$Id: release-3.1.html,v 1.1.2.3 2008/01/09 04:06:17 amosjeffries Exp $
This document contains the release notes for version 3.1 of Squid.
Squid is a WWW Cache application developed by the National Laboratory
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6)
-
Squid 3.1 supports IPv6. To enable IPv6 support, use the --enable-ipv6 ./configure option
+
Squid 3.1 supports IPv6. To enable IPv6 support, use the ./configure --enable-ipv6 option
New Features for IPv6
@@ -136,8 +136,7 @@
pinger_enable
-
New option to enable/disable the ICMP pinger helper with a reconfigure instead of a full rebuild.
-
+
New option to enable/disable the ICMP pinger helper with a reconfigure instead of a full rebuild.
Control whether the pinger is active at run-time.
Enables turning ICMP pinger on and off with a simple squid -k reconfigure.
@@ -169,7 +168,6 @@
-
Changes to existing tags
@@ -186,7 +184,9 @@
external_acl_type
New options 'ipv4' and 'ipv6' are added to set the IPv4/v6 protocol between squid and its helpers.
-Please be aware of some limits to these options. see IPv6 Limits in section 2 above.
+Please be aware of some limits to these options. These options only affet the transport protocol used
+to send data to and from the helpers. Squid in IPv6-mode may still send %SRC addresses in IPv4 or IPv6
+format, so all helpers will need to be checked and converted to cope with such information cleanly.
ipv4 / ipv6 IP-mode used to communicate to this helper.
For compatability with older configurations and helpers
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@
The default is to build with 127.0.0.1 and ::1 being considered seperate IP.
see the IPv6 details above for a better description.
-
--with-ipv6-split-stack<
+
--with-ipv6-split-stack
Enable special additions for IPv6 support in Windows XP.
see the IPv6 details above for a better description.
@@ -292,6 +292,15 @@
Enable special additions for IPv6 support in Windows Vista.
see the IPv6 details above for a better description.
+
--with-dns-cname
+
Enable CNAME recursion within the Internal DNS resolver stub squid uses.
+This has no effect on the external DNS helper.
+Please note this extension is still experimental and may encounter problems.
+To see if it is actually needed you can run squid without it for a period and
+check the CNAME-Only Requests statistics squid maintains.
+If it produces ongoing serious problems the external helper may be needed
+but please report the bugs anyway.
+
Changes to existing options
Index: squid3/doc/release-notes/release-3.1.man
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/squid-sf//squid3/doc/release-notes/release-3.1.man,v
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diff -u -r1.1.2.2 -r1.1.2.3
--- squid3/doc/release-notes/release-3.1.man 16 Dec 2007 23:04:42 -0000 1.1.2.2
+++ squid3/doc/release-notes/release-3.1.man 9 Jan 2008 04:06:17 -0000 1.1.2.3
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Squid 3.1.PRE1 release notesSquid Developers$Id: release-3.1.man,v 1.1.2.2 2007/12/16 23:04:42 amosjeffries Exp $This document contains the release notes for version 3.1 of Squid.
+Squid 3.1.PRE1 release notesSquid Developers$Id: release-3.1.man,v 1.1.2.3 2008/01/09 04:06:17 amosjeffries Exp $This document contains the release notes for version 3.1 of Squid.
Squid is a WWW Cache application developed by the National Laboratory
for Applied Network Research and members of the Web Caching community.Notice
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6)
.Pp
-Squid 3.1 supports IPv6. To enable IPv6 support, use the --enable-ipv6 ./configure option
+Squid 3.1 supports IPv6. To enable IPv6 support, use the ./configure --enable-ipv6 option
.Pp
New Features for IPv6
@@ -161,7 +161,6 @@
.nr bi 1
.Pp
New option to enable/disable the ICMP pinger helper with a reconfigure instead of a full rebuild.
-.Pp
.DS
.sp
.ft RR
@@ -207,7 +206,6 @@
.if \n(ll>1 .RE
.nr ll -1
.Pp
-.Pp
Changes to existing tags
.Pp
@@ -236,7 +234,9 @@
.nr bi 1
.Pp
New options 'ipv4' and 'ipv6' are added to set the IPv4/v6 protocol between squid and its helpers.
-Please be aware of some limits to these options. see IPv6 Limits in section 2 above.
+Please be aware of some limits to these options. These options only affet the transport protocol used
+to send data to and from the helpers. Squid in IPv6-mode may still send %SRC addresses in IPv4 or IPv6
+format, so all helpers will need to be checked and converted to cope with such information cleanly.
.DS
.sp
.ft RR
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@
The default is to build with 127.0.0.1 and ::1 being considered seperate IP.
see the IPv6 details above for a better description.
.Pp
-.IP "--with-ipv6-split-stack<"
+.IP "--with-ipv6-split-stack"
.nr bi 1
.Pp
Enable special additions for IPv6 support in Windows XP.
@@ -379,6 +379,17 @@
Enable special additions for IPv6 support in Windows Vista.
see the IPv6 details above for a better description.
.Pp
+.IP "--with-dns-cname"
+.nr bi 1
+.Pp
+Enable CNAME recursion within the Internal DNS resolver stub squid uses.
+This has no effect on the external DNS helper.
+Please note this extension is still experimental and may encounter problems.
+To see if it is actually needed you can run squid without it for a period and
+check the CNAME-Only Requests statistics squid maintains.
+If it produces ongoing serious problems the external helper may be needed
+but please report the bugs anyway.
+.Pp
.if \n(ll>1 .RE
.nr ll -1
Changes to existing options
Index: squid3/doc/release-notes/release-3.1.sgml
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/squid-sf//squid3/doc/release-notes/release-3.1.sgml,v
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diff -u -r1.1.2.3 -r1.1.2.4
--- squid3/doc/release-notes/release-3.1.sgml 9 Jan 2008 04:02:50 -0000 1.1.2.3
+++ squid3/doc/release-notes/release-3.1.sgml 9 Jan 2008 04:06:17 -0000 1.1.2.4
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
Squid 3.1.PRE1 release notesSquid Developers
-$Id: release-3.1.sgml,v 1.1.2.3 2008/01/09 04:02:50 amosjeffries Exp $
+$Id: release-3.1.sgml,v 1.1.2.4 2008/01/09 04:06:17 amosjeffries Exp $
This document contains the release notes for version 3.1 of Squid.
@@ -123,10 +123,10 @@
New tags