The latest version of gcc is more picky about global variables resulting in
this bug report for my portable version of mg:
https://github.com/hboetes/mg/issues/12
To which Ulrich Müller created a pull request which fixed the problem:
https://github.com/hboetes/mg/pull/13/files
Is this worth
Hi there,
I noticed patch #8 was already more than 2 days late from the mirror I
was using. To find out which servers are more or less up to date I
wrote a little script and here is the output.
This is of course a snapshot in time, on the other hand I hope this
list will benefit the community,
Even though I don't agree with you -- since the man threatened me
with violence after a very thoughtful remark: On the matter of
GPL/BSD license preference I suggested to respect each others
opinion instead of verbally insulting one another. -- I do
appreciate your attempt to have a sane
Joachim Schipper wrote:
The OpenBSD culture is not one of HOWTOs. You'll have to read
the man pages and FAQ to get the information, I'm afraid.
The FAQ is just another word for HOWTOs.
# Han
Chris Bennett wrote:
You people have no sense of where security really lies at!
If you don't remove the hard drive, there is no security at all!
I simply put my servers into armored concrete. After that I dump
them somewhere in the middle of the ocean where the level is at
least 3 km. That's
Rod Whitworth wrote:
*** NOTE *** Please DO NOT CC me. I am subscribed to the list.
Mail to the sender address that does not originate at the list server is
tarpitted. The reply-to: address is provided for those who feel compelled to
reply off list. Thankyou.
You're a smart fellow, you'll
Christopher Zimmermann wrote:
I'm missing the http://linux.die.net/man/1/rename command in
OpenBSD.
Ehm.
~% uname -a
Linux marsupilami 2.6.31-16-generic #53-Ubuntu SMP Tue Dec 8 04:02:15 UTC 2009
x86_64 GNU/Linux
~% which rename
/usr/bin/rename
~% file /usr/bin/rename
I just compiled mg statically and put it in /bin, which is rather
simple:
Add 'LDFLAGS+=-static' somewhere in the makefile with your
favourite editor. And then run:
$ make
$ strip mg
$ ldd mg
$ ls -l mg
$ sudo install mg /bin/mg
400kb! that barely larger than a dynamic vi :-)
# Han
David Taveras wrote:
Can PF be programmed to block skype? Provided we have port 80
and 443 Opened to the world, and perhaps DNS port too... skype
finds any open port to connect to.
I don't think so. But if you install snort you can. Google for
snort and skype and you'll find quite a few decent
Brad Tilley wrote:
On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 1:45 PM, John Cosimano j...@cosmicnetworks.net
wrote:
i seem to remember a thread here on misc@ that was meant to be a tmux
guide for experienced screen users.
One thing that screen got right is the A key. It's a lot closer
to Ctrl than B. So
what I am doing wrong?
Yes, you misread me.
On Tue, Oct 06, 2009 at 09:28:27PM +0200, Han Boetes wrote:
Alfredo Perez wrote:
Is there a way to start vsftpd at boot time?
Sure, add an entry for it in /etc/rc.local
^
And please use bottom
Alfredo Perez wrote:
Is there a way to start vsftpd at boot time?
Sure, add an entry for it in /etc/rc.local
# Han
Milan Prihoda wrote:
I have ThinkPad R61 and I have no idea, how to get middle mouse
button to work with 4.5/i386.
When I try to use xev only left (=1) and right (=3) mouse button respond.
It's emulated by clicking both the left and right mouse button
simultaneously.
# Han
Brian Whalen wrote:
When one enters cvs get commands, like cvs get src, ports, or
xenocara, is one getting stable or current versions of these?
-current
how can one tell?
~% cat /usr/src/CVS/Tag
TOPENBSD_4_5
Of course this is all described in detail in the cvs manpage.
# Han
Daniel Bolgheroni wrote:
just noticed the status bar of tmux gone with the latest
snapshot. I didn't followed the cvs entries for a couple of
days. Is this a normal behaviour?
Works fine here. Are you sure you ran make depend all or make
clean all? Otherwises changes in tmux.h won't propagate
Woodchuck wrote:
On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 4:44 AM, Otto Moerbeeko...@drijf.net wrote:
You do not say which version of OpenBSD you are running. I
tried your example on current (amd64 and i386) and 4.5 (amd64)
and did get the proper results.
