Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2011 10:01:24 -0700 (PDT) From: Jeremy Chadwick <freebsd@jdc.parodius.com> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Cc: Steven Hartland <killing@multiplay.co.uk> Subject: docs/159650: dumpdev variable was changed to "no" on September 2009 Message-ID: <20110810170124.EE661102C19@icarus.home.lan> Resent-Message-ID: <201108101710.p7AHAAvS061238@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 159650 >Category: docs >Synopsis: dumpdev variable was changed to "no" on September 2009 >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Wed Aug 10 17:10:09 UTC 2011 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Jeremy Chadwick >Release: FreeBSD 8.2-STABLE amd64 >Organization: >Environment: System: FreeBSD icarus.home.lan 8.2-STABLE FreeBSD 8.2-STABLE #0: Mon Aug 8 07:16:45 PDT 2011 root@icarus.home.lan:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/X7SBA_RELENG_8_amd64 amd64 >Description: In the following freebsd-stable@ discussion thread, the "dumpdev" rc.conf variable and its defaults have come under scrutiny: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2011-August/063543.html In September 2009 a commit was made to change the default value of dumpdev from "AUTO" to "NO": http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/etc/defaults/rc.conf#rev1.358.2.2 Yet the FreeBSD Handbook "Kernel Debugging" section 10.1.1 states: "AUTO is the default as of FreeBSD 6.0." Which is no longer true for any release/build past September 2009 (sans HEAD/CURRENT, where "AUTO" is still the default). >How-To-Repeat: n/a >Fix: Please update the Handbook to reflect reality. :-) Someone will need to review the RELENG_7 tag to see if/when src/etc/defaults/rc.conf was changed there as well. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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