Re: [PATCH] -a command line option

On 11/14/2010 03:53 AM, Amos Jeffries wrote:
> The -a option was broken by some config updates early in the 3.x cycles
> which reset SquidConfig prior to parsing but after opening the -a
> provided port.
>
> This patch preserves the documented -a behaviour of opening an HTTP
> listener port from the command line.
> It also adds the double port opening for split-stack systems, preserving
> consistency with wildcard http_port entries in the config.
>
>
> Overall, I'm not sure we actually need the -a option. Especially given
> that it appears to have been a few years before anyone noticed its being
> broken. What are peoples thoughts on deprecating it for removal in 3.3?

If this hack has been broken for several years and nobody complained, I
vote for removal in v3.2, but I certainly do not insist on it.

Alex.
Received on Wed Nov 17 2010 - 23:07:43 MST