On 02/06/2013 10:42 PM, Alex Rousskov wrote: > Yes, it is. In old Squids, -z implied no-daemon mode. Then folks wanted > to use SMP macros in their configurations, including their cache_dir > lines. Those macros require SMP mode (each Squid kid gets its own set of > macro values) so we removed that implication. IIRC, there was a bug > report and/or a squid-dev thread discussing this choice and the > alternatives. In other words, this change and its backward > incompatibility were not accidental. > > Technically, it would be possible to revert -z to no-daemon mode if and > only if there are no SMP macros (or similar SMP dependencies) in the > configuration file, but there is currently no patch implementing that > feature. > > > FWIW, neither rock nor ufs-based cache_dirs themselves require daemon > mode for initialization. However, if your cache_dirs use SMP macros for > directory names (and most ufs-based cache_dirs do), then daemon mode is > required. > > >> There's a race for cases like: squid -z; squid > > If you want squid to block (i.e., prevent the parent process from > exiting immediately), and your configuration allows cache_dir > initialization without SMP, then start Squid in no-daemon mode using the > -N command line option: > > squid -z -N > > If that does not work, please file a bug report. > > > If your configuration does not allow blocking cache_dir initialization, > then you need to adjust your startup script to wait for the Squid daemon > to exit. Hi Alex! Thank you for the clarification. We don't need these new SMP macros so I can use the -N option. Works like intended now. Greetings, Matthias
