Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 10:32:29 -0400 From: Ken Smith <kensmith@cse.Buffalo.EDU> To: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> Cc: svn-src-stable@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable-8@freebsd.org, Ken Smith <kensmith@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: svn commit: r197065 - in stable/8: etc/defaults lib/libc/stdlib sys/amd64/conf sys/i386/conf sys/ia64/conf sys/pc98/conf sys/powerpc/conf sys/sparc64/conf Message-ID: <1252593149.75144.18.camel@bauer.cse.buffalo.edu> In-Reply-To: <200909101023.44913.jhb@freebsd.org> References: <200909101404.n8AE41C6021588@svn.freebsd.org> <200909101023.44913.jhb@freebsd.org>
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On Thu, 2009-09-10 at 10:23 -0400, John Baldwin wrote:
> > --- stable/8/etc/defaults/rc.conf Thu Sep 10 13:20:27 2009 (r197064)
> > +++ stable/8/etc/defaults/rc.conf Thu Sep 10 14:04:00 2009 (r197065)
> > @@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ lpd_flags="" # Flags to lpd (if enabled
> > nscd_enable="NO" # Run the nsswitch caching daemon.
> > chkprintcap_enable="NO" # Run chkprintcap(8) before running lpd.
> > chkprintcap_flags="-d" # Create missing directories by default.
> > -dumpdev="AUTO" # Device to crashdump to (device name, AUTO, or NO).
> > +dumpdev="NO" # Device to crashdump to (device name, AUTO, or NO).
> > dumpdir="/var/crash" # Directory where crash dumps are to be stored
> > savecore_flags="" # Used if dumpdev is enabled above, and present.
> > crashinfo_enable="YES" # Automatically generate crash dump summary.
>
> Are we sure we want to change this? It is set to "AUTO" in stable/7.
It has been pointed out to me on the mailing lists that leaving it on
for stable/7 was an oversight, it is off on previous branches.
I can understand the motivation for it. In a data center full of
production machines crash dumps cause reboots to take longer and
potentially cause disk space issues. In those sorts of environments
it's best if by *default* the crash dumps don't happen and if an admin
finds they need it they turn it on.
This is one of those "There is no right answer" things...
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Ken Smith
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