Re: [squid-users] Re: bad file caching

Volodymyr Kostyrko wrote:
> Chris Robertson wrote:
>> Volodymyr Kostyrko wrote:
>>> Chris Robertson wrote:
>>>> Obviously the object has changed, so you have a few options:
>>>> * Use the PURGE method with squidclient
>>>
>>> That's a onetime shooter. This file is requested daily, so I should
>>> run it daily to keep it current.
>>
>> Is this file changed daily?
>
> Yep. Sometimes faster.
>
>>
>>>
>>>> * force a refresh with your browser (hold down shift or control when
>>>> you press the refresh or reload button, use the -r switch with
>>>> squidclient or --cache=off for wget. fetch does not appear to have
>>>> a method of forcing a refresh.)
>>>
>>> Worked. Same problem - results ain't persistent.
>>>
>>>> * Add a cache deny for this domain
>>>
>>> Thinking of it.
>>>
>>>> * Wait for the freshness calculation to expire (3 days at the most)
>>>
>>> And? The file already stuck in cache for 2 month. Waiting some more
>>> days does literally nothing.
>>
>> The default refresh_patterns will not keep an object (without expiry
>> information) cached for more than three days.
>
> I'm just curios, maybe some other headers can trigger that? Like
> negative ETag?
>
>>>
>>> I'm just trying to understand is this some flaw in my config or it
>>> just should work this way.
>>
>> It should not work this way by default... Share your config, and
>> perhaps we can help find the cause.
>
> Attached.
>
> You may wish to disable htcp support, it dumps core on SQUID3.0.PATCH8...
>
> Aug 27 10:32:45 utwig squid[34112]: Squid Parent: child process 44700
> started
> Aug 27 10:36:42 utwig kernel: pid 44700 (squid), uid 100: exited on
> signal 8 (core dumped)
> Aug 27 10:36:42 utwig squid[34112]: Squid Parent: child process 44700
> exited due to signal 8
>
> I'm just looking at it, seems to be some problem in response handling.
>

Do you mean the If so I'd definitely like to see what you can come up
with about it.

We also have Benno Rice as a new developer looking into code parity and
upgrades for HTCP on Squid-2 and Squid-3.

Amos

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