Re: FATAL: Unknown cache_dir type '/var/spool/cache'

On Sun, Sep 05, 1999 at 05:32:00PM -0400, Dave Seidel wrote:
> Hi there. I looked for this in the FAQ, didn't find it there...
>
> I'm trying to get Squid up and running. I installed
> squid-2.3.DEVEL2-1.i386.rpm, at the end of which I got the message:
>
> "Creating Squid Cache Directories...
> FATAL: Unknown cache_dir type '/var/spool/cache'
>
> Squid Cache (Version 2.3.DEVEL2): Terminated abnormally.
> CPU Usage: 0.010 seconds = 0.010 user + 0.000 sys
> Maximum Resident Size: 0 KB
> Page faults with physical i/o: 264
> execution of script failed"
>
> I had previously built it myself from source, but I got exactly the same
> error when I ran 'squid -z', even though the cache_dir was set to a
> different value (/usr/squid/cache). In both cases, I retried after doing
> chmod a+rw on the cache dir, but same results.
>
> What am I doing wrong?
>

Don't use the DEVEL Squid source tree (unless you enjoy this sort of error).
Use the STABLE one.

Who is the crual person making DEVEL Squid RPMs? (could they put a warning
in there in the future that it's not stable code?).

tom@interact.net.au
Received on Sun Sep 05 1999 - 17:36:10 MDT