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author | miwi <miwi@FreeBSD.org> | 2006-11-05 07:03:40 +0800 |
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committer | miwi <miwi@FreeBSD.org> | 2006-11-05 07:03:40 +0800 |
commit | 9bb5da7936e3670b53e6a2b05ffa674661a07a46 (patch) | |
tree | e84417d2a6d48b022fd709d4b00325335fddaa6b /www/squid/pkg-descr | |
parent | 199f46e91db8d6495e432b5f989dbfed7cee4c6d (diff) | |
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- update pkg-descr and remove some cruft
- consistently use "Squid" when referring to the software's name
- define COMMENT a bit less chatty
- replace the progeny.com mirror with the one hosted by Vistech
- fix a wrong path in pkg-message.in (thanks to "Tuc at the Beach House")
- pass ${squid_flags} when stopping or reconfiguring Squid (ports/100510)
PR: ports/105023
Submitted by: Thomas-Martin Seck <tmseck@netcologne.de> (maintainer)
Sponsored by: FreeBSD Bug-a-thon #2
Diffstat (limited to 'www/squid/pkg-descr')
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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/www/squid/pkg-descr b/www/squid/pkg-descr index 88ba8ba2aff5..0cd02912d960 100644 --- a/www/squid/pkg-descr +++ b/www/squid/pkg-descr @@ -1,15 +1,10 @@ -This is the Squid Internet Object Cache developed by the National -Laboratory for Applied Networking Research (NLANR) and Internet -volunteers. This software is freely available for anyone to use. - -This software is based on the Harvest Object Cache developed by -the University of Colorado and the University of Southern California. -The Harvest home page is http://harvest.cs.colorado.edu/. - -ARPA funding for the Harvest project has ended, the squid project has -continued development of the cache where Harvest finished. - -This port provides many configuration options, most of which are -available via 'make config'. +Squid is a high-performance proxy caching server for web clients, +supporting FTP, gopher, and HTTP data objects. Unlike traditional +caching software, Squid handles all requests in a single, non-blocking, +I/O-driven process. + +Squid supports SSL, extensive access controls, and full request logging. +By using the lightweight Internet Cache Protocol, Squid caches can be +arranged in a hierarchy or mesh for additional bandwidth savings. WWW: http://www.squid-cache.org/ |