SEMIBUG, SNMP, tonight
SEMIBUG’s next meeting is tonight, with Michael Lucas talking about SNMP. Go, if you are near.
Migrating FreshPorts from one db server to another
FreshPorts runs on a FreeBSD server which hosts multiple jails. Two of these jails run PostgreSQL server. When upgrading from one version of PostgreSQL to another, we run pg_dump in the new jail, and load the backup into that database server. I’m writing this blog post to keep track of this procedure so I do […]
u2k20 Hackathon Report: Alexandr Nedvedicky on PF anchors work
The first report from the just concluded u2k20 hackathon comes from Alexandr Nedvedicky (sashan@), who writes:
How to read a commit message (a.k.a. thank you Thomas for u2k20)
Commit messages just capture the brief summary of changes. Believe i…
Lazy Reading for 2020/01/19
No theme, just lots of links. 1978 “Heathkit” D&D Digital Dice Tower. Homebrew, Nixie tubes, D&D dice; this was made for me to link. VisiData, command line tabular data manipulation. (thanks, Paul Ivanov) The History of Games conference Call for Papers is out. (via) No leap second this year. Related: Did you know there is …
In Other BSDs for 2019/01/18
Unofficial theme: conventions. There’s lots of options this year; you should go. If you are reading this, you’re the right demographic to enjoy one. Upgrading FreeBSD from 11.3 to 12.1. VVVVVV seems to work fine on OpenBSD (6.6-current #595). ReDoomEd – works on BSD. (via) BSDCan 2020 is June 3-6 in Ottawa, and the Call for …
BSD Now 333: Unix Keyboard Joy
The most recent BSD Now episode is unfortunately not all about legacy hardware as I would enjoy, despite the title, but the usual mix of news items – mostly about new platforms to find BSD.
dragonflybsd.org line height
I for some reason set line height properties in the style sheet for dragonflybsd.org years ago, and it made scroll bars appear around all <pre> text. It’s taken me years, but I finally removed it. Anyone notice other effects than the lack…
OpenBSD Errata: January 17th, 2020 (inteldrmctx)
Errata patches for the kernel have been released for OpenBSD 6.5 and 6.6.
Execution Unit state was not cleared on context switch with Intel Gen9
graphics hardware.
Binary updates for the amd64 and i386 platforms are available via the
syspatch utility…
Learning 2 things
Sometimes you get 2 nice tips: I like seeing this NetBSD->FreeBSD->DragonFly cross pollination in this commit, and also now I know I can fsck a FAT volume on BSD.
3rd bonus: that last sentence sounds terribly rude.
Lazy Reading for 2020/01/12
Accidental themes this week: keyboards and game remakes. Indieweb; something I plan to explore more. Autocomplete as an interface. Heroes of Might and Magic 3, as open source game engine. (via) Hello World, a comparative exercise. (for one meaning of “better”) Why is Wednesday, November 17, 1858 the base time for OpenVMS? (via) Benchmarking shell …
pkg: vulnxml parsing error: no element found
Today I found this annoying situation on FreeBSD 12.1 in a FreeBSD 12.0 jail (neither of which are directly relevant to the problem at hand). [dan@serpico:~] $ sudo pkg audit -F vulnxml file up-to-date pkg: vulnxml parsing error: no element found pkg: cannot process vulnxml After a bit if thinking, I figured the vulnxml file […]
In Other BSDs for 2020/01/11
No theme evolved, but lots more links this week. Nextcloud 17 on FreeBSD 12.1. BSD user groups in Italy. (via) Announcing the pkgsrc-2019Q4 release. (via) HEADS UP: Wayland and WebRTC enabled for NetBSD 9/Linux. (pkgsrc, via) Unlock Your UNIX Laptop with Your Phone. I normally pull vermaden items directly from RSS, but the Lobste.rs comments …
Firefox pkg for 6.6-stable will not receive latest updates. [Updated]
An update has now been committed to the -stable branch for the latest firefox version, and the package is available for updating!
Previously, solene@ wrote:
Dear OpenBSD users, due to Firefox being too complicated to package (thanks to cbindgen an…
Firefox pkg for 6.6-stable will not receive latest updates.
Solene@ writes:
Dear OpenBSD users, due to Firefox being too complicated to package (thanks to cbindgen and rust dependencies) on the stable branch (as this would require testing all rust consumers), the 6.6-stable branch won’t receive updates for ww…
BSD Now 332: BSD Hyperbole
Today’s BSD Now rhymes, but you probably have to say it out loud to tell. They cover the new-at-least-to-me HyperbolaBSD, among other topics.
cpdup and microseconds
cpdup(1), a DragonFly copying tool that really should be more used, now uses microseconds for comparison. This is probably related to the sysctl vfs.timestamp_precision also now using microseconds. This probably won’t affect your usage of cpdup unless you are copying some very actively modified files, but I like to mention it in case someone feels …