From owner-freebsd-doc Sun Jan 20 20:20:18 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C174D37B41F for ; Sun, 20 Jan 2002 20:20:01 -0800 (PST) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g0L4K1344692; Sun, 20 Jan 2002 20:20:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats) Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2002 20:20:01 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200201210420.g0L4K1344692@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Cc: From: Tom Rhodes Subject: Re: docs/34036: [PATCH] Kernel Config Chapter, not 4.5 ready Reply-To: Tom Rhodes Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR docs/34036; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Tom Rhodes To: Ceri Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: docs/34036: [PATCH] Kernel Config Chapter, not 4.5 ready Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2002 23:19:51 -0500 Ceri wrote: >On Fri, Jan 18, 2002 at 11:40:41AM -0500, Tom Rhodes wrote: > >>Ceri wrote: >> >>>On Fri, Jan 18, 2002 at 10:26:32AM -0500, Tom Rhodes wrote: >>> >>>>+ are already enabled in the >>>> >>>Did I hear someone say on -doc earlier this week that SoftUpdates is to be >>>considered singular ? >>> >>I sup'd the source yesterday to verify that (I remember something along >>that line) but in my 4.5 GENERIC file, it is listed as plural, and it >>builds fine without modification, so I just left it be :) >> > >I meant more as in : > is already enabled .... > >>>Could also mention newfs -U ? >>> >>Thanks for pointing out the -U option, but isn't that for a NEW filesystem? >> > >Certainly is, yes. > >>I can understand pointing this out, but that is with a new filesystem, >>and figured a need to only point out how to enable softupdates, I >>suppose adding a &man.newfs.8 wouldn't hurt at all though :) >> > >I reckon; I find it a lot less hassle to just do : > newfs -U /dev/whatever >than: > newfs /dev/whatever && tunefs -n enable /dev/whatever > >Laziness _is_ a virtue :) > >Ceri > > More or less depends on how you set up your hard drive though, I would not recommend you play around with newfs on a /usr partition :) Thinking that most users would already have their system setup before compiling a kernel was the idea in mind when I wrote this, and that they would also enable softupdates on current partitions. I suppose, however, a man link or quick info line would not hurt one bit, should I submit another patch or just revise the section if/when this is commited? --Tom Rhodes To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message