which performance test tool to use?

2013-09-25 Thread takCoder
Hi everyone,

I need and am trying to find a way to run reliable performance tests on my
Network nodes.

I am looking for proper BSD-Based tools, which give me  information about
my systems' throughput, latency, packet-drop and alike in the performance
test family...

Would you please share your experiences with me?
It would be really kind of you t do so; Thank you all in advance.

Best Regards,
takCoder
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Re: Problems with 9.2-RC3

2013-09-25 Thread Walter Hurry
On Wed, 25 Sep 2013 19:46:39 -0300, Joseph Mingrone wrote:

> Walter Hurry  writes:
> 
>> Running 9.2-RC4 in a VirtualBox VM, I am having a few problems.
>>
>> FreeBSD freebsd.vm 9.2-RC3 FreeBSD 9.2-RC3 #1 r254965: Wed Aug 28
>> 04:17:40 BST 2013 r...@freebsd.vm:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/VM4  amd64
>>
>> At this stage I am reluctant to file PRs, as doubtless some of these
>> are of my own making.
>>
>> The first is that I cannot get port devel/xdg-utils to install. The
>> error is:
>>
>> ===>  Installing for xdg-utils-1.0.2.20130919 ===>   Registering
>> installation for xdg-utils-1.0.2.20130919 pkg-static:
>> lstat(/usr/ports/devel/xdg-utils/work/stage/usr/local/xdg-
>> desktop-icon.1): No such file or directory pkg-static:
>> lstat(/usr/ports/devel/xdg-utils/work/stage/usr/local/xdg-
>> desktop-menu.1): No such file or directory pkg-static:
>> lstat(/usr/ports/devel/xdg-utils/work/stage/usr/local/xdg- email.1): No
>> such file or directory pkg-static:
>> lstat(/usr/ports/devel/xdg-utils/work/stage/usr/local/xdg-
>> icon-resource.1): No such file or directory pkg-static:
>> lstat(/usr/ports/devel/xdg-utils/work/stage/usr/local/xdg- mime.1): No
>> such file or directory pkg-static:
>> lstat(/usr/ports/devel/xdg-utils/work/stage/usr/local/xdg- open.1): No
>> such file or directory pkg-static:
>> lstat(/usr/ports/devel/xdg-utils/work/stage/usr/local/xdg-
>> screensaver.1): No such file or directory pkg-static:
>> lstat(/usr/ports/devel/xdg-utils/work/stage/usr/local/xdg- settings.1):
>> No such file or directory *** [fake-pkg] Error code 74
>>
>> What have I done wrong? It seems fine on 9.1 and 10.0.
>>
>>
> There were some staging problems with ports.  Update your ports tree
> then upgrade ports-mgmt/pkg and the problem should resolve itself.

Thanks!

I cleared down the ports tree, did a fresh 'portsnap fetch extract', and 
all is now well in this regard.

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Re: minor vi/vim qstn

2013-09-25 Thread Gary Kline
Organization: Thought Unlimited.  Public service Unix since 1986.
Of_Interest: With 27 years  of service  to the  Unix  community.

