Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2004 10:20:10 -0800 (PST) From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: conf/63648: [PATCH] make the startup savecore(8) to compress saved cores by default Message-ID: <200403021820.i22IKALK013945@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR conf/63648; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org> To: Xin LI <delphij@frontfree.net> Cc: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: conf/63648: [PATCH] make the startup savecore(8) to compress saved cores by default Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2004 20:12:52 +0200 On Wed, Mar 03, 2004 at 12:48:01AM +0800, Xin LI wrote: [...] > 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. > > Index: rc.conf [...] > -savecore_flags="" # Used if dumpdev is enabled above, and present. > +savecore_flags="-z" # Used if dumpdev is enabled above, and present. I don't see much point making it the default, as it violates POLA. Many users expect ``gdb -k'' to just work, without needing to uncompress core first. Cheers, -- Ruslan Ermilov FreeBSD committer ru@FreeBSD.org
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