4.2 I've been too cowardly to upgrade.
It's not
mehma sarja wrote:
Does OpenBSD have the camcontrol package? If so, try
camcontrol defects sd0 -f phys -p
camcontrol defects sd0 -f phys -g
~% cat /usr/ports/sysutils/smartmontools/pkg/DESCR
The smartmontools package contains two utility programs (smartctl and
smartd) to control and monitor
Daniel Barowy wrote:
On Wed, 15 Jul 2009, Theo de Raadt wrote:
It is stuff that isn't on root's path.
[snip]
But why not?
Because you never have to execute any of those programs
manually. They are just programs which are executed by other
programs. Just like libraries are used by other
Ricardo Augusto de Souza wrote:
I sent an email to misc few months ago.
It is a private content.
I found it at http://archive.netbsd.se/?ml=openbsd-misca=2009-05t=10605255
I do need to remove it.
Actually it's also mirrored at various other locations and there
isn't anything you can do to
Ted Unangst wrote:
On Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 11:38 PM, frantisek holopmin...@obiit.org wrote:
hmm, on Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 09:57:48PM -0500, neal hogan said that
On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 02:15:33AM +, Wayne M. Scace wrote:
Hello,
What exactly is tmux?
man
Incase you need to migrate your data to another disk I wrote this
HOWTO:
http://www.han.dds.nl/documents/hd-migration
Might be useful.
# Han
I'd like to suggest using netboot. So you need only one server to
maintain and for the rest all you have to do is restart services
or reboot the rest.
# Han
Felipe Alfaro Solana wrote:
May I ask what's the reason behind having sendmail be the
default MTA in OpenBSD? Why not switching to something that is
easier to configure like Postfix or EXIM?
Sure you may ask, just like a lot of other people have asked
before. Check the mailinglist archives.
Daniel Ouellet wrote:
In a few years, I guess Gates will want to license my toilet
paper too for one time use!
I think some CEO just got a splendid idea.
Next time think before you post something on the internet!
# Han
To quote someone a lot smarter than me:
Program testing can be used to show the presence of bugs, but
never to show their absence! -- Edsger Dijkstra, [1972]
That should answer your question.
# Han
Paul Irofti wrote:
Hello Mr. Troll, thanks for flaming by. Have a good day!
Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by
stupidity.
# Han
I recommend you switch to:
cache_dir aufs xxx yyy
# Han
Ed Ahlsen-Girard wrote:
I'm trying to automate getting the sets and source for running
-current.
Incase you don't want to reinvent the wheel:
http://www.xs4all.nl/~hanb/software/OpenBSD-binary-upgrade/
# Han
David,
Would you be able to understand what this code does if it was
written like this:
if [ $sendmail_flags != NO ] [ -s /etc/mailer.conf ]; then
echo -n ' sendmail'
/usr/sbin/sendmail $sendmail_flags /dev/null 21
fi
# Han
Gilles Chehade wrote:
[snip]
...and in OpenBSD land you better have a GOOD reason to have an
uptime longer than two releases.
[snip]
Gilles,
proud to never exceed 200 days of uptime
Speaking of which... I think I have a pretty good reason to bring
down my uptime very shortly. YAY!
~%
Theo de Raadt wrote:
http://bhami.com/rosetta.html
As always, it is a shame that those types of pages have so many
errors.
[snip: examples]
It is just sad.
It's better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.
# Han
Morton Harrow wrote:
Let me first introduce myself. My name is Morton Harrow, senior
GNU/Linux consultant in the London metropolitan area. I have
been around in the Open Source world since the early
beginning. I am very happy with the spirit and efforts of the
Free Software Foundation (FSF).
Ed Ahlsen-Girard wrote:
I'm curious as to the 'modal' laptop that the developers use -
that would probably be a good steer for what to buy.
When I was at the latest eurobsdcon I noticed that all laptops
were either macbooks or lenovos.
# Han
Darrin Chandler wrote:
# This \
Thus \
that \
other
Clearly this is the intuitive way that should work, since all
other languages I know of parse like this.
