Subject: Re: Why not softdep per default?
To: None <current-users@NetBSD.org>
From: Karsten Kruse <tecneeq@tecneeq.de>
List: current-users
Date: 03/29/2005 16:40:25
Johnny Billquist wrote:

>>is there any reason why softdep is not activated after a new installation
>>by default?

>>I use it for years (since 1.6 iirc) and it worked flawless for me. My
>>system fsck's after powerfailure, but i never lost anything or had to
>>repair a filesystem since i use it.

> Obviously it's not enough that it works for you.
> On a VAX, you're lucky if the system lives 10 minutes before it
> crash. And that is still true in -current.

I'm sorry to hear that.

But i don't see why it should not be possible to change sysinst to use
softdep on the ports where it is expected to work.

Karsten

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