Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2002 15:00:10 -0800 (PST) From: swear@blarg.net (Gary W. Swearingen) To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: conf/35725: /etc/rc should create missing "dumpdir". Message-ID: <200203102300.g2AN0AH81692@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR conf/35725; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: swear@blarg.net (Gary W. Swearingen)
To: "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: conf/35725: /etc/rc should create missing "dumpdir".
Date: 10 Mar 2002 15:00:19 -0800
"Crist J. Clark" <cjc@FreeBSD.ORG> writes:
> I don't think that is a good idea (what if $dumpdev was fat fingered
> someplace is shouldn't be and say, filled up your root
> filesystem). However, it currently fails silently, which I don't think
> is good either. How about have rc(8) bitch about it,
Sounds like you speak from experience. I'll not argue with that.
We'll need to rely mostly on a good warning in the FAQ and man page(s).
Unless you educate me that I've got the PR SOP wrong, I'll write another
PR on the docs and leave this PR for your change to "/etc/rc".
Your patch looked good, except I'd prefer a stronger notice (of what
happened) to the person recovering from this intermittent crash he's
been awaiting for several days:
echo "NOTICE: Core dump was lost because '${dumpdir}' was not a directory."
But I guess he'll figure it out after not finding the dump files, so
either message provides a clue that should be good enough to let him
know it wasn't the software's fault that the files are missing.
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