If you want to disable multiple lines you have to comment them all
out. Use a decent editor if you think that is much of a
Nick Holland wrote:
The biggest reasons to do this are because you have too much
time on your hands, and you want to impress people by having
things break, then you swoop in to rescue everyone from your
fabricated disaster.
Actually I think most people do it because you are tought to do so
Yes but C is written in gcc which is GNU licensed and pkg_utils
are written in perl which is a much more libaral language. I
really start wondering why the whole of OpenBSD is not rewritten
in perl!
# Han
Raimo Niskanen wrote:
I am writing a script that would be nice to be able to run
with only the root partition mounted, and it works fine
except that I find no way to read .gz compressed
files without e.g /usr/bin/zcat.
You can do it with something like this in single user mode:
# mount /usr
Karel Kulhavy wrote:
I have made an OpenBSD promotion poster.
http://images.twibright.com/tns/21a8.html
Nice! :-)
# Han
Ik zal er niet bij zijn dit jaar, maar ik wens je wel veel
plezier. :-)
Groetjes aan Tilly. ;-)
Wim Vandeputte wrote:
like each year we'll be present at the FOSDEM event in Brussels, it's
completely free entrance, plenty of interesting things to see,
even a BSD devroom with presenations
Jason Dixon wrote:
Sun Microsystems Inc. SunOS 5.10 Generic January 2005
-bash-3.00$ grep -r foo *
grep: illegal option -- r
Usage: grep -hblcnsviw pattern file . . .
You are not using the default shell. :-)
The ksh implementation that comes with solaris is horrible indeed.
# Han
Please report bugs to libtorrent/rtorrent to the rtorrent
website. He is more than willing to resolve bugs.
As a matter of fact the main developer has a shell on my machine
and regularly testbuilds before releasing stuff to ensure it
builds out of the box on OpenBSD.
~% sudo grep rak
Lies
chefren wrote:
... Richard Stallman stopped [coding] doing so long time ago...
B) Richard Stallman puts users first, =like you!=, Richard Stallman
=believes= users are more important than coders so coders should be
enslaved by the users. Which is plain STUPID since without coders
Michael wrote:
I am looking for sh/ksh replacement for the following bash command:
$ X=abcdefghi
$ echo ${X:0:2}
ab
cut(1)
# Han
Alexey Vatchenko wrote:
Any chance to export via NFS filesystem mounted using NFS?
What i need to accomplish is the following:
NFS server -- pf-enabled gateway NFS client
I'd set up a vpn.
# Han
Most secure goes a long way. I run firefox on a sepperate user
account. I doubt it's the most secure solution but it sure is
quite a bit more secure, and I'm quite sure you really don't want
to the most secure solution. :-)
http://www.xs4all.nl/~hanb/documents/firefox_for_paranoid_people
# Han
Joco Salvatti wrote:
Does exist the wpa_supplicant package with wireless network support?
Check the archives of this mailinglist.
# Han
Theo de Raadt wrote:
Yes, and you are being the usual slimy hypocritical asshole.
...
You treat these issues different because you are a hypocrite.
...
In honour of your hypocrisy.
...
How convenient for your hypocrisy.
...
It is lying, and it is hypocrisy.
Third time I've said that. I'll
Theo de Raadt wrote:
Yet on Richard's side of this fence, emacs and gcc _directly
include_ code which lets users use those two pieces of software
on commercial operating systems.
He facilitates using something good on something bad, which helps
end users realize that open source products can
The most logical step to me seems to be readding qmail and other
DJB tools to ports.
# Han
Piet Slaghekke wrote:
I like to filter my openBSD emails and the only way I can do it
is if everyone send their email with misc@openBSD.org in the
To field.
Please send email To misc@openBSD.org and do not CC it to this
address.
Thanks!
I've been struggeling with this as well, and you
Vincent GROSS wrote:
there seem to be a lil' problem with
/usr/src/usr/sbin/dhcpd/options.c. the following patch
highlights two weirds constructs inside the file, one in the
header, the other one in the MMS checking code.
