilation
> process in ./configure command.

./configure --help

Andy
Received on Sun Nov 13 2011 - 17:21:40 MST

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