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There’s a new version of pkg out – 1.3. (via) That’s an announcement on the FreeBSD-ports-announce list. Since DragonFly also uses pkg, that means it’s available for DragonFly too. John Marino reported on IRC that he’s testing a bulk build now, using it on DragonFly.

2014/08/022014/08/01

In Other BSDs for 2014/08/02

I was thinking this was going to be a short week, but nope.

Using pkgsrc for HPC. Follow the thread for discussion of pkgsrc as a self-contained tool system, including the compiler.
Debugging Firefox on pkgsrc.
CDE is in pkgsrc-wip.
tmux in NetBSD got updated.
pcc in NetBSD got an update, too.
NetBSD can work on a Kobo Touch?
FreeBSD’s 40G XL710 driver reached version 1.0.
FreeBSD has “pkgfs, a file system implementation for reading files out of a compressed tarball, aka package.” From Juniper.
FreeBSD has Chromebook2 support.
The FreeBSD Foundation semiannual newsletter is out.
The FreeBSD quarterly report is out.
a survey of FreeBSD ZFS snapshot automation tools
Keeping pf.conf in sync. Many different suggestions.
OpenBSD’s homegrown httpd is gaining fastcgi.
Ted Unangst has summarized links to all the g2k14 hackathon reports.
PC-BSD has something called syscache, which I’m seeing commits for but I haven’t found what it is exactly – a caching system for package info, I think?
DIscoverBSD for 2014/07/28.
BSDSec, a BSD-specific security site. (via)
List of VPSs that support BSD. (via)

2014/07/262014/07/23

In Other BSDs for 2014/07/26

Part of this was done while traveling, but still a decent week for links.

A BSD-licensed timeout(1).
DiscoverBSD roundup for 2014/07/21.
NetBSD has a start of a radeon driver.
FreeBSD has a Phabricator site, which is getting linked in some commits.
The OpenBSD cvsweb was down but appears to be back now.
Lua in NetBSD went from version 5.1 to 5.3.
Yay cross-pollination, sorta?
“*BSD on the desktop for an intermediate Linux user?“
NetBSD got a slight binary loading speedup.
OpenBSD + OSX/iOS and IPsec/l2tp setup, the thread and the followup.
Trying to establish the longest trust chain possible for an OpenBSD install.
OpenBSD’s new httpd is now installed by default. Lynx is no longer. (partially via)
ldapd/OpenBSD users may need this thread when upgrading.
DIAGNOSTIC does not slow down NetBSD.
Bitrig is nearing 1.0, according to an email on their tech@bitrig.org list. But I can’t find a way to link to the summary of what they have done. There’s the Bitrig roadmap, I guess?
An early draft (“prerelease”) of Michael Lucas’s next book, “FreeBSD Mastery: Storage Essentials“, is available.
Undeadly has a lot of articles written by recent OpenBSD Hackathon participants. Instead of linking to specific ones, I’ll just point you at the site. (undeadly.org can’t tag or search to a summary page.)
BSD, the movie. (via).

2014/07/202014/07/19

Lazy Reading for 2014/07/20

I spent this week watching an older Cisco ASA slowly lose its ability to see parts of the Internet. How did I fix it? pfSense.

Unix: How passwords can improve your life.
Curated list of curated lists of awesome lists. I suppose this was inevitable. (via)
Hooray for USB. Really, it’s so successful we don’t even think about it any more.
A Game as Literary Tutorial. The influence of Dungeons and Dragons on writing. I’d describe it as a common nerd experience for people above 35 or so, similar to “your first computer”. (via)
Computer virus catalog. Surprisingly pretty. (via)
Why Outlook gets CTRL+F wrong.
Open (source) for business. Why aren’t open source software interfaces more polished? (via)
Cosmic rays: more likely a problem than you think. (via)
Inside bit.ly’s Distributed Systems. (via)
Huh, bzr appears to be dead, or as dead as any open source project can ever be. (via)
Making sure software stays insecure. I had to remove a preinstalled antivirus program from a Windows laptop yesterday… It did nothing, but you’d think I was lighting the motherboard on fire from the warnings it put on screen. (via)
The SIGCIS 2014 Workshop (on historical computing), happening in November in Michigan, has a call for papers out.
Time Management with Tom Limoncelli. He wrote the definitive book on the subject. (via) There’s plenty more videos at his site; I suggest setting aside some time to watch it. (ha!)

Your unrelated link of the week: Avery Monsen’s Vines. Vines are an excellent way to make a very short comedy sketch. Infinite Waffles and Break the Silence are my favorites so far. (via)

2014/07/192014/07/18

In Other BSDs for 2014/07/19

More than the usual source commit messages this week.

