Pkg in FreeBSD 9.1 release, file not found
Hi guys! :)
I put in .cshrc:
setenv PACKAGESITE
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-9-stable/Latest;
and afterwards #pkg_add -r pkg to use pkg
But currently i can not use pkg :(, but i remember that few days ago i
was using I used pkg to update and install some binary package, but
today I can not use pkg.
today when i put pkg update:
pkg:
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-9-stable/Latest//repo.txz:File
unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access)
currently i have:
#~pkg info pkg
pkg-1.0.1 New generation manager
I copy the file pkg.conf.sample to /usr/local/etc/pkg.conf
#less /usr/local/etc/pkg.conf
[...]
#Configuraton options
PACKAGESITE:http://pkg.freebsd.org/${ABI}/Latest
[...]
But it does not works :(, help me please :(, thanks in advice for you reply
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Re:
Sorry I have to say that, but I feel I have to comment on this: On Thu, 28 Mar 2013 19:46:53 -0400, Quartz wrote: [pc/free]bsd *can* be used as a desktop system, but it's really aimed more at servers... FreeBSD is, per definition, a multi-purpose operating system. It can be used on servers, on desktops, on combined forms, even on embedded. The description desktop, as I will admit, includes the ability to do several things, such as web browsing, emailing, word processing. Someone may include multimedia, someone else may include gaming. There is no strict definition on what makes desktop. a lot of common desktopy things aren't covered well. Personally I'm using FreeBSD _exclusively_ (!) on the desktop since version 4.0, and I haven't missed _any_ common desktopy thing that is required for my daily work. So at least from my limited and very individual point of view, everything is covered fine, on my home machines, and on the several laptops I have been using. I know I'm probably doing something wrong. :-) Based on the wording of your question it sounds like you're new to non-windows systems. I'd suggest you look into some flavor of linux instead (eg; ubuntu or mint): they'll be geared more towards what you'd be looking for I think. This assumption is what PC-BSD has been invented for. :-) Honestly: I know there are several things that do not work out of the box with FreeBSD, such as specific network sets, strange electrical sheet feeders with inkpee mechanism, controlled by an unknown USB data stream, or commodity gadgets. Problems can also occur when considering that some hardware manufacturers cripple their hardware intendedly in order to get permission to put a Windows advertising sticker on them. In such cases, Linux is often an advantage as they have developed means to deal with that. Still if the OP is explicitely _interested_ in running FreeBSD, what's wrong in a try first? Maybe first PC-BSD, then normal FreeBSD? In worst case, he would be able to download some Linux distribution (and I second your suggestions of Ubuntu and Mint, maybe add openSuSE?) and use that instead. There is no reason to stay with Windows 8 when everything it gives you is headaches and rage attacks. ;-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re:Re:Flat Windshield Wiper Blade You Want
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Re:
On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 11:03 PM, Jeff Belyea jbely...@gmail.com wrote: I have a new computer with windows 8, which I hate with a passion. I don't play music and I don't do a lot of pictures. Basically I only search, some EBay and games. Can I replace win8 with BSD? Of course you can. I suggest that you 0. make a full backup of your win8 drive... just in case you want to go back. You may also want to extract the win8 product key and write it down: * http://superuser.com/questions/495794/how-can-i-find-the-product-key-that-was-used-to-activate-windows-8 * http://forums.mydigitallife.info/threads/30363-Windows-8-Product-Key-Viewer 1. fetch a memstick image e.g. from here: ftp://ftp2.us.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/ISO-IMAGES/9.1/FreeBSD-9.1-RELEASE-amd64-memstick.img and write it with your favorite application on a USB flash drive. 2. switch your computer firmware from UEFI to CSM (compatibility support module), a.k.a. old BIOS mode, so you can boot external media. 3. boot from the USB flash drive, and experiment with FreeBSD. 4. install to disk (eventually after resizing and repartitioning the win8 part if you want to keep that). Good luck! -cpghost. -- Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
dump locking up system
