Subject: Re: CVS commit: src/etc/defaults
To: David Brownlee <abs@netbsd.org>
From: Perry E. Metzger <perry@piermont.com>
List: source-changes
Date: 06/03/2004 14:18:46
David Brownlee <abs@netbsd.org> writes:
> On Thu, 3 Jun 2004, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
>> David Brownlee <abs@netbsd.org> writes:
>>> Add quota=YES and ldconfig=YES
>>
>> Why should either of these be defaults? Especially "quota"...
>
> You have to enable quotas on a filesystem before it will make
> any difference other than an extra line and tiny amount of time
> in bootup.
The time difference is noticeable on very old machines, and I don't
know anyone who uses quota. I think it should be off by default.
> I'll turn them both off on my systems to save that line, but
> if we're cleaning up bootup we run a mute inetd but default...
Default should reflect "normal usage" -- and quotas aren't normal any
more. (I wonder if the code even all works right any more...)
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Perry E. Metzger perry@piermont.com