> > As I wrote in another post I've got problem with my version > of squid. It > seems like it doesn't want to cache anything until I set up > refresh_pattern with very high values, something like: > > refresh_pattern . 35000000 100% 35000000 > > I don't know if it's my fault, I mean, maybe there's > something wrong in > my squid.conf (I've even tried to post it here, but I got no > response...) > > Anyway, I don't really understand that well how squid decide what is > fresh (thus it can keep it in cache) or stale (therefore something to > purge). > Reading squid.conf.default I can read: > > Basically a cached object is: > # > # FRESH if expires < now, else STALE > # STALE if age > max > # FRESH if lm-factor < percent, else STALE > # FRESH if age < min > # else STALE > > Here comes the question: how can any object be considered > fresh when its > expiry time is < than actual time?!?!? If it's already expired how can > it be fresh!?!? - Seriously you are nearly asking why |"@2 < @3"|, whereby those symbols denote the mathematical concept of 2 and 3. That @2 thing alone has been written books about to explain - Then you are asking the why about a definition. The definition defines freshness and is there to avoud "WHY-NESS". As long as expirty time and current time are absolute I see no problem and the '<' operator always leads to true or false. M.