On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 03:06:00AM +0200, Polytropon wrote:
> On Wed, 25 Sep 2013 17:21:04 -0700, Gary Kline wrote:
> > Organization: Thought Unlimited.  Public service Unix since 1986.
> > Of_Interest: With 27 years  of service  to the  Unix  community.
> > 
> > On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 12:23:27AM +0200, Polytropon wrote:
> > > On Wed, 25 Sep 2013 14:27:41 -0700, Gary Kline wrote:
> > > > am I misremembering this feature, or didnt vi have a syntax 
> > > > where
> > > > you typed something like:
> > > > 
> > > > % vi[#] or % vi [-2]  [or vi [-N]
> > > > 
> > > > to repeat the last or the second from last  command?  with my
> > > > shoulder sore bloody sore I need to save every key stroke.  
> > > 
> > > To repeat the last command, "." can be used.
> > > 
> > > The vi editor (and probably vim and gvim) supports
> > > according to "man vi":
> > > 
> > >[Vi]i[sual][!] [+cmd] [file]
> > >   Vi mode only.  Edit a new file.
> > > 
> > > Is this what you're searching for?
> > 
> > 
> > I THOGoHT it was "!", but lookit:
> > 
> > 
> > pts/14 17:11  [5010] vi sent
> > pts/14 17:11  [5011] vi!
> > zsh: command not found: vi!
> > pts/14 17:12  [5012]
> > 
> > ...  this is vi == vim.  
> > 
> > AHA:: found it.  it's [bang]
> > 
> > 
> > pts/14 17:17  [5016] vi sent
> > pts/14 17:17  [5017] !v
> > 
> > 
> > I'll tell ya, if vi disappeared , I'd end it all!
> 
> Ah, I see - you've been refering to repeating a _shell_
> command (so the question was regarding the shell, which
> in your case is Z shell).
> 
> You can probably use (like in the C shell) the arrow keys
> to browse the command history. Similarly, you can use the
> "!" command refering to the command number obtained
> by the "history" command. There's a handy alias defined
> globally for the C shell: "h" which means "history 25"
> (lists the last 25 commands), handy in regards of saving
> keystrokes. :-)
> 
> I assume the zsh is also capable of "filtered history":
> For example, you enter "vi s" and use the up and down
> arrow keys to browse all commands that have been entered
> starting with "vi s" (for example "vi sent", "vi stuff"
> and so on). If the system's csh can do this, zsh should
> also provide this useful feature.
> 
> And as your prompt "pts/14 17:12  [5012]" suggests,
> the command number is being shown. If this information
> is the same as the command number in the history, entering
> "!5010" would execute the 2nd from last command.
> 
> To repeat the last command, whatever it has been, "!!"
> can be used. Again, this works in csh, so I can't predict
> if it will work in zsh too, but I _assume_ it does.
> 
dunno how you know im using the zsh, but yup.  with the bang stuff
if you do a 

% !-3

you go back three vi cmds.  !-N, N cmds. 

thankfully there are shortcuts!

gary

ps: zsh is sort of a ksh clone; I remember porting the zsh onto
my 286 in 1989.  got a lot of csh-isms :)


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Re: minor vi/vim qstn

2013-09-25 Thread Polytropon
On Wed, 25 Sep 2013 17:21:04 -0700, Gary Kline wrote:
> Organization: Thought Unlimited.  Public service Unix since 1986.
> Of_Interest: With 27 years  of service  to the  Unix  community.
> 
> On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 12:23:27AM +0200, Polytropon wrote:
> > On Wed, 25 Sep 2013 14:27:41 -0700, Gary Kline wrote:
> > >   am I misremembering this feature, or didnt vi have a syntax where
> > >   you typed something like:
> > > 
> > >   % vi[#] or % vi [-2]  [or vi [-N]
> > >   
> > >   to repeat the last or the second from last  command?  with my
> > >   shoulder sore bloody sore I need to save every key stroke.  
> > 
> > To repeat the last command, "." can be used.
> > 
> > The vi editor (and probably vim and gvim) supports
> > according to "man vi":
> > 
> >[Vi]i[sual][!] [+cmd] [file]
> >   Vi mode only.  Edit a new file.
> > 
> > Is this what you're searching for?
> 
> 
>   I THOGoHT it was "!", but lookit:
> 
> 
> pts/14 17:11  [5010] vi sent
> pts/14 17:11  [5011] vi!
> zsh: command not found: vi!
> pts/14 17:12  [5012]
> 
> ...  this is vi == vim.  
> 
>   AHA:: found it.  it's [bang]
> 
> 
> pts/14 17:17  [5016] vi sent
> pts/14 17:17  [5017] !v
> 
> 
>   I'll tell ya, if vi disappeared , I'd end it all!

Ah, I see - you've been refering to repeating a _shell_
command (so the question was regarding the shell, which
in your case is Z shell).

You can probably use (like in the C shell) the arrow keys
to browse the command history. Similarly, you can use the
"!" command refering to the command number obtained
by the "history" command. There's a handy alias defined
globally for the C shell: "h" which means "history 25"
(lists the last 25 commands), handy in regards of saving
keystrokes. :-)

I assume the zsh is also capable of "filtered history":
For example, you enter "vi s" and use the up and down
arrow keys to browse all commands that have been entered
starting with "vi s" (for example "vi sent", "vi stuff"
and so on). If the system's csh can do this, zsh should
also provide this useful feature.

