From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 2 08:50:20 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F0DE616A4CF for ; Tue, 2 Mar 2004 08:50:19 -0800 (PST) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D49FF43D3F for ; Tue, 2 Mar 2004 08:50:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) i22GoJbv002930 for ; Tue, 2 Mar 2004 08:50:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id i22GoJhS002929; Tue, 2 Mar 2004 08:50:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats) Resent-Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2004 08:50:19 -0800 (PST) Resent-Message-Id: <200403021650.i22GoJhS002929@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org (GNATS Filer) Resent-To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, Xin LI Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B70816A4CE for ; Tue, 2 Mar 2004 08:48:08 -0800 (PST) Received: from ftp.bjpu.edu.cn (ftp.bjpu.edu.cn [202.112.78.5]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D847843D1D for ; Tue, 2 Mar 2004 08:48:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from delphij@frontfree.net) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ftp.bjpu.edu.cn (Postfix) with ESMTP id 332F552AB for ; Wed, 3 Mar 2004 00:48:06 +0800 (CST) Received: from ftp.bjpu.edu.cn ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (ftp.bjpu.edu.cn [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 69495-09 for ; Wed, 3 Mar 2004 00:48:05 +0800 (CST) Received: from beastie.frontfree.net (beastie.frontfree.net [218.107.145.7]) by ftp.bjpu.edu.cn (Postfix) with ESMTP id E20B652A0 for ; Wed, 3 Mar 2004 00:48:04 +0800 (CST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by beastie.frontfree.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6EA6911CAD for ; Wed, 3 Mar 2004 00:48:04 +0800 (CST) Received: from beastie.frontfree.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (beastie.frontfree.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 03266-03 for ; Wed, 3 Mar 2004 00:48:02 +0800 (CST) Received: by beastie.frontfree.net (Postfix, from userid 1001) id E352611C97; Wed, 3 Mar 2004 00:48:01 +0800 (CST) Message-Id: <20040302164801.E352611C97@beastie.frontfree.net> Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2004 00:48:01 +0800 (CST) From: Xin LI To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: 3.113 Subject: conf/63648: [PATCH] make the startup savecore(8) to compress saved cores by default X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Xin LI List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 02 Mar 2004 16:50:20 -0000 >Number: 63648 >Category: conf >Synopsis: [PATCH] make the startup savecore(8) to compress saved cores by default >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: change-request >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Tue Mar 02 08:50:19 PST 2004 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Xin LI >Release: FreeBSD 5.2-CURRENT i386 >Organization: The FreeBSD Simplified Chinese Project >Environment: System: FreeBSD beastie.frontfree.net 5.2-CURRENT FreeBSD 5.2-CURRENT #40: Tue Mar 2 17:38:46 CST 2004 delphij@beastie.frontfree.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/BEASTIE i386 >Description: The savecore(8) provided the ablity to save kernel dumps after a crash, also, it can save gzip(1)'ed copies of the coredumps. On a machine having big RAM, it will be a nightmare to have many coredumps saved in /var/crash, and compressing it by default will make unattended boxes possible to have more dumps saved. For users do not want to save a compressed coredumps, it is always possible to set savecore_flags="" in rc.conf. >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: I proposal the attached patch against src/etc/defaults/rc.conf. --- patch-rc.conf begins here --- Index: rc.conf =================================================================== RCS file: /home/mirror/freebsd/ncvs/src/etc/defaults/rc.conf,v retrieving revision 1.198 diff -u -r1.198 rc.conf --- rc.conf 3 Feb 2004 11:26:08 -0000 1.198 +++ rc.conf 2 Mar 2004 16:37:04 -0000 @@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ usbd_flags="" # Flags to usbd (if enabled). dumpdev="NO" # Device name to crashdump to (or NO). dumpdir="/var/crash" # Directory where crash dumps are to be stored -savecore_flags="" # Used if dumpdev is enabled above, and present. +savecore_flags="-z" # Used if dumpdev is enabled above, and present. enable_quotas="NO" # turn on quotas on startup (or NO). check_quotas="YES" # Check quotas on startup (or NO). accounting_enable="NO" # Turn on process accounting (or NO). --- patch-rc.conf ends here --- >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: