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From: Robert Watson <rwatson@freebsd.org>
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Subject: dump -W core dumps with read-only /
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>Number:         69977
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       dump -W core dumps with read-only /
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    maxim
>State:          closed
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:  
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Aug 04 03:20:16 GMT 2004
>Closed-Date:    Mon Dec 27 13:05:01 GMT 2004
>Last-Modified:  Mon Dec 27 13:05:01 GMT 2004
>Originator:     Robert Watson
>Release:        FreeBSD 5-CURRENT i386
>Organization:
FreeBSD Project
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD elephant.netperf.freebsd.org 5.2-CURRENT FreeBSD 5.2-CURRENT #0: Tue Aug  3 21:31:23 EDT 2004     rwatson@zoo.freebsd.org:/zoo/rwatson/netperf/obj/zoo/rwatson/netperf/src/sys/UP  i386

>Description:

When netbooting to multi-user and a read-only /, I saw the following console
message:

Aug  4 03:04:46 elephant kernel: pid 677 (dump), uid 0: exited on signal 11

This occurs because the periodic scripts run "dump -W", which fails nastily
in the presence of an unwritable /.

elephant# dump -W
  DUMP: WARNING: no file `/etc/dumpdates', making an empty one
  DUMP: WARNING: cannot create /etc/dumpdates: Read-only file system
Last dump(s) done (Dump '>' file systems):
Segmentation fault

>How-To-Repeat:

Netboot with a read-only /.  Run "dump -W".

>Fix:

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
Responsible-Changed-From-To: freebsd-bugs->maxim 
Responsible-Changed-By: maxim 
Responsible-Changed-When: Thu Dec 2 13:46:32 GMT 2004 
Responsible-Changed-Why:  
Will fix shortly. 

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=69977 
State-Changed-From-To: open->patched 
State-Changed-By: maxim 
State-Changed-When: Thu Dec 2 13:57:33 GMT 2004 
State-Changed-Why:  
Fixed in -CURRENT. 

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=69977 
State-Changed-From-To: patched->closed 
State-Changed-By: maxim 
State-Changed-When: Mon Dec 27 13:04:39 GMT 2004 
State-Changed-Why:  
Fixed in RELENG_5 and RELENG_4 as well. 

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=69977 
>Unformatted:
