Re: uSD related: default rc.conf and fstab

[tlaronde%polynum.com@localhost]

On Mon, Jul 22, 2019 at 01:44:29PM +0200, Manuel Bouyer wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 22, 2019 at 12:45:43PM +0200, tlaronde%polynum.com@localhost wrote:
> > 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).
> 
> So it's in weekly.conf that is has to be disabled.

You are right. If I don't want at all the mandb, I need to set:

/etc/rc.conf: makemandb=NO
/etc/daily.conf: run_makemandb=NO # because if not existing, it builds
/etc/weekly.conf: rebuild_mandb=NO # because it forces rebuild

(and the question goes probably as well for rebuild_locatedb too).
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