On Wed, 1 Aug 2007, Charles Curley wrote:
On Wed, Aug 01, 2007 at 04:12:41PM -0600, Charles Curley wrote:
> I have pretty much a plain vanilla SQUID setup on F7. It refuses to
> update its cache.
>
> I have just updated several pages on my home page. Browsers that do
> not use SQUID get the new pages. Firefox uses SQUID, and gets the old
> pages. If I set Firefox to bypass SQUID and refresh, I get the new
> material. If I then set Firefox to use SQUID and refresh, I then get
> the old page.
>
> Differences from the default (squid.conf.rpmnew) are:
>
> dns_defnames on
> visible_hostname charlesc
>
> An ACL definition and an allow statement for that, which have worked
> for several years.
>
> Commenting out the first two and restarting SQUID makes no difference
> in this problem.
>
> [root@charlesc etc]# pre squid
> squid-2.6.STABLE13-1.fc7
Now I wonder if it is just SQUID or some subtle combination of SQUID
and that version of Firefox. If I use firefox-2.0.0.3.tar.gz on FC6, I
don't see the problem. Similarly with Konqueror on F7,
kdebase-3.5.7-0.1.fc7.
I suspect that Squid is working properly, as programmed, since I have used
Squid for many years and experienced the same behavior.
Have a look at the Squid logs, note the "HIT" entries when your browser
refreshes the page.
Now, refresh the page with a CTRL-refresh. Note that the logs now show
"CLIENT_REFRESH". This is the result of Squid caching, properly, but more
aggressively then your browser.
ed