squid 2.6.8 is out: http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v2/2.6/squid-2.6.STABLE8-RELEASENOTES.html thank you. ;)
squid 2.6.9 fixes some major bugs: http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v2/2.6/squid-2.6.STABLE9-RELEASENOTES.html#s14 * Bug #1878: If-Modified-Since broken in 2.6.STABLE8 * Bug #1877 diskd bug in storeDiskdIOCallback() * See the list of squid-2.6.STABLE9 changes and the ChangeLog file for details. it would be better to add squid 2.6.9 ebuild into the portage instead od 2.6.8 made a bug report: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=163630