Re: [squid-users] squid compilation

On Sun, 2011-11-13 at 23:12 +0530, Benjamin wrote:
> On 11/13/2011 10:51 PM, Andrew Beverley wrote:
> > 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
> >
> >
> Hi,
>
> Thanks for your kind response.If i do not want any authentication module
> from squid and when i install squid from distro rpm that time i have
> that authentication module by default enabled so in that case, does it
> impact on performance.

Well if you've not configured any authentication in squid.conf then I
imagine that the impact will be minimal.

> Actually we need squid for forward proxy and cache gain only.
>

I'm sure you could tune Squid for your particular use, but I'm afraid I
don't know exactly how much difference that will make.

Andy
Received on Sun Nov 13 2011 - 18:33:18 MST