Subject: Re: savecore_flags="-z"
To: None <hubert.feyrer@informatik.fh-regensburg.de>
From: David Brownlee <abs@mono.org>
List: tech-kern
Date: 11/10/1999 22:20:12
> On Wed, 10 Nov 1999, David Brownlee wrote:
> > 	Any reason this isn't on by default?
> > 	Its probably going to save more trouble than it could cause...

On Thu, 11 Nov 1999, Simon Burge wrote:
>
> I'd guess because gdb can't read a .gz file...

	Its only an issue on a machine that has dumped core, and anyone
	regularly debugging crashdumps will set aside enough space, and
	rmeove the -z. For those less familiar with the process we
	should have a default that is more likely to fit the crashdump,
	and less likely to fill their /var.

On Wed, 10 Nov 1999, Hubert Feyrer wrote:
>
> speed?

	If there are enough easily compressible pages it may even take
	less time :) Seriously - if I'm in a real hurry I hit ^C on
	savecore now - if I'm not in a hurry I don't mind if it takes
	twice as long. Its not ideal, but with the above I still think
	its the better overall.

		David/absolute