Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2004 17:43:14 +0800 From: Xin LI <delphij@frontfree.net> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: conf/63648: [PATCH] make the startup savecore(8) to compress saved cores by default Message-ID: <20040306094314.GA231@frontfree.net> In-Reply-To: <200403060850.i268oDCk086096@freefall.freebsd.org> References: <200403060850.i268oDCk086096@freefall.freebsd.org>
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--k+w/mQv8wyuph6w0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Mar 06, 2004 at 12:50:13AM -0800, Kris Kennaway wrote: > The following reply was made to PR conf/63648; it has been noted by GNATS. >=20 > From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> > To: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org> > Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org > Subject: Re: conf/63648: [PATCH] make the startup savecore(8) to compress= saved cores by default > Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2004 00:50:03 -0800 >=20 > On Tue, Mar 02, 2004 at 10:20:10AM -0800, Ruslan Ermilov wrote: > > The following reply was made to PR conf/63648; it has been noted by GN= ATS. > >=20 > > From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org> > > To: Xin LI <delphij@frontfree.net> > > Cc: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org > > Subject: Re: conf/63648: [PATCH] make the startup savecore(8) to compr= ess saved cores by default > > Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2004 20:12:52 +0200 > >=20 > > On Wed, Mar 03, 2004 at 12:48:01AM +0800, Xin LI wrote: > > [...] > > > On a machine having big RAM, it will be a nightmare to have many=20 > > > coredumps saved in /var/crash, and compressing it by default will= =20 > > > make unattended boxes possible to have more dumps saved. > > > For users do not want to save a compressed coredumps, it=20 > > > is always possible to set savecore_flags=3D"" in rc.conf.=20 > > >=20 > > > Index: rc.conf > > [...] > > > -savecore_flags=3D"" # Used if dumpdev is enabled above, and presen= t. > > > +savecore_flags=3D"-z" # Used if dumpdev is enabled above, and pres= ent. > > =20 > > I don't see much point making it the default, as it violates POLA. > > Many users expect ``gdb -k'' to just work, without needing to > > uncompress core first. > =20 > I agree..as you say in your other response, that's what the variable is = there for. I agree, too. Will someone please close this PR? Thanks :-) Cheers, --=20 Xin LI <delphij frontfree net> http://www.delphij.net/ See complete headers for GPG key and other information. --k+w/mQv8wyuph6w0 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFASZ0yOfuToMruuMARAu/yAJ9CjUPuUZkkDioboEi8tbIAInRjpgCeIiMD 3MiVLdAY0SfVRPBte6WKkV0= =e+rk -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --k+w/mQv8wyuph6w0--
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