3.9 Exercises

• After compiling Squid, remove one or more of the .o files and run make again.

• Use the ulimit or limits command to change the file descriptor limit to some small value before compiling Squid. Does ./configure obey or ignore your new limit?

• Compile Squid with a high file-descriptor limit, then try to run it on a system with a lower limit. Does Squid use the lower or higher limit?

• What happens if you mistype one of the ”enable options? What if you specify an invalid storage scheme with the ”enable-store-io option?

• After compiling Squid, remove src/Makefile and try to compile it again. What's the easiest way to restore the file?