(While the system involved is -CURRENT, this doesn't seem to have anything CURRENT-related.) On a system running: FreeBSD 10.0-CURRENT #0: Sun Dec 30 12:52:09 EST 2012 amd64 running dump causes the system to lock up ... sometimes. Specifics: I have a cron job which runs at 0200 local; it dumps three filesystems - /, /var, and /usr - to an external hard drive attached by eSATA. (Dump is incremental Tuesday through Sunday, full on Monday.) After some time of working transparently, this now semi- reliably causes the system to lock up requiring power-off to fix. a) According to dumpdates, the dump of / always completes. Only dumping /var or /usr cause the lock-up. b) There's nothing else in cron running about that time. c) Top doesn't show any suspicious processes or activity. d) When doing fsck on re-boot, the only thing suspicious is a file - caught in fsck phase 1 - large enough to be the usused space on the disk. e) The dump is run in snapshot mode; this has not previously been a problem. f) The exact command used is: dump $DUMP_LEVEL -D $DUMPDATES_FILE -C $DUMP_CACHE -b 64 -Lau -f $DUMP_DATE.var.dump /var where all of the $VARs are appropriately defined elsewhere. g) When run outside the cron environment, the script always runs to completion. Two possibilities come to mind: some kind of hardware failure, or a subtle corruption of the file system. Please - someone out there hav a better idea. ResEpoectfully, Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
EOL
I have 5 XP machines on my node that are used to crunch data 24/7. So, I'm looking for an OS platform that has a 10 year EOL to replace XP/3. What I got from your website appears to be a year or two at most on freebsd 8.3, and we really don't want to repeat the travails of the transition from 98SE to XP/3 after this one because the research team will be mostly mid 80's early 90s by then. It's a lot of data fetched over the web so we need security updates to keep the OS secure with minimal interaction. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: EOL
On Fri, 29 Mar 2013 09:19:02 -0600, David Thurber wrote: I have 5 XP machines on my node that are used to crunch data 24/7. So, I'm looking for an OS platform that has a 10 year EOL to replace XP/3. It's good you're paying attention to the upcoming death of Windows XP and the expected birth of lots of new malware, exploiting unfixed vulnerabilities. :-) What I got from your website appears to be a year or two at most on freebsd 8.3, and we really don't want to repeat the travails of the transition from 98SE to XP/3 after this one because the research team will be mostly mid 80's early 90s by then. You should use the most recent FreeBSD version for your first installation unless there's a _valid_ reason to use an older release which you cannot avoid. As with many software projects, FreeBSD is continuously developed. Security patches are backported from the current development branches to older (legacy) ones for some time, as long as this is possible. This of couse does not stop you to keep a FreeBSD installation running. For example, I still have a FreeBSD 4.1 file server which I see no need to replace, primarily because it runs in-house only and has no connection to the Internet. This is probably your biggest concern. However, FreeBSD is much more secure than Windows XP due to design and defaults. But keep in mind you're not just using the OS, you're also using additional software which also has to be kept current to operate securely. FreeBSD allows you to update software (from the ports collection) even on older installations. Of course this is not possible unlimited - but as long as the required OS infrastructures are present, it can be done. It's a lot of data fetched over the web so we need security updates to keep the OS secure with minimal interaction. FreeBSD and its applications can be updated from source. There are lots of tools (such as port management tools like portmaster) to help you with this task. But there are also tools for binary updates. They even cover transition to a new major release. You can use freebsd-update to get the security patches for the OS, this is very easy and does not involve much interaction. FreeBSD will provide a very solid foundation for running secure installations over a long time. Of course you will need to perform updates, but this is very easy to do, as I said. You may check The FreeBSD Handbook for more information. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: EOL
