odd problem trying to use Macports ...

2020-12-29 Thread Richard Bonomo TDS personal
Hello! My system runs MacOS 10.12 (Sierra). I've used Macports for some time every now and again. However, when I tried to use it recently, this happened: ** $ port version dlopen(/opt/local/share/macports/Tcl/macports1.0/MacPorts.dylib, 10): no suitable image found. Did find:

Re: odd problem trying to use Macports ...

2020-12-30 Thread Richard Bonomo TDS personal
Dear Ryan, I will give that a try. I am sure I installed Macports on the system many, many, moons ago, probably on a 2008 MacBook Pro -- the predecessor to my current device. Rich - Original Message - From: "Ryan Schmidt" To: "Richard Bonomo TDS personal" Cc: &q

Re: odd problem trying to use Macports ...

2020-12-30 Thread Richard Bonomo TDS personal
Dear Dave, Thank you for the advice. I will see if I can implement it. As to why people never update their systems: it is simple: "We" (i.e. "people") need a tool to do a specific, but rare (for us) thing. We acquire the tool. We do the thing. We forget about everything while putting out

Re: Build servers going offline due to inclement weather

2021-02-17 Thread Richard Bonomo TDS personal
t: Re: Build servers going offline due to inclement weather On 16 Feb 2021, at 23:25, Richard Bonomo TDS personal wrote: > Clearly, Texas needs new nuclear power plants! Or they could just winterize the ones they have. e.g. there's a nuclear plant south of Houston that is offline because its cool

Re: Build servers going offline due to inclement weather

2021-02-16 Thread Richard Bonomo TDS personal
Clearly, Texas needs new nuclear power plants! During the Blizzard of 1978, coal barges were frozen in the Ohio River. Ohio (and the eastern grid in general) managed to keep things going because places like Wisconsin had enough nuclear power plants in those days (no longer, though) to take

Re: provide latest OS root certificates via port?

2021-10-29 Thread Richard Bonomo TDS personal
I don't know what to think about MacPorts, specifically, providing new certificates, but, pertaining to some of the arguments presented against doing this on old Macs generally, it must be kept in mind that some of us -- including yours truly -- have Apple computers that CANNOT use newer

Re: provide latest OS root certificates via port?

2021-10-29 Thread Richard Bonomo TDS personal
Well, some of us are reasonably competent in managing risk, but cannot afford to be buying new computers. So the Apples I have, or are on loan to me, have to be kept going. On a more pathologic level, I am also in possession (extended load) of a µVAX workstation that I should try to get