On 30/09/2013 7:26 p.m., Kris Glynn wrote: > Shouldn't a squid -k rotate leave helpers > alone when it's just instructing squid to rotate the logs? Yes, but nobody has implemented that functionality yet. Implementing it is not easy because of the complication that Amos has mentioned below: On 09/30/2013 01:16 AM, Amos Jeffries wrote: > The helpers are logging to cache.log via stderr. They need to be > restarted to connect to the new cache.log once it has been rotated. Ideally, Squid should "proxy" helper logging messages (instead of tying them to a specific cache.log descriptor) so that log rotation does not kill helpers. http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/AboutSquid#How_to_add_a_new_Squid_feature.2C_enhance.2C_of_fix_something.3F Alex.
