>... > this is no real option. as you can see, part of a debian (sarge) setup. as you > know, installing source packages "breaks" the package system in some way. > >... ?? Depends on your definition of breaking a system. Regardless of the underlying OS I would use, this instance its Linux, I install squid under a separate\ account, pre-fix configure is the homedir of this account. I see no reason, why this would break anything. M.