--- /usr/src/usr.sbin/dhcpd/options.c Sat Nov 10 04:53:05 2007
+++
Jake Conk wrote:
I rebooted my server and now I get this error when I try to ssh:
-bash: can't load library 'libintl.so.3.0'
Connection to 192.168.10.2 closed.
Why can't it load libintl? What causes this with a simple
reboot?
You forgot to set shlib_dirs in /etc/rc.conf.local
Boot with
Brian Candler wrote:
I would argue that OpenBSD is probably the least free of all
the free Unix options out there. Why?
* You cannot download an ISO image and burn it yourself.
* If you buy a CD-ROM, you cannot legally make copies to give to
your friends, your school etc.
You mix up free
Alexander Hall wrote:
The problem is that nfs shares does not traverse file system
mount points once initialized. Since nfs probably was started
prior to mounting the msdos partition (with the noauto option in
/etc/fstab), nfs would only share the contents of the mount
point directory itself.
Well that's not so hard...
~/.tmp% ls -la
total 2190
drwx-- 3 han users512 Sep 23 21:19 .
drwx-- 18 han users 1536 Sep 23 21:20 ..
-rwxr-xr-x 1 han users 908581 Sep 7 18:55 configure
-rwxr-xr-x 1 han users 908228 Sep 7 18:51 configure.orig
-rw-r--r-- 1 han users596
Pieter Verberne wrote:
How do I rename multiple files at once? I want to rename a list
of files like:
file.jpg
file1.jpg
file_2.jpg
to:
file_thumb.jpg
file1_thumb.jpg
file_2_thumb.jpg
for i in *.jpg; do
echo mv $i ${i%.jpg}_thumb.jpg
done
# Han
smonek wrote:
How to make screenshot under console?
With screen you can make screenshot. They're called hardcopies.
# Han
Ingo Schwarze wrote:
Besides, snapshots often contain uncommitted tweaks, so a cvs
tag would not even do the job for you.
Perhaps a timestamp of the exact moment the build started so you
can.
cvs -qz3 update -D 'timestamp'
To get exactly the same source. I don't know well this is
possible,
Stuart Henderson wrote:
On 2007/05/30 21:47, Han Boetes wrote:
Perhaps a timestamp of the exact moment the build started so
you can.
cvs -qz3 update -D 'timestamp'
To get exactly the same source.
ever noticed something like 'in snapshots for a week' mentioned
in a commit log?
I
Jacob Yocom-Piatt wrote:
i have tried han boetes' binary upgrade script but find
mergemaster to be very cumbersome in light of the
already-supplied upgrade patch.
You must be using a very old version. It now uses mergeslave which
creates a patch from the old and new etc tarballs and applies
Kian Mohageri wrote:
For my clarification, are we talking about stealth mode as in
dropping everything (including pings) from untrusted hosts, or
the default block-policy (drop vs. return)?
The only time when `dropping everything' is useful is when you are
under a ddos to prevent load on the
Chris Cappuccio wrote:
You have both IDE disks on the same IDE channel which is
problematic. Set both IDE disks to 'master' and put them on
separate IDE channels.
Cheers, what a difference!
Not a bug, eey?
OpenBSD 4.1-current (GENERIC) #5: Sun Apr 22 01:44:59 MDT 2007
[EMAIL
Chris Cappuccio wrote:
Han Boetes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Chris Cappuccio wrote:
You have both IDE disks on the same IDE channel which is
problematic. Set both IDE disks to 'master' and put them on
separate IDE channels.
Cheers, what a difference!
Not a bug, eey
Otto Moerbeek wrote:
If you have been crashing during this period, I advise you to
make sure fsck_ffs is current, boot to single user mode and then
force a check of all your filesystems.
Of course I crash, I crash at every reboot, I got the problem
where the rebooting proces gets stuck at
Miod Vallat wrote:
Of course I crash, I crash at every reboot, I got the problem
where the rebooting proces gets stuck at `syncing disks' after
which I have to m-c-ESC and then boot sync.
I have this on a i386 and I met someone on #openbsd who had it on
a sparc.
When will this bug
Otto Moerbeek wrote:
On Mon, 23 Apr 2007, Han Boetes wrote:
Of course I crash, I crash at every reboot, I got the problem
where the rebooting proces gets stuck at `syncing disks' after
which I have to m-c-ESC and then boot sync.
