Date: Tue, 05 Jul 2016 11:01:33 -0700 (PDT) From: "Jeffrey Bouquet" <jbtakk@iherebuywisely.com> To: "current" <current@freebsd.org> Subject: Issues to maybe prioritize before pkg-base Message-ID: <E1bKUf7-00061e-KQ@rmm6prod02.runbox.com>
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Main disk would not boot cleanly. could not fsck_ffs, cannot find inode files went missing from /etc (make.conf, pf.conf, firewall*,=20 file went missing from rc.d files went missing from /etc/X11 shell history file remained locked. find suddenly could not find /usr/local/lib/*/libc.so.5 freecolor could not find its libraries Xorg could not find lib* in /usr/local/lib etc somewhat fixed those from backup. Which hosed the latest pkg install * upgrades (byobu bump, etc) which I rei= nstalled Put the disk on backup, latter mountroot, ran fsck_ffs on the failing disk = /root and /usr, multiple times, ...... Inexplicably got all libraries back, working, and files restored AS FAR AS = I KNOW but as usual in this case, which happens at least twice a year, although I = restore the desktop and programs (usually) to a working state, with adequate backup= s, ..... Why is there not some feature to build more resilency into the operating sy= stem, so that it could at least detect (spare copies of .so. in the background, auto chec= k etc...) no matter if it takes more time upon boot, how to self-repair (for newbies = or INSTALLWORLD fixes) rather than repair piecemeal by *experienced users* (2004 here) that cannot= be retold without complaint, in other words, document failures and retool base tools = for more reliability upon inode-disappearing loss of files and directories, especial= ly in the case of /etc /boot etc which are critical to booting to a non-single-user environme= nt. .... Why is there ^^^^^^^^^^^, I suspect, not enough coders, time... which is why I feel the need to post this issue here, as long as there IS N= OT enough coders, time, maybe before pkg-base is fully implemented "pkg-base" could b= e made resilient to the above type errors. ( sudden missing .so. during a pkg base= upgrade, for example...)=20=20=20=20=20=20 Just as a sort of feature request, delay it a year or so to make the binar= ies BIGGER and more capable, static not dynamic, etc... ,,,, No real contributing input above... I apologize in advance, if you will all= ow me to do so, just a freebsd end-user here, no time to contribute due to other issues.=20=
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