LibreSSL got another point release. And complaints. (via)
NetBSD 7’s branch date is planned.
FreeBSD 9.3 is released. EoL for 9.2 has been extended, too.
Cloning a FreeBSD/ZFS Machine with ‘zfs send’.
An OpenBSD hackathon means a lot of articles.
Troubleshooting Large, Stalling git/ssh Transfers.
pkg == systemd == government conspiracy. Surely, the writer can’t be real.
Installing and Using TarSnap. A BSD-friendly service.
DiscoverBSD’s 2014/07/14 roundup.
OpenBSD has OpenSSH and put together LibreSSL. OpenSSL bought… libressh.org? Use whois libressh.org to see. (no link; use your own whois lookup.) (via)
NetBSD has updated to dhcp 4.3.0.
OpenBSD has imported ucpp. (hope that’s the right ucpp; there’s lots out there)
One of those times it’s OK to store passwords in cleartext.
PC-BSD is now using Samba 4.1 by default.
OpenBSD has a new httpd(8). Bonus long-in-the-tooth joke, too.
Yay, SSL library cross-pollination.
Cross-cross-cross pollination, here. (someone do it in DragonFly, too)
ssh (on OpenBSD) now supports Unix domain socket forwarding.
EruoBSDCon 2014 is happening in Sofia, Bulgaria, in September. The FreeBSD Foundation is funding travelers.
A FreeBSD 10 Desktop How-to.

2014/07/122014/07/12

In Other BSDs for 2014/07/12

Finally, a much more eventful week. I already noted LibreSSL’s release.

DiscoverBSD’s news summary for 2014/07/07.
PC-BSD Digest 31 – there’s now a PC-BSD IRC channel.
Your server can probably tell you the temperature.
Future of pf in FreeBSD? Follow the thread. (via)
DragonFly’s pf alterations discussed for OpenBSD. It wouldn’t be easy without some of the underlying DragonFly architecture, but something for everyone to remember: Henning Brauer is generous with his time and will help people updating pf.
mfiutil on FreeBSD.
ia64 processor support is gone from FreeBSD.
NetBSD now has BIND 9.10.0-P2.
FreeBSD now has bmake-20140620.
OpenBSD now has lynx 2.8.8rel2.
OpenBSD’s relayd now has a new filter language.
pkgsrc 2014Q2 binaries are out now for several platforms.
FreeBSD has a new core team.
More cross-pollination – also from Android?
OpenBSD-current users will need to update their kernel.

2014/07/052014/07/05

In Other BSDS for 2014/07/05

Another ‘quiet’ week – lots of commit activity in the other BSDs, but not a lot to point at directly.

PostgreSQL/FreeBSD performance and scalability on a 40-core machine. (PDF link, via) There’s comparison to DragonFly’s results, mentioned here before. DragonFly’s solution of shared page tables is dismissed because it would require work to do, though I think that’s a symptom of FreeBSD’s more complex locking model rather than complexity of what’s in DragonFly.
pkgsrc-2014Q2 is out.
Here’s some notes on the systemd compatibility GSoC/OpenBSD project.
The FreeBSD ixgbe(4) driver understands RSS, and so does igb(4).
FreeBSD GENERIC kernels can now use vt(4), the replacements for syscons.
FreeBSD images can now boot UEFI.
FreeBSD 9/10 users using the WITH_NEW_XORG option have a temporary binary ports repository to use, to handle the change in the drivers.

2014/06/212014/06/21

In Other BSDs for 2014/06/21

I have a backlog from stuff I missed last week while traveling, so we all benefit!

PC-BSD 10.0.2-RC2 is out.
PC-BSD will be at SouthEast LinuxFest.
Here’s the roadmap for Lumina, PC-BSD’s new desktop environment.
DiscoverBSD’s summary for 2014/06/16.
FreeNAS vs. NAS4Free. Didn’t need to be 8 pages. (via)
Peter’s pf tutorial is very popular.
The freeze for pkgsrc-2014Q2 has started. (I’m a bit late on this one.)
pkgsrc has a new Pkgsrc Management Committee.
This thread, “Best pdf viewer in pkgsrc?” may be useful even if you aren’t on pkgsrc.
NetBSD gained vmx(4) from OpenBSD.
NetBSD now has pigz 2.3.1, which apparently stands for ‘parallel gzip‘.
Here’s one OpenBSD/GSoC project status update; I haven’t seen others.
Another OpenBSD desktop project started.
BoringSSL. (via) Already, benefits.
Ways to test pf.
FreeBSD/gnats has gone away, and none too soon.
Again, I love to see cross–pollination.
The July and August NYCBUG meetings: timekeeping and OpenBSD ports. Here’s some notes on what to expect for the August meeting.

