On Thu, 2009-09-10 at 10:23 -0400, John Baldwin wrote: > > --- stable/8/etc/defaults/rc.conf Thu Sep 10 13:20:27 2009 > > (r197064) > > +++ stable/8/etc/defaults/rc.conf Thu Sep 10 14:04:00 2009 > > (r197065) > > @@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ lpd_flags="" # Flags to lpd (if enabled > > nscd_enable="NO" # Run the nsswitch caching daemon. > > chkprintcap_enable="NO" # Run chkprintcap(8) before running lpd. > > chkprintcap_flags="-d" # Create missing directories by default. > > -dumpdev="AUTO" # Device to crashdump to (device name, AUTO, > > or NO). > > +dumpdev="NO" # Device to crashdump to (device name, AUTO, or NO). > > dumpdir="/var/crash" # Directory where crash dumps are to be stored > > savecore_flags="" # Used if dumpdev is enabled above, and present. > > crashinfo_enable="YES" # Automatically generate crash dump summary. > > Are we sure we want to change this? It is set to "AUTO" in stable/7.
It has been pointed out to me on the mailing lists that leaving it on
for stable/7 was an oversight, it is off on previous branches.
I can understand the motivation for it. In a data center full of
production machines crash dumps cause reboots to take longer and
potentially cause disk space issues. In those sorts of environments
it's best if by *default* the crash dumps don't happen and if an admin
finds they need it they turn it on.
This is one of those "There is no right answer" things...
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