From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 31 01:57:01 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA37F106564A for ; Mon, 31 May 2010 01:57:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kirk@strauser.com) Received: from kanga.honeypot.net (kanga.honeypot.net [IPv6:2001:470:a80a:1:21f:d0ff:fe22:b8a8]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9820A8FC18 for ; Mon, 31 May 2010 01:57:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from kanga.honeypot.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by kanga.honeypot.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 39BAF7CEAC; Sun, 30 May 2010 20:57:00 -0500 (CDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at honeypot.net Received: from kanga.honeypot.net ([127.0.0.1]) by kanga.honeypot.net (kanga.honeypot.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id xK5QZQQ+90zZ; Sun, 30 May 2010 20:56:58 -0500 (CDT) Received: from pooh.honeypot.net (pooh.honeypot.net [IPv6:2001:470:a80a:1:20a:95ff:fed5:10f2]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by kanga.honeypot.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 486387CEA6; Sun, 30 May 2010 20:56:57 -0500 (CDT) Message-Id: <38064784-18E3-43CA-8561-AEFC6CF64024@strauser.com> From: Kirk Strauser To: David Magda In-Reply-To: <04B42F88-2E60-4B29-BEF9-3AE3AE251CB3@ee.ryerson.ca> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v936) Date: Sun, 30 May 2010 20:56:57 -0500 References: <4C017419.9010909@strauser.com> <04B42F88-2E60-4B29-BEF9-3AE3AE251CB3@ee.ryerson.ca> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.936) Cc: FreeBSD-STABLE Mailing List Subject: Re: Make ZFS auto-destroy snapshots when the out of space? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 31 May 2010 01:57:01 -0000 On May 30, 2010, at 7:40 PM, David Magda wrote: > All scriptable. > > For the case of "make installworld", a make.conf variable can be > created to run a "zfs snapshot" before any kind of 'make install'; > this could be for both Ports and the base system. I understand that it comes down to a philosophical difference, but I dislike the idea of every subsystem implementing similar logic instead of having it done once (and well) as a system-wide feature. -- Kirk Strauser