Re: Squid reload command

Hello
More info at https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=284312

This is a temporary measure until squid 7 released

On Thu, Jun 26, 2025, 08:09 Andrea Venturoli <ml@netfence.it> wrote:

> On 6/26/25 15:51, Piotr Smyrak wrote:
>
> >> Is there a reason behing this removal or was it just an oversight?
> >> Any way to get it back?
> >
> > The command is still there. What is gone, is doing squid_configtest
> > in prestart as a workaround to squid PR:
> >
> > https://bugs.squid-cache.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5390
>
> Sorry, but I don't get it fully.
>
> The command doesn't seem to be there:
>
> > # service squid reload
> > /usr/local/etc/rc.d/squid: unknown directive 'reload'.
> > Usage: /usr/local/etc/rc.d/squid
> [fast|force|one|quiet](start|stop|restart|rcvar|enable|disable|delete|enabled|describe|extracommands|status|poll)
>
> Looking into rc.d script changes, it was in fact commented as "a
> workaround" for the bug you mentioned.
>
>
>
> So, are you saying the only "doing squid_configtest" should be gone and
> "reload" was an oversight?
>
> Can I just try to uncomment it or are there dragons waiting?
>
> Can I help in any way to bring this back?
>
>
>
>   bye & Thanks
>         av.
>