Re: Upgrading 1.1.22 -> 2.1

Juan Carlos Castro y Castro wrote:
>
> Hi! I have Squid 1.1.22 running on our ISP for quite some time. Is it OK
> to compile and install 2.1P2 over the existing installation (after
> stopping the daemon of course)? Will it retain the current cache
> contents? Or do I have to take any special measures? Like erasing this
> or that file?

You will lose the cache. See http://hem.passagen.se/hno/squid/ for a
note on how it may be possible to preserve at least some of the cache
but most people have found it not worth the trouble.

You are aslo required to update your squid.conf file as some of the
syntax have changed.

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Henrik Nordstrom
Spare time Squid hacker