Bug 35967
| Summary: | rc.conf(5) manual missing "dumpdir" and "savecore_flags", etc. | ||
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| Product: | Documentation | Reporter: | Gary W. Swearingen <swear> |
| Component: | Books & Articles | Assignee: | Giorgos Keramidas <keramida> |
| Status: | Closed FIXED | ||
| Severity: | Affects Only Me | ||
| Priority: | Normal | ||
| Version: | Latest | ||
| Hardware: | Any | ||
| OS: | Any | ||
State Changed From-To: open->feedback I do see a dumpdir description in rc.conf(5), so it's not clear to me what needs to be changed. Can you please generate a diff against the -CURRENT version of the rc.conf man page? Thanks for all your work cleaning up our docs. State Changed From-To: feedback->open Gary was pointing his patch at STABLE, where the descriptions introduced by DES end last year didn't migrate to. Gary, I would like to work a bit on the rc.conf manual page with you if possible, since changing these three entries leaves a bit taste in my mouth with regard to inconsistent style throughout the entire document. State Changed From-To: open->patched "dumpdir" as already documented by the time I saw this. I've added a description of "savecore_flags" to rc.conf(5). Thanks for submitting this :) Responsible Changed From-To: freebsd-doc->keramida I'll handle the MFC. State Changed From-To: patched->closed Merged to STABLE. |
The rc.conf(5) manual is missing "dumpdir" and "savecore_flags" entries and this "dumpdev" entry needs updating: (str) If not set to ''NO'' then point kernel crash-dumps at the swap device specified as value. When the system restarts, a crash-dump found on the specified device will typically be stored in the /var/crash directory by the savecore(8) program. ================ Fix: dumpdev (str) If not set to ''NO'' then dumpon(8) is used to cause kernel crash dumps to be saved in the (usually swap) device specified as _value_. When the system restarts, a crash dump found on the specified device will be stored by the savecore(8) program using "savecore_flags" in the directory specified by the "dumpdir" value. Not effective unless crash occurs after booting with this set. See crash(8) manual for related info. dumpdir (str) Specifies the directory where a crash dump will be saved by savecore(8) during a post-crash-dump OS boot (if the directory exists). See "dumpdev". savecore_flags (str) The options (with leading "-") for savecore(8) to use during post-crash-dump OS boot. See "dumpdev". How-To-Repeat: n/a ================