On Mon, 7 Mar 2005, Alexander Shopov wrote:
> Do I need the nt-2_5 branch of SF CVS tree of squid to compile SQUID under
> Windows?
Yes, if you want to compile on Windows using MSVC or mingw.
No if you want to compile on Windows using Cygwin, but the native port
interacts much better with Windows.
> Why are the differences between that branch and the official 2.5STABLE9
> sources so big?
Because Windows is not UNIX.
It is also worth mentioning that a large part of the patch is the MSVC
project files, not changes to Squid as such. (most of the files in the
ports/ directory)
> There seem to have been regular merges.
Not really. Only in the other direction: Squid-2.5 changes into
squidnt-2.5.
> Are the acmeconsulting
> (http://www.acmeconsulting.it/pagine/opensource/download/squid.htm)
> binaries based on that?
Yes. And so are their source distribution. It is Guido Serassio who
maintains both the acmeconsultin Squid pages and the Squid NT branches.
Regards
Henrik
Received on Mon Mar 07 2005 - 04:44:29 MST
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