Theo de Raadt (deraadt@)
posted to tech@:
Sometime in the last week OpenBSD crossed 400,000 commits (*) upon all
our repositories since starting at 1995/10/18 08:37:01 Canada/Mountain.
That’s a lot of commits by a lot of amazing people.
(*) b…
In a move bound to be greeted with great enthusiasm, the newly-released
Patch 012
for OpenBSD 6.5 adds
sysupgrade(8)
to the system.
Readers are encouraged to show their appreciation by
donating!
Theo de Raadt (deraadt@)
has changed
newvers.sh
to
6.6:
CVSROOT: /cvs
Module name: src
Changes by: deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org 2019/10/01 11:19:04
Modified files:
sys/conf : newvers.sh
Log message:
stop this -current stuff
Wh…
Support for
the sgi hardware platform
has been discontinued:
CVSROOT: /cvs
Module name: www
Changes by: deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org 2019/09/25 05:28:00
Modified files:
. : plat.html
Log message:
discontinue sgi.
(On the o3…
Note there’s several BUG meetings coming up. KnoxBUG meets Monday, talking about home labs. Pure sh bible. POSIX sh, not bashisms, for once. (via) ZFS is not a universal filesystem that is always good for all workloads. Neither is HAMMER. It’s interesting to think of the edge cases. Taking NetBSD kernel bug roast to the …
EuroBSDcon 2019
has concluded, and materials for the OpenBSD-related talks can be found in
the usual place.
At the time of writing, official video recordings are not yet available,
but the organisers assure us that they will be as soon as the edi…
Whee! Ori Bernstein will be giving the October talk at NYCBUG. EuroBSDCon 2019 is happening right now. It might be streamed, though I haven’t yet found a link for that. (via) BSD Pizza Night: 2019/09/26, 7–9PM, Portland, Oregon, USA. Pinebook Pro, coming soon. Good for ARM development, but not a normal workstation. (via) The return …
Mark Kettenis (kettenis@) has recently
committed
changes
which restore a certain amount of
startx(1)/xinit(1)
functionality for non-root users.
The commit messages explain the situation:
Read more…
On his
blog,
Gilles Chehade (gilles@) has written
a very detailed article on running an
OpenSMTPD mail server.
The article begins:
TL;DR:
– NO TL;DR: this time, I spent hours writing, you should spend minutes reading.
– OK… I explain in WA…
On Monday, Otto (otto@) committed a small but significant change to the Firefox port.
Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2019 12:50:35 -0600 (MDT)
From: Otto Moerbeek <otto@[elided]>
To: ports-changes@openbsd.org
Subject: CVS: cvs.openbsd.org: ports
Send…
I have a number of BSD user group notifications here – please tell me if you have a group and I’m not regularly posting about it. NYCBUG meeting on the 4th: Setting up a convenient working environment, with Ivan Ivanov. I’ll post a reminder. ChiBUG is meeting on the 17th. RSVP on the mailing list …
The arm64 architecture has
joined
amd64 and i386
in having -stable package updates
available.
Incidentally, my employer, REDCOM, uses FreeBSD as a base for its main product, is deployed in rough areas and in high-security government locations, and is one of the few electronics manufacturers still working entirely in the U.S.. REDCOM also has jobs to fill in New York, where I work. Please, apply if you see a …
This is a somewhat pre-made post coming off a week on the road, so I packed it chock-full. The UNIX Philosophy in 2019. (via) Converse to previous: Brian Will – Replacing the Unix tradition. Summer Sun and microsystems. How does a “real” Unix system feel compared to *BSDs and Linux? GSoC 2019 Report Update: Incorporating …
In a very welcome development, Solene Rapenne (solene@) announced that binary package updates for the most popular platforms will be available for the latest OpenBSD release.
The announcement reads:
The OpenBSD base system has received binary …
A reminder: if you have a BSD user group and I’m not posting about your meetings, please make sure I know about it. The OpenBSD Ada Library. (via) BSD Link Roundup 7.29. Project Trident 19.07-U1 now available. No, wait, 12-U1 now available. Valuable News – 2019/07/29. Nvidia optimus drivers for FreeBSD. (via) OpenBGPD 6.5p1 released. …
Theo de Raadt (deraadt@)
has just
tagged
6.6-beta:
CVSROOT: /cvs
Module name: src
Changes by: deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org 2019/08/09 21:56:02
Modified files:
etc/root : root.mail
share/mk : sys.mk
sys/arch/macppc/stand/tbxid…
Stefan Sperling (stsp@) is developing a version control system,
"Game of Trees".
From <https://gameoftrees.org/>:
Game of Trees (Got) is a version control system which prioritizes ease of use and simplicity over flexibility.
Got …
Martijn van Duren (martijn@) has
committed
a new
Simple Network Management Protocol
(SNMP) client,
snmp(1):
CVSROOT: /cvs
Module name: src
Changes by: martijn@cvs.openbsd.org 2019/08/09 00:17:59
Added files:
usr.bin/snmp : Makefile mi…
A bumper crop this week! Video on OpenBSD, a presentation at NYCBUG by Andre Buskvekster, happening on the 7th. I’ll post a reminder on the 6th. OpenBSD ttyplot examples. Something blogged (on pkgsrcCon 2019). NetBSD 9.0 release process has started. Aarch64 support sounds good. TrueNAS 11.2 out. PHP and OpenBSD talk by Mario Campos on …