Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2002 17:26:01 -0500 (EST) From: Mikhail Teterin <mi@aldan.algebra.com> To: jeh@FreeBSD.org Cc: iedowse@FreeBSD.org, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sbin/dump dump.8 main.c Message-ID: <200203012226.g21MQ1sP055468@aldan.algebra.com> In-Reply-To: <3C7FFECC.7F025DFB@FreeBSD.org>
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On 1 Mar, James E. Housley wrote: > Mikhail Teterin wrote: >> >> On 1 Mar, Ian Dowse wrote: >> > iedowse 2002/03/01 12:54:24 PST >> > >> > Modified files: >> > sbin/dump dump.8 main.c >> > Log: >> > Add a new "-S" flag to dump to allow it just print out dump estimate >> > size and then exit. >> >> Our (and NetBSD's) amanda port can be modified to use this feature, >> once it is MFC-ed. Currently it runs dump and watches the output. >> When it outputs the estimate, it kills the dump process(es)... >> >> Then, again, it may not be worth the trouble to check the version of >> the OS just for that... > How would you check for this from within ./configure? Most of the > checks are based upon trying someing and seeing if it fails. Amanda detects some other switches in configure now. Besides, the port can "Just Do It" [TM] if it knows for sure (from an OS bump, for example). > More importantly, are FreeBSD and NetBSD the only two with this > functionality? I will look into this after it is MFC'd. Our port > system will be able to know, after the next os bump. Cool. Thanks :) -mi To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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