From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 10 17:10:10 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E93031065670 for ; Wed, 10 Aug 2011 17:10:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA4DB8FC13 for ; Wed, 10 Aug 2011 17:10:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p7AHAAb6061239 for ; Wed, 10 Aug 2011 17:10:10 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id p7AHAAvS061238; Wed, 10 Aug 2011 17:10:10 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Resent-Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2011 17:10:10 GMT Resent-Message-Id: <201108101710.p7AHAAvS061238@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org (GNATS Filer) Resent-To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, Jeremy Chadwick Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8CCBA106566B for ; Wed, 10 Aug 2011 17:01:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jdc@koitsu.dyndns.org) Received: from qmta11.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net (qmta11.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net [76.96.27.211]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 77BFA8FC16 for ; Wed, 10 Aug 2011 17:01:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from omta10.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.30.28]) by qmta11.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id Jgpm1h0080cQ2SLABh1Pon; Wed, 10 Aug 2011 17:01:23 +0000 Received: from koitsu.dyndns.org ([67.180.84.87]) by omta10.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id Jh1M1h00C1t3BNj8Wh1Ngo; Wed, 10 Aug 2011 17:01:23 +0000 Received: by icarus.home.lan (Postfix, from userid 1000) id EE661102C19; Wed, 10 Aug 2011 10:01:24 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <20110810170124.EE661102C19@icarus.home.lan> Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2011 10:01:24 -0700 (PDT) From: Jeremy Chadwick To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: 3.113 Cc: Steven Hartland Subject: docs/159650: dumpdev variable was changed to "no" on September 2009 X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Jeremy Chadwick List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2011 17:10:11 -0000 >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: