Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: squid
This *might* be considered a dupe of rejected bug 12709, which the
Debian guys decided was a non-issue.
In Ubuntu, I find it most convenient to have squid (or some other
caching proxy server installed), especially for a box which has multiple
users.
The bug here is that it does not "just work."
To reproduce, start Synaptic, install Squid and then (incorrectly)
assume it is working, since no errors will be reported to the casual
user, even though it has refused to start. Most home/laptop/non-server
installations will not have a FQDN available.
Squid simply will not run, throwing an error which cannot be detected
unless user is sophisticated enough to check the logs or run:
sudo /etc/init.d/squid start
and watch for errors.
>From a perspective of making Ubuntu "just work," this seems
unreasonable. I understand that the only reason squid cares about a
FQDN or visible_hostname is so that it knows what to put into the logs.
Cannot squid be modified to assume SOMETHING when it lacks a
visible_hostname or FQDN, like "hostname -f"?
Marty
** Affects: squid (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: Unconfirmed
--
squid requires FQDN and does not report an error
https://launchpad.net/bugs/97505
--
ubuntu-bugs mailing list
ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com
https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
