the problem is squid waits for 30 (default) seconds to terminate, and prevents new squid process from spawning. I have just added this to my /etc/init/squid.conf
this causes upstart to wait for squid to fully exit before declaring it stopped, this means things like restart squid function as expected post-stop script pidof \(squid\) >> /dev/null while [ $? -eq 0 ]; do sleep 1 pidof \(squid\) || exit 0 >> /dev/null done end script The wait time for squid shutdown can be controlled with the 'shutdown_lifetime' variable http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v2/2.7/cfgman/shutdown_lifetime.html -- Cannot control squid "Unknown instance" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/573853 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to squid in ubuntu. -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs