On Thu, Dec 12, 2019 at 03:33:00PM +0100, Marko Cupać wrote:
> On Sun, 08 Dec 2019 12:01:37 +0100
> Antoine Jacoutot <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Actually having /var mounted over MFS is absolutely not supported
> > (because this is where we store rollback tarballs and where syspatch
> > checks to see whether a particular patch has been installed).
>
> With all due respect, where in official OpenBSD documentation can one
> read more about "having /var mounted over MFS is absolutely not
> supported"? Lately I see more and more of these ad-hoc proclamations in
> "trust me" style without nothing more than mailing list post to back
> them up.
You changed the FS type from the default used by the installer and expect
us to document for this case? You have it reverse. Where in the
documentation does OpenBSD tell you that using a MFS mounted /var is
perfectly OK and will not cause any trouble?
You ripped off the warranty sticker by using a non persistent file system
for a partition that includes things like:
backups/ Miscellaneous backup files.
db/ Miscellaneous, automatically generated system-
specific database files.
sysmerge/ Checksum files and reference sets for sysmerge(8).
syspatch/ Rollback tarballs and patch files for syspatch(8).
It should be fairly clear that these directories should not sit on a file
system that loses all changes on reboot or powerloss.
> > I will make that check stronger so that syspatch fails right away on
> > MFS-mounted /var.
>
> Way to go...
Guess it has to be done to protect us from people like you.
--
:wq Claudio
