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-rw-r--r--etc/defaults/rc.conf4
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/UPDATING b/UPDATING
index 40b3e5b..517e54b 100644
--- a/UPDATING
+++ b/UPDATING
@@ -26,6 +26,13 @@ NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 10.x IS SLOW:
disable the most expensive debugging functionality run
"ln -s 'abort:false,junk:false' /etc/malloc.conf".)
+20121217:
+ By default, only the 10 most recent kernel dumps will be saved. To
+ restore the previous behaviour (no limit on the number of kernel dumps
+ stored in the dump directory) add the following line to /etc/rc.conf:
+
+ savecore_flags=""
+
20121201:
With the addition of auditdistd(8), a new auditdistd user is now
depended on during installworld. "mergemaster -p" can be used to add
diff --git a/etc/defaults/rc.conf b/etc/defaults/rc.conf
index cc3e623..3760fc0 100644
--- a/etc/defaults/rc.conf
+++ b/etc/defaults/rc.conf
@@ -605,7 +605,9 @@ chkprintcap_enable="NO" # Run chkprintcap(8) before running lpd.
chkprintcap_flags="-d" # Create missing directories by default.
dumpdev="AUTO" # Device to crashdump to (device name, AUTO, or NO).
dumpdir="/var/crash" # Directory where crash dumps are to be stored
-savecore_flags="" # Used if dumpdev is enabled above, and present.
+savecore_flags="-m 10" # Used if dumpdev is enabled above, and present.
+ # By default, only the 10 most recent kernel dumps
+ # are saved.
crashinfo_enable="YES" # Automatically generate crash dump summary.
crashinfo_program="/usr/sbin/crashinfo" # Script to generate crash dump summary.
quota_enable="NO" # turn on quotas on startup (or NO).
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