I have this on a i386 and I met someone on #openbsd who
Artur Grabowski wrote:
You are asking for a software soultion to a hardware problem.
The system is desperately trying to write out blocks to your
busted disk and, yes, it's taking a lot of time because it's
patiently retrying and retrying and retrying. How very
surprising.
You might want
Artur Grabowski wrote:
Han Boetes [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I read my logs, I posted this before, I politely asked. I
didn't get an answer.
Next time I'll remember I first have to piss you off before I
get an answer.
You're welcome.
No no no, the pleasure is all mine. :-)
# Han
Pedro Martelletto wrote:
If you can still reproduce the problem with the latest snapshot,
please break into ddb, use 'ps' to see the PID of the 'reboot'
process, and get us the output of 'tr /p 0tPID '.
Here it is, I took a photo so the transscript may contain errors.
ddb tr /p 0t1847
Marc Balmer wrote:
* Han Boetes wrote:
Next time I'll remember I first have to piss you off before I
get an answer.
no han, you don't get it right. It's turn your brain on, then activate
your mouth. Not the other way round... ;)
Hmmm, initially I would agree with you. I mean I tried
Marc Balmer wrote:
* Han Boetes wrote:
Artur Grabowski wrote:
Han Boetes [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I read my logs, I posted this before, I politely asked. I
didn't get an answer.
Next time I'll remember I first have to piss you off before I
get an answer.
You're
Otto Moerbeek wrote:
On Sat, 21 Apr 2007, Han Boetes wrote:
Default User wrote:
if so, why not install with no root account by default?
It isn't so. :-)
But if you want it, nothing will stop you from setting up like you
want. It's just two minutes of work. Just don't expect
Default User wrote:
is a root account really necessary?
No.
wouldn't a system with no root account, where all maintenance is
done as sudo, be more secure?
No. It all depends on what you want and what your situation is.
if so, why not install with no root account by default?
It isn't so.
Kjell Wooding wrote:
Mwa-ha-ha
OK you got me! It was a lot of work for a 4-1 joke.
Congratulations. :-)
# Han
Hi Kjell,
I just tried your patch and this happened:
m-x vi-mode
i
Too many modes
I don't know much about vi but that looks odd.
# Han
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
perhaps its worth Han changing his site to avoid leading people
down the garden path, now we have a port in place.
Yes, done.
# Han
Bob Beck wrote:
Hate to tell you this, but Canada is not the United States.
Not that long anymore.
http://www.eagleforum.org/column/2005/july05/05-07-13.html
# Han
Otto Moerbeek wrote:
The problem is here that the amount of data is too little to build a
complete bigram table. The situation is detected by the diff below.
Did you also experience problems when indexing more files?
Yes. It's the same error as I get with the complete filesystem.
Index:
Otto Moerbeek wrote:
Hmm, can you instrument /usr/libexec/locate.updatedb with a
tee /tmp/myflist |
on line 101 to see the filelist it actualy builds?
Sure, I just did that and examined /tmp/myflist and it looks
perfectly normal.
# Han
Otto Moerbeek wrote:
I see the problem. The problem occurs if top bigrams contain spaces.
These are not handled correctly by awk. We'll have to use a field
separator that can not be in a bigram. A tab is well suited, AFAKS.
Try this.
[snip: patch]
% sudo /usr/libexec/locate.updatedb
Bryan Irvine wrote:
As the errormessage suggests there is a character in a
filename somewhere on my filesystem which updatedb doesn't
dig.
I just can't find that file.
IIRC there used to be a bug with files that had a % char in the
name.
Yes I found that report.
Try using find to
I really don't care what you do. Why do you care what I do?
Paul de Weerd wrote:
On Wed, Mar 14, 2007 at 03:22:15AM +0100, Han Boetes wrote:
| Peter Hessler wrote:
| I cannot reproduce this bug on -current/macppc. What platform,
| and what version of OpenBSD?
|
| As the errormessage
Hi,
Thanks for your suggestions. Here is what I found. Please let me
know if you need more information.
This error happens only with the /mnt/mp3 filesystem. Just to make
sure it was not a filesystem inconsistency I fsck'ed it. It turned
out to be fine.
