From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 8 14:50:58 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 CAA8C106566B; Mon, 8 Feb 2010 14:50:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) Received: from cyrus.watson.org (cyrus.watson.org [65.122.17.42]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E4288FC08; Mon, 8 Feb 2010 14:50:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from bigwig.baldwin.cx (66.111.2.69.static.nyinternet.net [66.111.2.69]) by cyrus.watson.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 50A7246B03; Mon, 8 Feb 2010 09:50:58 -0500 (EST) Received: from jhbbsd.localnet (smtp.hudson-trading.com [209.249.190.9]) by bigwig.baldwin.cx (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 7042E8A025; Mon, 8 Feb 2010 09:50:57 -0500 (EST) From: John Baldwin To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, randi@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 09:32:17 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.12.1 (FreeBSD/7.2-CBSD-20100120; KDE/4.3.1; amd64; ; ) References: <201002051400.o15E0p2T071852@lurza.secnetix.de> In-Reply-To: <201002051400.o15E0p2T071852@lurza.secnetix.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201002080932.17814.jhb@freebsd.org> X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.0.1 (bigwig.baldwin.cx); Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:50:57 -0500 (EST) X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.95.1 at bigwig.baldwin.cx X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.4 required=4.2 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.2.5 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on bigwig.baldwin.cx Cc: Subject: Re: 8.0-RELEASE -> -STABLE and size of / 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, 08 Feb 2010 14:50:58 -0000 On Friday 05 February 2010 9:00:51 am Oliver Fromme wrote: > Randi Harper wrote: > > Marian Hettwer wrote: > > > +1 vote for making / bigger. > > > At least a size where a make installkernel runs through. > > > > This is going to happen. It's been on my to-do list for a while, as I > > find it increasingly annoying. The default sizes of all mount points > > need to be tweaked a bit. Be patient, there will be some new changes > > going into sysinstall very soon. > > Revisiting sysinstall's default partition sizes is certainly > a good idea. > > However, I think it makes a lot of sense to *not* install > symbol files in /boot/kernel by default. I can't think of > a good reason why they need to be there by default, and > they're what causes the space problems for the root FS in > the first place. > > Please change the default. It makes debugging kernel crashes for simpler and easier. For example, with the kernel symbols installed, the crashinfo(8) script can generate useful information after a crash on an out-of-the-box system. -- John Baldwin