On 29/03/2013 15:19, David Thurber wrote: I have 5 XP machines on my node that are used to crunch data 24/7. So, I'm looking for an OS platform that has a 10 year EOL to replace XP/3. What I got from your website appears to be a year or two at most on freebsd 8.3, and we really don't want to repeat the travails of the transition from 98SE to XP/3 after this one because the research team will be mostly mid 80's early 90s by then. It's a lot of data fetched over the web so we need security updates to keep the OS secure with minimal interaction. 10 years is an eternity in computing terms. In 10 years your five machines will be easily outclassed by a single machine costing a fraction as much, if Moore's Law holds up. In fact, by then you could probably virtualize all five onto the same platform and still come out ahead. Might I suggest that your best option is not to look for an OS which has a 10-year release lifetime; something I think you'ld struggle to find from any FOSS project, and would probably have to pay exhorbitantly for from a commercial provider. Instead, look for an OS where you can maintain a configuration environment for the lifetime of your project. By that I mean you can still run the original binaries. In this respect, I think FreeBSD would be one of the better choices. I mean, 10 years ago, FreeBSD 5.0 and 5.1 were the latest releases. Now, that release branch had its problems, but it marked the last hugely incompatible change across major version updates (as seen in the 3 - 4 and 4 - 5 upgrades). In principle, given a suitable set of compat5x libraries (ie. the misc/compat5x port) and a kernel compiled with 'options COMPAT_FREEBSD5' (which is in the default kernel), you could run software compiled for 5.x on a contemporary system. Of course, there can't be any guarantees that your project running on FreeBSD 9.2 now could be supported in compat9x mode on FreeBSD 15.x in 2023. But I'd suggest the FreeBSD is probably one of your best bets for achieving that. Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: external hdd
On Mar 28, 2013, at 2:10 PM, Laszlo Danielisz wrote: If I'm sharing an external 1TB HDD with FreeBSD and OS-X (I wan to use Time Machine), what is the best file system to use? Time Machine is only supported on top of journaled HFS+; I'm not sure how fusefs-hfs is doing on FreeBSD, though. Or you could setup multiple partitions and have an exFAT partition for data interchange between other OSes. Regards, -- -Chuck ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Operation timed out with smtp.gmail.com - please help
Please help debug sendmail / smtp.gmail config. My University just switched to gmail (dickheads) and I'm trying to figure out how to set it up. It used to work ok with the University smtp auth server. Now I get in /var/log/maillog: sm-mta[72300]: r2TI0vQc072134: to=me...@bris.ac.uk, ctladdr=me...@.men.bris.ac.uk (1001/1001), delay=00:20:01, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay, pri=210424, relay=smtp.gmail.com, dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: Operation timed out with smtp.gmail.com I switched the firewall off completely. I have: # cat /etc/mail/auth/client-info AuthInfo:smtp.gmail.com U:root I:me...@bristol.ac.uk P:x # and this in /etc/mail/freebsd.mc: define(`confAUTH_MECHANISMS', `GSSAPI DIGEST-MD5 CRAM-MD5 LOGIN')dnl define(`SMART_HOST', `smtp.gmail.com')dnl I rebuilt (run make under /etc/mail. This just renames freebsd.mc to hostname.mc, and freebsd.submit.mc to hostname.submit.mc) and restarted sendmail. I also use: MASQUERADE_AS(`bristol.ac.uk') MASQUERADE_DOMAIN(`bristol.ac.uk') to use the university domain instead of may .men.bris.ac.uk, which is not acceptable. What else am I missing? Thanks Anton ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Operation timed out with smtp.gmail.com - please help
gmail has blocking mechanism when you use it from different devices, try this maybe it will help: https://accounts.google.com/DisplayUnlockCaptcha -- CeDeROM, SQ7MHZ, http://www.tomek.cedro.info ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
x11-toolkits/gtksourceview2 is broken
FreeBSD 9.1-RELEASE on amd64 This afternoon I upgraded textproc/libxml2 from version 2.7.8_5 to version 2.7.8_0 (at least I think it's libxml2 that's the problem - I upgraded py27-libxml2 and gdk-pixbuf2 at the same time). Then x11-toolkits/gtksourceview2 would not compile. I got the following error: CCLD test-widget ../gtksourceview/.libs/libgtksourceview-2.0.so: undefined reference to `xmlTextReaderRelaxNGValidate' gmake[2]: *** [test-widget] Error 1 Sure enough, I see a similar error when I try to open a shell script with gedit: /usr/local/lib/libgtksourceview-2.0.so.0: Undefined symbol xmlTextReaderRelaxNGValidate Where do I go from here? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Operation timed out with smtp.gmail.com - please help
