First time dbus reminder
I’ve mentioned dbus and DragonFly a few times; here’s one of those “you will eventually do this” tidbits: if for some reason you are installing it for the first time, remember to start it with the rc script.
Lazy Reading for 2019/07/21
Accidental theme: heavy metal.
A literary appreciation of the Olson/Zoneinfo/tz database. Found while researching tz formats.
Buster Keaton: slapstick anarchism. A continuation of an article I linked before.
An Illustrated history of Easter Eggs. Delightful! (video, via)
crontab converter for different time zones in unix?
lowRISC has ope [...]
In Other BSDs for 2019/07/20
And overflow continues! I am secretly pleased.
Nginx and acme-client on OpenBSD.
random ip id comments. Linked cause OpenBSD and DragonFly are specially noted for IP ID handling.
DTracing PostGres. (via).
What is the overarching philosophy of BSD that defines the OS family?
OpenBSD::Unveil(3p) added to -current. I like this sort of exter [...]
st supported in DragonFly
Thanks to Aaron LI, st (“suckless terminal” I assume) is supported in termcap in DragonFly.
BSDNow 307: Twitching with OpenBSD
BSD Now 307 accomplishes another trifecta week, mentioning Free, Net, and Open, and also mentioning that vBSDCon’s call for papers closes tomorrow – I’m mentioning it now cause it’ll be too late to mention for In Other BSDs this weekend.
em, igb updates in DragonFly
If you are running an em(4) or igb(4) device in DragonFly, Sepherosa Ziehau has updated the drivers. This brings it to Intel driver versions em-7.7.4 and igb-2.5.6.
SEMIBUG tonight: OpenBSD on the deskt...
Hopefully I am not too late posting this: SEMIBUG meets tonight, and the presentation is Eddie Thieda, talking about OpenBSD on the desktop.
FreeBSD.org Outgoing Email System Cha...
Due to circumstances beyond our control, we need to change the outgoing SMTP server address for FreeBSD.org email. We are aware that there are going to be challenges due to SMTP sender reputation systems.
tcp keepalive and dports on DragonFly
DragonFly’s tcp keepalive was changed from milliseconds to seconds. This happened in both DragonFly-current and in the 5.6 release, and it changes the networking API, which means a dports rebuild is needed… or a pkg upgrade, for which happily all packages have been rebuilt. So, on your next update of the system, be sure to updat [...]
[FreeBSD-Announce] FreeBSD.org outgoi...
Due to circumstances beyond our control, we need to change the outgoing SMTP
server address for FreeBSD.org email. We are aware that there are going to be
challenges due to SMTP sender reputation systems.
At present, email is sent
Lazy Reading for 2019/07/14
Who can recommend a dynamic DNS service? (I’d like to know from direct experience, not Googling.) I’ve been using Dyn for years, but they’ve been unintelligibly merged into the Oracle behemoth, and I need to change.
Paper Books Can’t Be Shut Off from Afar. (via)
Trajectories for the future of software. (also via)
Chain [...]
In Other BSDs for 2019/07/13
Done early, for once! I managed to complete this by Thursday night.
LLDB: watchpoints, XSTATE in ptrace() and core dumps.
OpenBSD Community goes Platinum for 2019!
Streaming to Twitch using OpenBSD.
High quality / low latency VOIP server with umurmur/Mumble on OpenBSD.
OPNsense 19.1.10 released, and then OPNsense 19.7 RC1 released.
vBSDCon& [...]
Scriptable audio on BSD
This could be an In Other BSDs item, but it’s worth highlighting: saugns is a “Scriptable AUdio GeNeration System”; a utility for generating sounds – specifically FM modulation, in a way that will make you think “synthesizers!” There’s a whole language behind it, and the program, as the author, Joel [...]
OpenBSD::Unveil(3p) added to -current
Andrew Fresh (afresh1@)
has
committed
OpenBSD::Unveil(3p),
a Perl interface to
unveil(2):
CVSROOT: /cvs
Module name: src
Changes by: afresh1@cvs.openbsd.org 2019/07/09 14:41:54
Added files:
gnu/usr.bin/perl/cpan/OpenBSD-Unveil: Unveil.xs
gnu/usr.bin/perl/cpan/OpenBSD-Unveil/lib/OpenBSD: Unveil.pm
gnu/usr.bin/perl/cpan/Op [...]
BSD Now 306: Comparing Hammers
BSD Now 306 is up, with the normal mix of stories about multiple BSDs… Except two separate ones are about DragonFly, so this week is extra good.
An easier upgrade on DragonFly
You’re probably used to the ‘make buildworld; make buildkernel; make installkernel; etc etc’ dance on each upgrade at this point. ‘Tse’ has created a script that rolls that all up into a single action.
aggr(4) driver added to -current
David Gwynne (dlg@) has
committed to -current
a dedicated
Link Aggregation (EEE 802.1AX)
driver,
aggr(4).
The
main commit message
explains the raison d\'être:
CVSROOT: /cvs
Module name: src
Changes by: dlg@cvs.openbsd.org 2019/07/04 19:35:58
Added files:
sys/net : if_aggr.c
Log message:
add aggr(4), a dedi [...]
The PDP-7 Where Unix Began
Serial Number of First Unix SystemIn preparation for a talk on Seventh Edition Unix this fall, I stumbled upon a service list from DEC for all known PDP-7 machines. From that list, and other sources, I believe that PDP-7 serial number 34 was the original Unix machine. PDP-7 System from DEC sales literatureBuilding The CaseWe know from (Read [...]
[FreeBSD-Announce] FreeBSD 11.3-RELEA...
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FreeBSD 11.3-RELEASE Announcement
The FreeBSD Release Engineering Team is pleased to announce the
availability of FreeBSD 11.3-RELEASE. This is the fourth release of the
stable/11 branch.
Some of the highlights:
* The clang, llvm, lld, lldb, and compil [...]
NYCBUG: Everyday ZFS with Brian Reyno...
Brian Reynolds will be presenting on “Everyday ZFS” at the next NYCBUG meeting, tomorrow, at the usual location. Go, if you are near.
