From owner-freebsd-stable Tue Dec 21 11: 7:10 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from uni4nn.gn.iaf.nl (osmium.gn.iaf.nl [193.67.144.12]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 583A414F19 for ; Tue, 21 Dec 1999 11:07:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wilko@yedi.iaf.nl) Received: from yedi.iaf.nl (uucp@localhost) by uni4nn.gn.iaf.nl (8.9.2/8.9.2) with UUCP id TAA32004; Tue, 21 Dec 1999 19:13:49 +0100 (MET) Received: (from wilko@localhost) by yedi.iaf.nl (8.9.3/8.9.3) id TAA02825; Tue, 21 Dec 1999 19:34:43 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wilko) Date: Tue, 21 Dec 1999 19:34:43 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte To: Doug White Cc: tsikora@powerusersbbs.com, FreeBSD Stable Subject: Re: SOFTUPDATES Message-ID: <19991221193443.B2749@yedi.iaf.nl> References: <385EFAEF.5F286795@home.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: ; from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu on Tue, Dec 21, 1999 at 09:00:37AM -0800 X-OS: FreeBSD yedi.iaf.nl 3.3-STABLE FreeBSD 3.3-STABLE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, Dec 21, 1999 at 09:00:37AM -0800, Doug White wrote: > On Mon, 20 Dec 1999, Ted Sikora wrote: > > > Is anyone running the SOFTUPDATES option with Stable? I just enabled it > > and was wondering if there are any issues I should be aware of > > performance wise. Any problems? I enabled it for the /usr > > filesystem. Any reason why / is not specifically recommended? > > One other data point. > > Softupdates can cause some interesting deadlocks when a disk fills up. > Since /tmp is very susceptable to filling, you don't want softupdates set > on the /tmp volume either (which is generally /). Make that: 'which is generally, but really should not be, / ' -- Wilko Bulte Arnhem, The Netherlands - The FreeBSD Project WWW : http://www.tcja.nl http://www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message