re: install/41117: ddb.onpanic=0 in default sysctl.conf(5) could cause error

[matthew green <mrg%eterna.com.au@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR install/41117; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: matthew green <mrg%eterna.com.au@localhost>
To: christos%zoulas.com@localhost (Christos Zoulas)
Cc: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost, install-manager%netbsd.org@localhost,
    gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost, netbsd-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Subject: re: install/41117: ddb.onpanic=0 in default sysctl.conf(5) could cause 
error
Date: Thu, 02 Apr 2009 08:45:44 +1100

    
    | >Fix:
    | There are several suggestions in source-changes-d thread:
    | 
    | - add an option to sysctl(8) to ignore error
    |   http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/source-changes-d/2009/03/29/msg000144.html
    | 
    | - introduce a new syntax for sysctl(8) to see if the specified node is 
vaild
    |   http://mail-index.netbsd.org/source-changes-d/2009/03/29/msg000148.html
    | 
    | But for 5.0 release, we might need simpler workaround.
    | (adding a dummy ddb.onpanic stub for !DDB case in some source?)
    | 
    
    It is simpler and adds consistency to add ddb to the sparc kernel.
 
 
 that's not enough.  there are a bunch of ports that don't have
 DDB enabled by default.  and i don't see why they should be
 forced to... make the sysctl.conf handling smarter.
 
 
 .mrg.