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Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 02:33:53 +0100
From: Nuno Teixeira <nunotex@pt-quorum.com>
To: Ian <freebsd@damnhippie.dyndns.org>
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Subject: Re: enable/disable softupdates in rc init idea
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On Tue, May 14, 2002 at 12:46:04PM -0600, Ian wrote:
> >> I'm talking about those who don't have console access and their system
> >> was installed without softupdates on.
> > 
> > I just stick the appropriate tunefs lines at the top of /etc/rc, reboot, and
> > then take the lines out again.
> > 
> > Chris
> > 
> 
> That strikes me as a much more sensible way to handle the problem than the
> original proposal, considering that enabling is very much a one-shot thing.
> 
> -- Ian
> 
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    Hi Ian,
    
    Yes. This is what I'm looking for.
    
    Suppose that when we do a:
    
    	1. tunefs -n enable||disable <filesystem> (any filesystem, any 
    state rw, ro ,etc)
    	
    	2. tunefs puts a "softupdate" bit on that filesystem
    
    	3. reboot, so that bit "softupdate" take effect
    
    I think this is a very "cool" solution but I don't know the 
    complications with `tunefs' C code.
    
    
    As you say, this is a "one-shot thing". There is the problem with 
    including this in /rc/ (like I said): "It works ok but this method is 
    *stupid* because we need to activate softupdates *only once* and not every 
    time that we reboot/start the machine.
    
        
    Thanks very much for your and all replies,
    
    		Nuno Teixeira
    	
    
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