On Mon, 7 Mar 2005, Alexander Shopov wrote:
Do I need the nt-2_5 branch of SF CVS tree of squid to compile SQUID under Windows?
Yes, if you want to compile on Windows using MSVC or mingw.
No if you want to compile on Windows using Cygwin, but the native port interacts much better with Windows.
Why are the differences between that branch and the official 2.5STABLE9 sources so big?
Because Windows is not UNIX.
It is also worth mentioning that a large part of the patch is the MSVC project files, not changes to Squid as such. (most of the files in the ports/ directory)
There seem to have been regular merges.
Not really. Only in the other direction: Squid-2.5 changes into squidnt-2.5.
Are the acmeconsulting (http://www.acmeconsulting.it/pagine/opensource/download/squid.htm) binaries based on that?
Yes. And so are their source distribution. It is Guido Serassio who maintains both the acmeconsultin Squid pages and the Squid NT branches.
Regards Henrik
