diff -Naur squid-2.5.STABLE1-20030120.orig/configure squid-2.5.STABLE1-20030120/configure
--- squid-2.5.STABLE1-20030120.orig/configure	2003-01-20 03:17:19.000000000 +0200
+++ squid-2.5.STABLE1-20030120/configure	2003-01-21 03:00:59.000000000 +0200
@@ -7779,7 +7779,7 @@
     fi
 esac
 if test "$cross_compiling" = yes; then
-  SQUID_MAXFD=256
+  SQUID_MAXFD=131071
 else
   cat > conftest.$ac_ext <<EOF
 #line 7786 "configure"
@@ -7844,12 +7844,12 @@
 EOF
 if { (eval echo configure:7846: \"$ac_link\") 1>&5; (eval $ac_link) 2>&5; } && test -s conftest${ac_exeext} && (./conftest; exit) 2>/dev/null
 then
-  SQUID_MAXFD=`cat conftestval`
+  SQUID_MAXFD=131071
 else
   echo "configure: failed program was:" >&5
   cat conftest.$ac_ext >&5
   rm -fr conftest*
-  SQUID_MAXFD=256
+  SQUID_MAXFD=131071
 fi
 rm -fr conftest*
 fi