And as your prompt "pts/14 17:12  [5012]" suggests,
the command number is being shown. If this information
is the same as the command number in the history, entering
"!5010" would execute the 2nd from last command.

To repeat the last command, whatever it has been, "!!"
can be used. Again, this works in csh, so I can't predict
if it will work in zsh too, but I _assume_ it does.




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Re: minor vi/vim qstn

2013-09-25 Thread Gary Kline
Organization: Thought Unlimited.  Public service Unix since 1986.
Of_Interest: With 27 years  of service  to the  Unix  community.

On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 12:23:27AM +0200, Polytropon wrote:
> On Wed, 25 Sep 2013 14:27:41 -0700, Gary Kline wrote:
> > am I misremembering this feature, or didnt vi have a syntax where
> > you typed something like:
> > 
> > % vi[#] or % vi [-2]  [or vi [-N]
> > 
> > to repeat the last or the second from last  command?  with my
> > shoulder sore bloody sore I need to save every key stroke.  
> 
> To repeat the last command, "." can be used.
> 
> The vi editor (and probably vim and gvim) supports
> according to "man vi":
> 
>[Vi]i[sual][!] [+cmd] [file]
>   Vi mode only.  Edit a new file.
> 
> Is this what you're searching for?


I THOGoHT it was "!", but lookit:


pts/14 17:11  [5010] vi sent
pts/14 17:11  [5011] vi!
zsh: command not found: vi!
pts/14 17:12  [5012]

...  this is vi == vim.  

AHA:: found it.  it's [bang]


pts/14 17:17  [5016] vi sent
pts/14 17:17  [5017] !v


I'll tell ya, if vi disappeared , I'd end it all!

tx.

gary






> Or do you refer to command lines where "@:" would repeat the

-N T- 34/41: P> last command (started with ":")?
> 
> -- 
> Polytropon
> Magdeburg, Germany
> Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0
> Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...

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Re: Problems with 9.2-RC3

2013-09-25 Thread Joseph Mingrone
Walter Hurry  writes:

> Running 9.2-RC4 in a VirtualBox VM, I am having a few problems.
>
> FreeBSD freebsd.vm 9.2-RC3 FreeBSD 9.2-RC3 #1 r254965: Wed Aug 28 
> 04:17:40 BST 2013 r...@freebsd.vm:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/VM4  amd64
>
> At this stage I am reluctant to file PRs, as doubtless some of these are 
> of my own making.
>
> The first is that I cannot get port devel/xdg-utils to install. The error 
> is:
>
> ===>  Installing for xdg-utils-1.0.2.20130919
> ===>   Registering installation for xdg-utils-1.0.2.20130919
> pkg-static: lstat(/usr/ports/devel/xdg-utils/work/stage/usr/local/xdg-
> desktop-icon.1): No such file or directory
> pkg-static: lstat(/usr/ports/devel/xdg-utils/work/stage/usr/local/xdg-
> desktop-menu.1): No such file or directory
> pkg-static: lstat(/usr/ports/devel/xdg-utils/work/stage/usr/local/xdg-
> email.1): No such file or directory
> pkg-static: lstat(/usr/ports/devel/xdg-utils/work/stage/usr/local/xdg-
> icon-resource.1): No such file or directory
> pkg-static: lstat(/usr/ports/devel/xdg-utils/work/stage/usr/local/xdg-
> mime.1): No such file or directory
> pkg-static: lstat(/usr/ports/devel/xdg-utils/work/stage/usr/local/xdg-
> open.1): No such file or directory
> pkg-static: lstat(/usr/ports/devel/xdg-utils/work/stage/usr/local/xdg-
> screensaver.1): No such file or directory
> pkg-static: lstat(/usr/ports/devel/xdg-utils/work/stage/usr/local/xdg-
> settings.1): No such file or directory
> *** [fake-pkg] Error code 74
>
> What have I done wrong? It seems fine on 9.1 and 10.0.
>

There were some staging problems with ports.  Update your ports tree
then upgrade ports-mgmt/pkg and the problem should resolve itself.

Joseph


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Re: minor vi/vim qstn

2013-09-25 Thread Polytropon
On Wed, 25 Sep 2013 14:27:41 -0700, Gary Kline wrote:
>   am I misremembering this feature, or didnt vi have a syntax where
>   you typed something like:
> 
>   % vi[#] or % vi [-2]  [or vi [-N]
>   
>   to repeat the last or the second from last  command?  with my
>   shoulder sore bloody sore I need to save every key stroke.  

