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Bug#913886: Optimize TJENER's squid.conf for DEB package caching



hi,

not sure why I dropped the bug in my initial reply, thus quoting more here
than usual...

On Fri, Nov 16, 2018 at 07:09:17PM +0100, Wolfgang Schweer wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 16, 2018 at 01:23:38PM +0000, Holger Levsen wrote:
> > On Fri, Nov 16, 2018 at 01:15:59PM +0000, Mike Gabriel wrote:
> > > I have adapted the Debian Edu squid.conf on TJENER with the below changes.
> > > This results in a tremendous speed improvement regarding the package
> > > download when installing multiple systems in one go via the Debian Edu PXE
> > > installer.
> > > 
> > > IMHO we should adapt our squid.conf. 
> 
> Since d-e-c 2.10.44 the stock squid.conf is no longer tweaked; instead 
> the Debian Edu custom settings file is dropped into /etc/squid/conf.d 
> (as debian-edu.conf). The settings would go into this file.

ah nice!

> > I'm not sure we should further vary from the package default.
> 
> See above: only addons are used, so it would be an additional allowed 
> customization.

while this is true, I think this change should still go in the src:squid
package, so that everyone profits.

> > > Note: these changes have been taken
> > > from the squid-deb-proxy package. Another option would be to implement
> > > support for squid-deb-proxy on a Debian Edu site.
> > or: why cant we simply install this package?
> afaict an additional cache would be used, also a lot of configuration 
> work would be needed; squid-deb-proxy won't work out of the box…

ah

> I can confirm that it works w/ the debian-edu.conf file modified like 
> proposed.

cool.


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cheers,
	Holger

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