OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/openSUSE:Factory/kexec-tools?expand=0&rev=30

README.SUSE

@@ -357,8 +357,9 @@ saving any data. Also don't use the currently used swap partition.
 
 This option specifies how many previous dumps are kept. If the number of
 saved dump files exceeds this number, the dumper removes older dumps. 
-You can prevent automatic removal by setting this to "0" (zero). The
-default value is "5".
+You can prevent automatic removal by setting this to "0" (zero). 
+Set KDUMP_KEEP_OLD_DUMPS to "-2" is you want to delete all old dumps 
+before saving the new dump. The default value is "5".
 
 
 - KDUMP_FREE_DISK_SIZE

kexec-tools.changes

@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Jul 27 14:56:14 CEST 2007 - bwalle@suse.de
+
+- update documentation for deleting all dumps (#302257)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Jul 17 07:25:19 CEST 2007 - olh@suse.de
 

kexec-tools.spec

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Requires:       %insserv_prereq %fillup_prereq
 Autoreqprov:    on
 Summary:        Tools for fast kernel loading
 Version:        1.101
-Release:        119
+Release:        122
 Source:         %{name}-%{package_version}.tar.bz2
 Source1:        kdump
 Source2:        sysconfig.kdump
@@ -142,6 +142,8 @@ true   # ignore errors
 /var/adm/fillup-templates/sysconfig.kdump
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Jul 27 2007 - bwalle@suse.de
+- update documentation for deleting all dumps (#302257)
 * Tue Jul 17 2007 - olh@suse.de
 - workaround gcc code analyzing bug
 * Mon Jul 16 2007 - olh@suse.de

sysconfig.kdump

@@ -106,6 +106,9 @@ KDUMP_SAVEDIR="file:///var/log/dump"
 # exceeds this number, older dumps are removed.
 #
 # You can prevent the automatic removal by setting zero to this.
+# Set KDUMP_KEEP_OLD_DUMPS to "-2" is you want to delete all old
+# dumps before saving the new dump.
+#
 # The default value is 5.
 #
 KDUMP_KEEP_OLD_DUMPS=5