[squid-dev] Possible bug with file-descriptor parameter in configure of squid-6.0.0-20221210-r71f62e86e

[Alex Rousskov]

On 12/23/22 16:29, infant vinay wrote:

> I am trying to compile squid release squid-6.0.0-20221210-r71f62e86e 
> 
> I am using the same configure option I have used for at least 2+ years 
> now which includes the  --with-filedescriptors=4096 option in it. The 
> options are further down below.
> 
> Until the most recent version of this release in Sep 2022 I have never 
> seen any errors during configure
> 
> However in the Dec 2022 release, I see the following error
> 
> checking for main in -lmalloc... no
> checking for library containing log... -lm
> *configure: error: --with-filedescriptors expects a numeric argument*

This is a Squid bug. Please see the following PR for a proposed fix:
https://github.com/squid-cache/squid/pull/1217


HTH,

Alex.


> Configure option used is
> 
> ./configure --prefix=/opt/squid --build=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu 
> --host=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu --enable-removal-policies=heap,lru 
> --enable-ssl --enable--storeio=aufs,diskd,ufs,rock --enable-diskio 
> --with-aio --with-default-user=squid --with-pthreads 
> --disable-arch-native --disable-ipv6 --enable-xmalloc-statistics 
> --enable-delay-pools --disable-snmp *--with-filedescriptors=4096*
> 
> CFLAGS and CXXFLAGS set are
> 
> -O3 -march=znver2 -pthread
> 
> 
> I have ensured that the ulimit -n for the root user I use for compile is 
> set to 8192 and I am not sure what else to do.
> 
> squid-6.0.0-20221210-r71f62e86e]# ulimit -n
> 8192
> 
> OS is Fedora Core rawhide (v38) - as I said this has worked until the 
> previous squid version released in Sep 2022 on the same OS and same 
> hardware.
> 
> Attaching the running version of squid info here
> 
>   squid-6.0.0-20221210-r71f62e86e]# /opt/squid/sbin/squid -v
> Squid Cache: Version 6.0.0-20220905-r9358e99f9
> Service Name: squid
> configure options:  '--prefix=/opt/squid' '--build=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu' 
> '--host=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu' '--enable-removal-policies=heap,lru' 
> '--enable-ssl' '--enable--storeio=aufs,diskd,ufs,rock' '--enable-diskio' 
> '--with-aio' '--with-default-user=squid' '--with-pthreads' 
> '--disable-arch-native' '--disable-ipv6' '--enable-xmalloc-statistics' 
> '--with-filedescriptors=4096' '--enable-delay-pools' '--disable-snmp' 
> 'build_alias=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu' 'host_alias=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu' 
> 'CFLAGS=-O3 -march=znver2 -pthread' 'CXXFLAGS=-O3 -march=znver2 
> -pthread' --enable-ltdl-convenience
> 
> 
> I am not sure what else you need. Please do ask if you need. I will 
> attach the config.log file here too if that helps you.
> 
> Thanks for verifying if this is a bug. If there is an error from my 
> side, I am ok to be pointed out by you as to what is wrong.
> 
> - Infant V Patrick
> 
> 
> 
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