2014/06/112014/06/16

Building with the system OpenSSL

If you’re building ports, it will treat OpenSSL as a dependency and bring in whatever version is available. If perhaps you want to use the version of OpenSSL installed as part of your base system, Robin Hahling has the answer for how. (This probably works on FreeBSD too.)

2014/05/312014/05/30

In Other BSDs for 2014/05/31

Some meaty links this week.

How old is your oldest on-disk Unixish operating system? I ask that question because I saw this.
Undeadly has a nice set of links to all the recent BSDCan 2014 presentation videos. I don’t see Francois Tigeot’s DragonFly talk in there, though – don’t know if it got recorded.
Packaging on FreeBSD, for those who haven’t moved to pkg yet. (via)
DiscoverBSD news summary for 2014/05/26.
56 different BSD-oriented Twitter accounts.
A recording of Michael W. Lucas’s recent OpenBSD webcast is available now. I think that link will work – might require giving your email.
Getting files off your Android phone – this was on openbsd-misc@ but probably applies to any BSD. Follow the thread for answers.
kornbrew, a run ‘n’ play missing package manager for BSD.
NetBSD has moved to gcc 4.8.3.
If you are using OpenBSD and encrypted vnd, you will need to migrate off of it before the next OpenBSD release.
Google’s Compute Engine SDK runs just fine on OpenBSD, as Michael W. Lucas found out.
PC-BSD Digest 30.
Plugins in FreeNAS.
Warren Block’s BSDCan 2014 trip report.

2014/05/242014/05/23

In Other BSDs for 2014/05/24

A relatively calm week – probably because there were many people at BSDCan.

DiscoverBSD’s summary for 2014/05/19.
Undeadly has a summary post linking to all the OpenBSD presentations at BSDCan.
OpenBSD and the little Mauritian contributor. Hey, Loganaden was in the DragonFly GSoC… 3 years ago? It blurs together.
Julio Merino’s trip to BSDCan 2014 and his thoughts on Jenkins and Kyua after. I completely agree with what he says about BSD conventions: being around so many other people all excited about the same topic really energizes you.
CoovaChilli on FreeBSD.
NetBSD has support for the HYT-221/271/939 humidity/temperature I2C sensor.
Hey, that was nice of Mediatek to provide a free license for rum(4) in OpenBSD.
The EuroBSDCon papers deadline is extended a bit.
You can now see what your battery is supposed to have for capacity on OpenBSD.
Apache 1.3 and 2.0 are already depreciated and probably coming out of pkgsrc.
FreeBSD gains a driver for the Intel 40G Ethernet Controller XL710. There’s a long discussion on the list about the nonstandard i40evf name breaking things.
FreeBSD has sendmail 8.14.9.
FreeBSD has gained CUSE support. I can read what it does but don’t know where it’s used.

2014/05/172014/05/17

In Other BSDs for 2014/05/17

Some leftovers from last week since I’m catching up, so get ready to read.

What’s wrong with systemd. Matches some of my thoughts – Linux is transitioning from being against the monolith of Microsoft, to assuming a dominant place. (via)
DiscoverBSD summary for 2014/05/12.
PC-BSD Digest 28 has images of the new AppCafe.
PC-BSD Digest 29 summarizes how PBIs are changing (for the better).
NanoBSD and Raspberry Pi. (via)
UNIX: Automating your server inventory (Mostly can apply to BSD systems)
BSD Magazine for April: Free Pascal and other topics.
LibreSSL will be portable. I still want a portable pf.
FreeBSD 8.3 is EOL.
Epoch, an init replacement to avoid systemd, may work on OpenBSD.
DMARC is causing some changes for FreeBSD mailing lists. (hey, this will affect DragonFly, too, maybe.)
The pkgsrc-wip@ mailing lists are now switched to tech-pkg@ for NetBSD.
OpenBSD now stack-shuffles.
FreeBSD has added the mrsas(4) driver. (Why doesn’t it show up in a man page search at the site?)
Sometimes, Google DTRT.
FreeBSD has added the LM75 i2c temp sensor driver.
JabirOS 2.0, a fork from FreeBSD 10.
Michael W. Lucas has some notes from the pre-BSDCan FreeBSD Devsummit.
If you dig into the BSDCan schedule, some of the presentation have slides linked. Undeadly has linked to a number of them directly.

2014/05/12

Atheros updates for sleep

Matthew Dillon brought in Adrian Chadd’s sleep state changes for the ath(4) driver from FreeBSD to DragonFly; you may see reduced power usage if you have the appropriate hardware.

2014/05/062014/05/01

NYCBUG tomorrow: Bhyve

NYCBUG has a presentation from John Baldwin, happening on the 7th (tomorrow!), all about Bhyve, the BSD hypervisor.