From owner-svn-src-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 10 15:00:42 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 31EE8106568D; Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:00:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gavin@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mail-gw2.york.ac.uk (mail-gw2.york.ac.uk [144.32.128.247]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B6CF88FC13; Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:00:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-gw6.york.ac.uk (mail-gw6.york.ac.uk [144.32.129.26]) by mail-gw2.york.ac.uk (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id n8AETCEG003595; Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:29:12 +0100 (BST) Received: from buffy-128.york.ac.uk ([144.32.128.160] helo=buffy.york.ac.uk) by mail-gw6.york.ac.uk with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1Mlke8-0001OY-3O; Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:29:12 +0100 Received: from buffy.york.ac.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by buffy.york.ac.uk (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n8AETBBY069401; Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:29:11 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from gavin@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from ga9@localhost) by buffy.york.ac.uk (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n8AETBMn069400; Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:29:11 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from gavin@FreeBSD.org) X-Authentication-Warning: buffy.york.ac.uk: ga9 set sender to gavin@FreeBSD.org using -f From: Gavin Atkinson To: Ken Smith In-Reply-To: <200909101404.n8AE41C6021588@svn.freebsd.org> References: <200909101404.n8AE41C6021588@svn.freebsd.org> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:29:11 +0100 Message-Id: <1252592951.49151.3.camel@buffy.york.ac.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.22.2 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port X-York-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-York-MailScanner-From: gavin@freebsd.org Cc: svn-src-stable@FreeBSD.org, svn-src-all@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, svn-src-stable-8@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 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 15:00:42 -0000 On Thu, 2009-09-10 at 14:04 +0000, Ken Smith wrote: > Author: kensmith > Date: Thu Sep 10 14:04:00 2009 > New Revision: 197065 > URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/197065 > > Log: > Remove extra debugging support that is turned on for head but turned off > for stable branches: > [...] > - turn off automatic crash dumps [...] > > Modified: stable/8/etc/defaults/rc.conf > ============================================================================== > --- 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. This seems like a step backwards to me: crash dumps have been left enabled in 7.x and have proved very useful from the point of view of improved quality of received PRs. I'm not aware of any problems relating to leaving them enabled. I'd appreciate it if this decision was reconsidered. Gavin