Re: [squid-users] Squid is aborting and restarting its child process very often

sankar sankar wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> My system info:
>
> -----
> Hardware config: Intel Quad Core 2.73 processor, 8 GB RAM, 160 GB SCSI SAS
> OS: Debian 4.0R4, image: 2.6.18-6-amd64
> Squid: Squid Cache version 3.0.PRE5 for x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
> FDs: 4096 (max for the precompiled debian distro)
> -----
>
> Squid is aborting and restarting its child process very often. Signal 6
> indicates a fatal error. Cache.log reports
>
> Error condition 1:
> 2008/08/16 19:05:52| assertion failed: client_side.cc:2479:
> "conn->in.abortedSize == (size_t)conn->bodySizeLeft()"
> 2008/08/16 19:05:55| Extension method 'MERGE' added, enum=27
> 2008/08/16 19:05:55| Extension method 'MKACTIVITY' added, enum=28
> 2008/08/16 19:05:55| Extension method 'CHECKOUT' added, enum=29
> 2008/08/16 19:05:55| Starting Squid Cache version 3.0.PRE5 for
> x86_64-pc-linux-gnu...
>
> Error condition 2:
> 2008/08/16 19:42:11| assertion failed: ACLChecklist.cc:155: "A"
> 2008/08/16 19:42:14| Extension method 'MERGE' added, enum=27
> 2008/08/16 19:42:14| Extension method 'MKACTIVITY' added, enum=28
> 2008/08/16 19:42:14| Extension method 'CHECKOUT' added, enum=29
> 2008/08/16 19:42:14| Starting Squid Cache version 3.0.PRE5 for
> x86_64-pc-linux-gnu...
>
>
<snip>
> Can anyone help me to solve this prob.
>
> Thanks,
> Sankar

Could be a lot of things. Most likely the broken 64-bit build in PRE5.
It's several years obsolete now.

Upgrade to STABLE8 and see if it goes away. The .deb packages are
available in testing or unstable repository already.

Amos

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Please use Squid 2.7.STABLE4 or 3.0.STABLE8