This is what mount returns:
/dev/wd1a on
Marc Balmer wrote:
Han Boetes wrote:
To make debugging that a bit easier I did the following:
sudo /usr/libexec/locate.updatedb
--searchpath=/mnt/mp3/Klassiek/Schoenberg/PelleasundMelisande
which also reproduces the bug.
no wonder it chokes on that terrible music.
Next FOSDEM I'll
I am discussing a bug which I don't know how to solve. This really
belongs in tech@
And your questions are irrelevant.
Paul de Weerd wrote:
[moving to misc@, where this sort of problems belong]
On Tue, Mar 13, 2007 at 06:42:52PM +0059, Han Boetes wrote:
| Hi,
|
| Since about a week or two
Otto Moerbeek wrote:
On Tue, 13 Mar 2007, Han Boetes wrote:
I am discussing a bug which I don't know how to solve. This
really belongs in tech@
This is probably not a bug. You locate database is likely
corrupted, like the error message says.
OK, I'll install an alternative locate
Matthias Kilian wrote:
On Wed, Mar 14, 2007 at 12:38:52AM +0059, Han Boetes wrote:
This is probably not a bug. You locate database is likely
corrupted, like the error message says.
OK, I'll install an alternative locate implementation.
You're just a fucking troll. Go away. I tried my
Is this an idea?
http://www.tritium.co.uk/
# Han
Thorsten Glaser already made a portable version of the OpenBSD
version of ksh, which compiles on lots of platforms and works
great.
http://www.mirbsd.org/?mksh
# Han
Wim Vandeputte wrote:
this weekend in Brussels at the ULB Solbosh campus there is once
again the FOSDEM conference. You can found our OpenBSD/OpenSSH
booth in the hallway at the usual place.
I thought you already founded that booth...
Matthieu will give a talk on Xenocara in the X.Org
Jacob Yocom-Piatt wrote:
i have seen a number of spammer outfits doing this: following
the RFC and retrying until the spam gets though and they're
whitelisted, then they're free to push crap through. any
thoughts on how to best combat this behavior besides
spamassassin + amavisd (i.e. wasting
Darren Spruell wrote:
On 2/13/07, Han Boetes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Darren Spruell wrote:
Instead we end up with a GPL driver that has to be reverse
engineered and we end up with the same problems we already have.
Since when is the GPL a close source license?
Who said
Artur Grabowski wrote:
Stephan A. Rickauer [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I did read your FAQ but I can't see how it rebuts what has
just been said. You seem to be happy with signing NDAs. If the
result is a readable and understandable GPL'ed driver,
companies will be even less motivated to
Artur Grabowski wrote:
Steven [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Which brings me back to the question, what can an OpenBSD/open
source/free software user do about it?
Sue Linux for anti-competitive behavior?
Nah. You can't sue `linux,' complain to Greg Kroah Hartmann. Most
GPL fans don't want this
mickey wrote:
oh come fucking on!
do not start this bsd vs gpl crap again!
On the contrary, this is BSD united with GPL crap. :-)
# Han
Artur Grabowski wrote:
Han Boetes [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Which is exactly what the GPL people want since that's the whole
point of the license. Otherwise they wouldn't be using the
GPL. Duh.
Nah, RMS doesn't want this. A lot of `GPL people' don't want this
at all.
I quoted too
Greg KH wrote:
On Wed, Feb 14, 2007 at 10:06:36AM +0100, Stephan A. Rickauer wrote:
You seem to be happy with signing NDAs. If the result is a
readable and understandable GPL'ed driver, companies will be
even less motivated to release programming documentation. This
will lead to a
Darren Spruell wrote:
Instead we end up with a GPL driver that has to be reverse
engineered and we end up with the same problems we already have.
Since when is the GPL a close source license?
# Han
Vijay Sankar wrote:
How can /var/db/spamd be created? I went through spamd.conf(5),
pfctl(8), spamd-setup(8), spamdb(8), spamlogd(8) etc. and did
not see it mentioned anywhere there.
touch(1)
# Han
The official bittorrent client is rather resource-hungry. Consider
using rtorrent which is written in c++.
# Han
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