Bug 14152

Summary: rc.conf(5) manpage mentions defunct savecore_enable option
Product: Base System Reporter: Nathan Ahlstrom <nrahlstr>
Component: confAssignee: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh>
Status: Closed FIXED    
Severity: Affects Only Me    
Priority: Normal    
Version: 3.3-STABLE   
Hardware: Any   
OS: Any   
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Description Nathan Ahlstrom 1999-10-06 05:20:01 UTC 
	The rc.conf.5 manpage mentions the savecore_enable option.  This
    has been replaced by simply defining a dumpdev.

Fix: Here is a patch to rc.conf.5:
How-To-Repeat: 
	Attempt to enable savecore via this option.  Read /etc/rc:

	# enable dumpdev so that savecore can see it
	# /var/crash should be a directory or a symbolic link
	# to the crash directory if core dumps are to be saved.
	if [ "X${dumpdev}" != X"NO" -a -e ${dumpdev} -a -d /var/crash ]; then
        dumpon ${dumpdev}
        echo -n checking for core dump...
        savecore /var/crash
	fi
Comment 1 Sheldon Hearn freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 1999-10-06 10:01:00 UTC 
Responsible Changed
From-To: freebsd-bugs->sheldonh

I'll take this one.
Comment 2 Sheldon Hearn freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 1999-10-06 10:25:13 UTC 
State Changed
From-To: open->closed

I didn't use the submitted diff, because the dumpdev description was 
inadequate in the absence of the savecore_enable option. See the  
diff (I've committed a similar fix to HEAD and RELENG_3). Thanks for 
reporting this. :-)