[squid-users] Instructions to build Squid proxy for Windows

[Amos Jeffries]

On 18/04/2023 10:22 pm, Harsh Seattle wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> As mentioned on the page- 
> https://wiki.squid-cache.org/KnowledgeBase/Windows, the pre-built 
> binary packages are available for Squid 3.3 and 4. However, the 
> current stable version of Squid is 5 with version 6 and 7 already 
> under development.
>
> Given that pre-built packages are not readily available for Windows, I 
> am hoping to compile version 5/6/7 for Windows. However, the 
> instructions provided here- 
> https://wiki.squid-cache.org/KnowledgeBase/Windows#compiling are not 
> user friendly and sort of incomplete.

FYI, The OS-specific pages assume you are already somewhat familiar with 
building code. So that page lists the build details that are unusual and 
specific to Windows.

The full build instructions are at 
https://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/CompilingSquid


> Does anyone have any experience in compiling Squid for Windows? If so, 
> can you please share instructions for the same?

The Windows situation is a bit complicated, as you can see by the number 
of sub-sections in that "#compiling" section.

Cygwin has been maintained by Diladele. I am not sure what the current 
situation with v5+ is there.
Mingw64 was building a few versions ago, but had some C++11/17 support 
issues to work out.

If you want to try a build, identifying the process issues and/or fixes 
are very welcome. Feedback on squid-dev mailing list or our bugzilla please.


HTH
Amos