To repeat the last command, "." can be used.

The vi editor (and probably vim and gvim) supports
according to "man vi":

   [Vi]i[sual][!] [+cmd] [file]
  Vi mode only.  Edit a new file.

Is this what you're searching for?

Or do you refer to command lines where "@:" would repeat the
last command (started with ":")?

-- 
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Magdeburg, Germany
Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0
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Problems with 9.2-RC3

2013-09-25 Thread Walter Hurry
Running 9.2-RC4 in a VirtualBox VM, I am having a few problems.

FreeBSD freebsd.vm 9.2-RC3 FreeBSD 9.2-RC3 #1 r254965: Wed Aug 28 
04:17:40 BST 2013 r...@freebsd.vm:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/VM4  amd64

At this stage I am reluctant to file PRs, as doubtless some of these are 
of my own making.

The first is that I cannot get port devel/xdg-utils to install. The error 
is:

===>  Installing for xdg-utils-1.0.2.20130919
===>   Registering installation for xdg-utils-1.0.2.20130919
pkg-static: lstat(/usr/ports/devel/xdg-utils/work/stage/usr/local/xdg-
desktop-icon.1): No such file or directory
pkg-static: lstat(/usr/ports/devel/xdg-utils/work/stage/usr/local/xdg-
desktop-menu.1): No such file or directory
pkg-static: lstat(/usr/ports/devel/xdg-utils/work/stage/usr/local/xdg-
email.1): No such file or directory
pkg-static: lstat(/usr/ports/devel/xdg-utils/work/stage/usr/local/xdg-
icon-resource.1): No such file or directory
pkg-static: lstat(/usr/ports/devel/xdg-utils/work/stage/usr/local/xdg-
mime.1): No such file or directory
pkg-static: lstat(/usr/ports/devel/xdg-utils/work/stage/usr/local/xdg-
open.1): No such file or directory
pkg-static: lstat(/usr/ports/devel/xdg-utils/work/stage/usr/local/xdg-
screensaver.1): No such file or directory
pkg-static: lstat(/usr/ports/devel/xdg-utils/work/stage/usr/local/xdg-
settings.1): No such file or directory
*** [fake-pkg] Error code 74

What have I done wrong? It seems fine on 9.1 and 10.0.

Other issues will follow as separate threads.

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minor vi/vim qstn

2013-09-25 Thread Gary Kline
Organization: Thought Unlimited.  Public service Unix since 1986.
Of_Interest: With 27 years  of service  to the  Unix  community.

folks,

am I misremembering this feature, or didnt vi have a syntax where
you typed something like:

% vi[#] or % vi [-2]  [or vi [-N]

to repeat the last or the second from last  command?  with my
shoulder sore bloody sore I need to save every key stroke.  

TIA, y'all,

gary



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fusefs-libs compile error

2013-09-25 Thread Doug Sampson

While trying to upgrade from 2.9.3 of fusefs-libs:


root@squid:/usr/ports/sysutils/fusefs-libs# make install clean

===>  Building package for fusefs-libs-2.9.3_1
Creating package /usr/ports/packages/All/fusefs-libs-2.9.3_1.tbz
Registering depends: libiconv-1.14_1.
Creating bzip'd tar ball in '/usr/ports/packages/All/fusefs-libs-2.9.3_1.tbz'
tar:  share/doc/fusefs/libs/how-fuse-works: Cannot stat: No such file or 
directory
tar:  share/doc/fusefs/libs/kernel.txt: Cannot stat: No such file or directory
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors.
pkg_create: make_dist: tar command failed with code 256
*** [do-package] Error code 1

Stop in /usr/ports/sysutils/fusefs-libs.
*** [install] Error code 1

Stop in /usr/ports/sysutils/fusefs-libs.
root@squid:/usr/ports/sysutils/fusefs-libs#



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Re: New system - go for 9.1+upgrade - or go for 9.2-RC4?

2013-09-25 Thread Ewald Jenisch
On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 09:16:01AM +0200, Terje Elde wrote:
> 
> Two options:
> ...

Thanks - helps alot.

-ewald
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Re: Files in /tmp directory - Is there any timelimit ?

