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Date:      Mon, 20 Dec 1999 21:53:40 -0800 (PST)
From:      Tom <tom@uniserve.com>
To:        David Schwartz <davids@webmaster.com>
Cc:        tsikora@powerusersbbs.com, FreeBSD Stable <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   RE: SOFTUPDATES
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9912202150410.2093-100000@shell.uniserve.ca>
In-Reply-To: <000001bf4b6b$c07acb40$021d85d1@youwant.to>

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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 "/".

> 	DS

Tom



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