Re: uSD related: default rc.conf and fstab

[tlaronde%polynum.com@localhost]

On Mon, Jul 22, 2019 at 12:38:10PM +0200, Manuel Bouyer wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 22, 2019 at 10:52:02AM +0200, tlaronde%polynum.com@localhost wrote:
> > I'm wondering about uSD related settings (in the default image).
> > 
> > In order to reduce the writes on the card, wouldn't be advisable to
> > set:
> > 
> > makemandb=NO
> > 
> > in the initial /etc/rc.conf (to register this particular point)? (there
> > are probably others but this one tends to create a lot of data in /var).
> 
> AFAIK this will write to the disk only if an update is needed, so only
> if something else changed in the system.
> 

in /etc/weekly, it forces the rewrite from scratch ("-f" flag).
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