2013-09-25 Thread Frank Leonhardt


On 25/09/2013 10:05, Sreeram BS wrote:

On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 2:29 PM, Volodymyr Kostyrko wrote:


25.09.2013 11:34, Sreeram BS wrote:


Hi,
 I am using FreeBSD 9. I would like to know as to what is the lifetime
of
the files in /tmp directory. The general description says that these files
*may* not be preserved across a reboot. By this I interpret that if the
system is not rebooted, then these files will be there forever. But, just
wanted a confirmation to see if there is any lifespan (expiry-time)
attached with these files (ie the system would flush these files after
some
days/months etc automatically).


Not by default. There's a clean-tmps periodic task which can be enabled
@/etc/periodic.conf. It defaults to three days.

--
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow.


Does this auto-cleanup apply to files in /var/tmp directory also.
The generic description says that the files in this directory can stay
across reboots. So, does this survive auto-cleanup too?

regards,
Sreeram
The default is to clean up /tmp only, but this can be changed in 
periodic.conf


If you're struggling with this, note that a default periodic.conf is in 
/etc/defaults and it's individual values can be over-ridden by 
/etc/periodic.conf IF IT EXISTS.


Regards, Frank.

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Re: Files in /tmp directory - Is there any timelimit ?

2013-09-25 Thread Sreeram BS
Does this auto-cleanup apply to files in /var/tmp directory also.
The generic description says that the files in this directory can stay
across reboots. So, does this survive auto-cleanup too?

regards,
Sreeram


On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 2:29 PM, Volodymyr Kostyrko wrote:

> 25.09.2013 11:34, Sreeram BS wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> I am using FreeBSD 9. I would like to know as to what is the lifetime
>> of
>> the files in /tmp directory. The general description says that these files
>> *may* not be preserved across a reboot. By this I interpret that if the
>> system is not rebooted, then these files will be there forever. But, just
>> wanted a confirmation to see if there is any lifespan (expiry-time)
>> attached with these files (ie the system would flush these files after
>> some
>> days/months etc automatically).
>>
>
> Not by default. There's a clean-tmps periodic task which can be enabled
> @/etc/periodic.conf. It defaults to three days.
>
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Re: Files in /tmp directory - Is there any timelimit ?

2013-09-25 Thread Volodymyr Kostyrko

25.09.2013 11:34, Sreeram BS wrote:

Hi,
I am using FreeBSD 9. I would like to know as to what is the lifetime of
the files in /tmp directory. The general description says that these files
*may* not be preserved across a reboot. By this I interpret that if the
system is not rebooted, then these files will be there forever. But, just
wanted a confirmation to see if there is any lifespan (expiry-time)
attached with these files (ie the system would flush these files after some
days/months etc automatically).


Not by default. There's a clean-tmps periodic task which can be enabled 
@/etc/periodic.conf. It defaults to three days.


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Re: FreeBSD 8.4 Boot failure

2013-09-25 Thread Tyler Sweet
Luckily, in this case, I had set a cron job long, long ago to do daily
snapshots. So I have a snapshot from before the upgrade - There are
indeed two different loaders. The newer one matches "zfs" when
grepped, the older one does not... But, since it was working before, I
restored the older loader and tried to boot again. No dice - it still
sticks at that screen where all I see is "/" in the upper left.

I also tried putting the older zfsboot and zfsloader back in place
(with the old loader) to try and get a different error - still no
dice. I'm still stuck wondering if that screen is from FreeBSD
attempting to boot, or from the BIOS - but nothing changed for
booting, as far as I know. I'll poke through the BIOS more tomorrow as
well to see if some option got reset during a power-off.

I'll get a more thorough look at what all changed in /boot tomorrow
too, and get a list of all the files. It's almost 4am here and I have
to work tomorrow :) (well, today I suppose). I'll also check to see if
I can find anything about if zfs boot works differently in 8.4 vs 8.3
and older, as I may not have rebooted after the final "freebsd-update
install" command (I *think* I did, but my memory gets fuzzy).

