Date: Wed, 09 Mar 2011 19:26:14 +0100 From: Leslie Jensen <leslie@eskk.nu> To: RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing squid, where should the directories be? Message-ID: <4D77C646.7060607@eskk.nu> In-Reply-To: <20110309170221.6e2595a1@gumby.homeunix.com> References: <4D779C5F.3000301@eskk.nu> <20110309170221.6e2595a1@gumby.homeunix.com>
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On 2011-03-09 18:02, RW wrote: > On Wed, 09 Mar 2011 16:27:27 +0100 > Leslie Jensen<leslie@eskk.nu> wrote: > >> Hello list. >> >> I'm installing squid on a new 8.2-RELEASE machine. >> ... >> When Googling this problem I see both the use of /var/squid and >> /usr/local/squid. >> ... >> I find what I consider conflicting information, often it's quite >> dated. >> >> I could not find any advise in the Handbook. I'll be happy to help >> making a squid chapter. > > It's covered in UPDATING. If you search for squid it's the first > entry. The change was to bring squid more in line with hier(7), at the > expense of putting the default cache on a partition that's typically > undersized. > > If you want the cache on a separate partition, and you have no > good reason to put the logs on it, you might as well mount it in line > with hier. Thanks! I've found it. Well, now when all is installed and configured I think I'll stick with /usr/local/squid. In the future I'll follow the instructions from UPDATING. Would you recommend that I still use a separate partition for /var/squid even if it's on a single drive? /Leslie
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