Date: Mon, 20 Dec 1999 22:05:42 -0800 From: "David Schwartz" <davids@webmaster.com> To: "Tom" <tom@uniserve.com> Cc: <tsikora@powerusersbbs.com>, "FreeBSD Stable" <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: SOFTUPDATES Message-ID: <000001bf4b79$69c8b330$021d85d1@youwant.to> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9912202150410.2093-100000@shell.uniserve.ca>
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> On Mon, 20 Dec 1999, David Schwartz wrote: > > ... > > Enabling softupdates on / is not recommended primarily because that > > filesystem is not frequently written to. Another reason not to enable > > softupdates on / is that you may not have enough free space to > do a 'make > > world' (softupdates delays the returning of empty space to the > filesystem). > > One final reason is possible increased risk. > > I don't know anyone who recommends against softupdates on root. I > understand it just isn't exactly straightforward to enable (see archives) > > I don't understand your comment about "make world", as I don't see how > that would be a problem, unless you only have a tiny amount of free space > in "/". Most people keep the amount of free space on / minimal. I did a default FreeBSD install on a machine, and it did this: Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Avail Capacity Mounted on /dev/da0s1a 31743 19641 9563 67% / /dev/da0s1f 3929331 982235 2632750 27% /usr /dev/da0s1e 29751 2220 25151 8% /var DS To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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