Thanks for the input! I hope you have a good morning, and I'll let you
know tomorrow/later today with anything new and interesting I find :)

On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 1:45 AM, Terje Elde  wrote:
> On 25. sep. 2013, at 06:59, Tyler Sweet  wrote:
>> I tried reinstalling the boot blocks from both
>> the fixit live filesystem and also mounting zroot and using the files
>> there in case they were different.
>
> Disclaimer: I haven't gotten (enough) morning-coffee yet, but...
>
> Disclaimer 2: at times tracking how zfs-booting is done in the different 
> versions can be a bit tricky. This is a moving target, and I've lost track of 
> the 8-branch.
>
> That said, assuming you have the correct bootcode (gptzfsboot), here's what 
> might have happened:
>
> You installed 8.2, with a loader supporting zfs. Then you upgraded your 
> /boot-stuffs, and bootcode on disk (correctly), but got left with a loader 
> without zfs support. Then tried to upgrade the bootcode, but you're still 
> left with a loader not supporting zfs.
>
> If I recall correctly, then the zfs-bootcode for 9+ will use "zfsloader" 
> (supporting zfs and built by default), while earlier versions depend on 
> "loader" with zfs support (built without by default).
>
> If that's the case, you could dump LOADER_ZFS_SUPPORT into /etc/make.conf and 
> rebuild/reinstall it, or install /boot/loader from the fixit (if it has zfs 
> support in 8.4).
>
> That's my first thought at least... If that  doesn't fix it (remember backups 
> of any files you replace or upgrade), it'd be interesting to see the output 
> of:
> ls -l /boot/*loader /boot/*boot
> On the /boot you're using. Anything that didn't get built or installed?
>
> Also, did you snapshot your zfs before upgrading? Could be a working 
> /boot/loader there, which might be the easiest way to get the system up, 
> before rebuilding with ZFS-capable loader... if I'm right, which isn't a 
> given (ref disclaimers).
>
> Terje
>
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Re: Files in /tmp directory - Is there any timelimit ?

2013-09-25 Thread Olivier Nicole
Hi Sreeram,

>I am using FreeBSD 9. I would like to know as to what is the lifetime of
> the files in /tmp directory. The general description says that these files
> *may* not be preserved across a reboot. By this I interpret that if the
> system is not rebooted, then these files will be there forever. But, just
> wanted a confirmation to see if there is any lifespan (expiry-time)
> attached with these files (ie the system would flush these files after some
> days/months etc automatically).

No. Applications should be responsible for cleaning their temporary files.

Bests,

Olivier

>
> Please inform.
>
> Regards,
> Sreeram
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Files in /tmp directory - Is there any timelimit ?

2013-09-25 Thread Sreeram BS
Hi,
   I am using FreeBSD 9. I would like to know as to what is the lifetime of
the files in /tmp directory. The general description says that these files
*may* not be preserved across a reboot. By this I interpret that if the
system is not rebooted, then these files will be there forever. But, just
wanted a confirmation to see if there is any lifespan (expiry-time)
attached with these files (ie the system would flush these files after some
days/months etc automatically).

Please inform.

Regards,
Sreeram
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Re: New system - go for 9.1+upgrade - or go for 9.2-RC4?

2013-09-25 Thread Terje Elde
On 25. sep. 2013, at 09.00, Ewald Jenisch wrote:
o) Will upgrading kernel/system using
> svn co svn://svn.freebsd.org/base/stable/9/ /usr/src
> bring a 9.2-RC4 installed system up to date once 9.2 final is released?

Two options:

base/stable/9 - track 9-STABLE
base/releng/9.2 - track 9.2-security branch

The former is more of a moving target, while the latter is 9.2-RELEASE, but 
gets security updates.

Also, rather than using svn://, I'd use https://, and pick a server from this 
list:

http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/svn-mirrors.html

Terje

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New system - go for 9.1+upgrade - or go for 9.2-RC4?

2013-09-25 Thread Ewald Jenisch
Hi,

Since I'm about to set up a new system from scratch I'm thinking
whether I should install 9.1 and upgrade it to 9-STABLE or to install
9.2-RC4 right away.

To be specific:

o) Will upgrading kernel/system using
svn co svn://svn.freebsd.org/base/stable/9/ /usr/src
bring a 9.2-RC4 installed system up to date once 9.2 final is released?

o) Is it possible to install ports using "portsnap fetch extract" and
"pkg_add -r..." on a system that was installed using the 9.2-RC4-CDs?

Thanks much in advance for your help,
-ewald
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