1. Release Notes for Oracle Linux 9.5
  2. New Features and Changes
  3. Operating System and Software Management

Operating System and Software Management

The following features, enhancements, and changes related to the OS and software management are introduced in this Oracle Linux 9 release.

systemd Core Management Update

In /etc/systemd/system.conf, the default value for the DefaultLimitCore option has changed. The default value is now unlimited:unlimited, which specifies that core dump file sizes are unlimited. This value was 0:infinity in previous releases, which meant that core dumps were disabled.

The following defaults for systemd-coredump storage have also changed:

  • In /etc/systemd/coredump.conf, the default size specified for core dumps is 1GiB.

  • Core dumps are deleted after 14 days.