[squid-users] after reconfigure, auth program quits

[Brad <baskew91@xxxxxxxxx>]

I am using 2.5.stable8, and basic auth.  Recently I've noticed that 
when I do a /usr/local/squid/sbin/squid -k reconfigure, my auth program 
quits, I can tell by doing a ps aux |grep squid, and squid is still 
running.

linproxy:/home/brad# /usr/local/squid/sbin/squid -k reconfigure
linproxy:/home/brad# ps aux |grep squid
root      8411  0.0  0.6  3196 1700 pts/0    S    13:54   0:01 vim 
/usr/local/squid/etc/squid.conf
root      8866  0.0 29.3 78976 74976 ?       S    16:09   0:00 
/usr/local/squid/sbin/squid -s
root      8868  2.7 31.6 82892 80728 ?       R    16:09   0:10 [squid]
squid     8874  0.0  0.1  1244  304 ?        S    16:09   0:00 (unlinkd)
linproxy:/home/brad#

I have to kill squid and restart it, and then everything starts fine.  
Does anybody else know how to cure this?

Thanks in advance,
Brad