From owner-svn-src-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 10 14:32:39 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1307B1065672; Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:32:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kensmith@cse.Buffalo.EDU) Received: from phoebe.cse.buffalo.edu (phoebe.cse.buffalo.edu [128.205.32.89]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C01348FC1E; Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:32:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [128.205.32.76] (bauer.cse.buffalo.edu [128.205.32.76]) (authenticated bits=0) by phoebe.cse.buffalo.edu (8.14.1/8.13.7) with ESMTP id n8AEWWQv037042 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Thu, 10 Sep 2009 10:32:38 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from kensmith@cse.buffalo.edu) From: Ken Smith To: John Baldwin In-Reply-To: <200909101023.44913.jhb@freebsd.org> References: <200909101404.n8AE41C6021588@svn.freebsd.org> <200909101023.44913.jhb@freebsd.org> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg="pgp-sha1"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-p89po3VOkzyAQyzrNtiE" Organization: U. Buffalo CSE Department Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 10:32:29 -0400 Message-Id: <1252593149.75144.18.camel@bauer.cse.buffalo.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.24.5 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port X-DCC--Metrics: phoebe.cse.buffalo.edu 1335; Body=0 Fuz1=0 Fuz2=0 Cc: svn-src-stable@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable-8@freebsd.org, Ken Smith 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 X-BeenThere: svn-src-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for all the -stable branches of the src tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:32:39 -0000 --=-p89po3VOkzyAQyzrNtiE Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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=3D"" # Flags to lpd (if enab= led > > nscd_enable=3D"NO" # Run the nsswitch caching daemon. > > chkprintcap_enable=3D"NO" # Run chkprintcap(8) before running lpd= . > > chkprintcap_flags=3D"-d" # Create missing directories by default= . > > -dumpdev=3D"AUTO" # Device to crashdump to (device name, = AUTO, or NO). > > +dumpdev=3D"NO" # Device to crashdump to (device name, AUTO, or= NO). > > dumpdir=3D"/var/crash" # Directory where crash dumps are to be stored > > savecore_flags=3D"" # Used if dumpdev is enabled above, and present= . > > crashinfo_enable=3D"YES" # Automatically generate crash dump sum= mary. >=20 > 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... --=20 Ken Smith - From there to here, from here to | kensmith@cse.buffalo.edu there, funny things are everywhere. | - Theodore Geisel | --=-p89po3VOkzyAQyzrNtiE Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEABECAAYFAkqpDf0ACgkQ/G14VSmup/Z6uACaArSRA3xuAlaSgzkJnnLuo4Hf 9GYAn3J0nrqpE7ylVH/u2Wh0BS0gB3AP =D9Fc -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-p89po3VOkzyAQyzrNtiE--