Re: squid 5.1 gone stable

[Michael Tremer <michael.tremer@ipfire.org>]

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Hi,

> On 5 Aug 2021, at 19:12, Matthias Fischer <matthias.fischer(a)ipfire.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> On 02.08.2021 18:39, Michael Tremer wrote:
>> Hey,
>> 
>> That sounds good.
>> 
>> The change log lists a couple of changed and remove directives:
>> 
>>  http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v5/squid-5.1-RELEASENOTES.html#s3
>> 
>> Could you check if we are affected by any of this change?
> 
> Building was ok - installing was ok. I checked the release notes and on
> the first glance didn't find anything we would need to worry about. Will
> take a closer look on weekend.
> 
> But...:
> 
> 5.1 is permanently complaining about filedescriptors and I couldn't find
> the reason for this so far. Even if I reduce the number during build to
> 32768 (this is supposedly his maximum), it keeps complaining:
> 
> ...
> 2021/08/03 19:19:03 kid1| NOTICE: Could not increase the number of
> filedescriptors
> 2021/08/03 19:19:03 kid1| With 4096 file descriptors available
> ...

That must be the system’s limit then. If the process is being launched as root, it should be able to change its own limits.

> And - it seems that it doesn't like 'privoxy'. Everything seems to
> work(!), no seen problems(!), but with 'squid 5.1' I'm getting these
> sporadic messages in 'cache_log':

We don’t have privoxy. Is that a custom thing that you are running?

> ...
> 2021/08/03 19:27:17 kid1| helperOpenServers: Starting 2/4
> 'redirect_wrapper' processes
>    current master transaction: master88
> 2021/08/03 19:27:33 kid1| TCP connection to 127.0.0.1/8118 failed
>    current master transaction: master53
> 2021/08/03 19:27:34 kid1| TCP connection to 127.0.0.1/8118 failed
>    current master transaction: master53
> 2021/08/03 19:27:56 kid1| TCP connection to 127.0.0.1/8118 failed
>    current master transaction: master53
> ...
> 2021/08/03 19:59:34 kid1| TCP connection to 127.0.0.1/8118 failed
>    current master transaction: master53
> 2021/08/03 19:59:34 kid1| Detected DEAD Parent: privoxy
>    current master transaction: master53
> 2021/08/03 19:59:34 kid1| Detected REVIVED Parent: privoxy
>    current master transaction: master53
> 2021/08/03 19:59:34 kid1| TCP connection to 127.0.0.1/8118 failed
>    current master transaction: master53
> ...
> 
> Somehow I don't like this. Will report, if I find the reason.
> 
> Best,
> Matthias
> 
> 
>> -Michael
>> 
>>> On 2 Aug 2021, at 17:12, Matthias Fischer <matthias.fischer(a)ipfire.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>> for the records...
>>> 
>>> 5.1 has gone stable:
>>> 
>>> => http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/
>>> 
>>> Excerpt from changelog:
>>> "Changes in squid-5.1 (01 Aug 2021):
>>> 
>>> 	- Bug 4696: Fix leaky String move assignment operator
>>> 	- Fix ACL-related reconfiguration memory leak
>>> 	- Fix SSL-Bump reconfiguration leaking public key memory
>>> 	- Fix build on RISC-V
>>> 	- Fix build on Ubuntu 21.04
>>> 
>>> Changes in squid-5.0.7 (04 Jul 2021):
>>> 
>>> 	- Fix a helper logging issues
>>> 	- Fix some helper connection issues
>>> 	- Cleanup: remove much unused code
>>> 	- ... and all fixes from 4.16
>>> ..."
>>> 
>>> I'm at it.
>>> 
>>> Best,
>>> Matthias
>>> 
>> 
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