new version is a .tar.gz and the old is RPM?
 

I want to install the latest version of squid (2.5S2) on my server. It currently has Squid 2.4S installed via RPM. The new version is only available as a tar file. My question is, should I remove the older version then compile the new one. Or is there a way to use a tar to update an RPM'ed program?

if there is a specfile in the tarball then you can create an rpm with:

rpm -tb squid.tar.gz

(check the manpage though.. don't trust me with vague command line flags) but there proabbly will be an rpm for squid at rpmfind.net. i saw it was only recenlty released on freshmeat this afternoon, so you might also want to wait a few days for any rpm people to catch up with it.

Thanks a bunch Acid. Most appreciated..