Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2005 20:50:05 GMT From: Maxim Konovalov <maxim@macomnet.ru> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/80468: rc.conf's "dumpdev" does not accept AUTO as documented Message-ID: <200504292050.j3TKo5m0069547@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/80468; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Maxim Konovalov <maxim@macomnet.ru> To: Palle Girgensohn <girgen@rambutan.pingpong.net> Cc: des@freebsd.org, bug-followup@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bin/80468: rc.conf's "dumpdev" does not accept AUTO as documented Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2005 00:43:03 +0400 (MSD) > >Release: FreeBSD 5.4-PRERELEASE i386 [...] > >Description: > the man page for rc.conf: > > dumpdev (str) Indicates the device (usually a swap partition) to > which a crash dump should be written in the event of a system > crash. If the value of this variable is ``AUTO'', the first > suitable swap device listed in /etc/fstab will be used as > dump device. Otherwise, the value of this variable is passed > as the argument to dumpon(8). To disable crash dumps, set > this variable to ``NO''. > > but the /etc/rc.d/savecore script will fail if dumpdev="AUTO", since > the code described in the man page seems not to be implemented. I > couldn't get dumpon to work either. > >How-To-Repeat: > set dumpdev="AUTO" in rc.conf > crash the machine and you won't be able to retrieve a crash dump (grr) This part of man page was accidentally merged from HEAD in rev. 1.221.2.7. Perhaps better to MFC etc/rc.d/savecore from HEAD too. -- Maxim Konovalov
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