On Fri, 29 Mar 2013 18:32:34 GMT Anton Shterenlikht articulated: Please help debug sendmail / smtp.gmail config. My University just switched to gmail (dickheads) and I'm trying to figure out how to set it up. It used to work ok with the University smtp auth server. Now I get in /var/log/maillog: sm-mta[72300]: r2TI0vQc072134: to=me...@bris.ac.uk, ctladdr=me...@.men.bris.ac.uk (1001/1001), delay=00:20:01, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay, pri=210424, relay=smtp.gmail.com, dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: Operation timed out with smtp.gmail.com I switched the firewall off completely. I have: # cat /etc/mail/auth/client-info AuthInfo:smtp.gmail.com U:root I:me...@bristol.ac.uk P:x # and this in /etc/mail/freebsd.mc: define(`confAUTH_MECHANISMS', `GSSAPI DIGEST-MD5 CRAM-MD5 LOGIN')dnl define(`SMART_HOST', `smtp.gmail.com')dnl I rebuilt (run make under /etc/mail. This just renames freebsd.mc to hostname.mc, and freebsd.submit.mc to hostname.submit.mc) and restarted sendmail. I also use: MASQUERADE_AS(`bristol.ac.uk') MASQUERADE_DOMAIN(`bristol.ac.uk') to use the university domain instead of may .men.bris.ac.uk, which is not acceptable. Try this at the command line: openssl s_client -connect smtp.gmail.com:25 -starttls smtp If it times out, change the port number to 587 and try it again. If you cannot make a connect using either port number then you have a firewall problem. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: x11-toolkits/gtksourceview2 is broken
On 29 March 2013 15:11, Walter Hurry walterhu...@gmail.com wrote: FreeBSD 9.1-RELEASE on amd64 This afternoon I upgraded textproc/libxml2 from version 2.7.8_5 to version 2.7.8_0 (at least I think it's libxml2 that's the problem - I upgraded py27-libxml2 and gdk-pixbuf2 at the same time). Then x11-toolkits/gtksourceview2 would not compile. I got the following error: CCLD test-widget ../gtksourceview/.libs/libgtksourceview-2.0.so: undefined reference to `xmlTextReaderRelaxNGValidate' gmake[2]: *** [test-widget] Error 1 Sure enough, I see a similar error when I try to open a shell script with gedit: /usr/local/lib/libgtksourceview-2.0.so.0: Undefined symbol xmlTextReaderRelaxNGValidate Where do I go from here? Looks like xmlTextReaderRelaxNGValidate is provided by /usr/local/include/libxml2/libxml/xmlreader.h As an analogy, I seem to recall having trouble in the past with the freetype2/freetype nested directories #include statements that never seemed to pick up the subtleties my solution at the time was to: # ln -s /usr/local/include/freetype2/freetype /usr/local/include/freetype This probably caused an orphan in Mumbai to experience an existential dread they still don't understand, but I'll be danged if it didn't work. Otherwise, you can blindly run # portmaster -r libxml2 (or some perverted equivalent thereof) pray. It'll probably run for a good while. % pkg info -r libxml2 | wc -l 148 (that's including the libxml2-2.7.8_5 is required by: line though) HTH -- -- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Proper way to update ports with svn
I seem to have to run 'make index' in /usr/ports after I've run 'svn up /usr/ports' in order to see which ports need to be updated using 'portversion'. This doesn't seem correct...and if so portsnap would seem like a much better tool. Perhaps I should be running 'make fetchindex' instead? I'm sure I've read about the correct way to do so, but it doesn't appear to be here: https://wiki.freebsd.org/PortsSubversionPrimer Thanks in advance for any advice. -- Andre Goree an...@drenet.info ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: external hdd
On 29 March 2013 18:06, Chuck Swiger cswi...@mac.com wrote: On Mar 28, 2013, at 2:10 PM, Laszlo Danielisz wrote: If I'm sharing an external 1TB HDD with FreeBSD and OS-X (I wan to use Time Machine), what is the best file system to use? Time Machine is only supported on top of journaled HFS+; I'm not sure how fusefs-hfs is doing on FreeBSD, though. Or you could setup multiple partitions and have an exFAT partition for data interchange between other OSes. Regards, -- -Chuck Now, unless I got things wrong, I believe you're mistaken. I, for instance, have a Time Machine server running on top of 10.0-CURRENT with ZFS. http://www.area536.com/projects/ironclad-time-machine-backups-on-freebsd/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: external hdd
Hi-- On Mar 29, 2013, at 3:52 PM, Damien Fleuriot wrote: On 29 March 2013 18:06, Chuck Swiger cswi...@mac.com wrote: Time Machine is only supported on top of journaled HFS+; I'm not sure how fusefs-hfs is doing on FreeBSD, though. Or you could setup multiple partitions and have an exFAT partition for data interchange between other OSes. Now, unless I got things wrong, I believe you're mistaken. The key word above which folks might not be paying enough attention towards-- particularly in the context of a backup solution-- is supported. I, for instance, have a Time Machine server running on top of 10.0-CURRENT with ZFS. http://www.area536.com/projects/ironclad-time-machine-backups-on-freebsd/ Indeed. As one might note on that page: defaults write com.apple.systempreferences TMShowUnsupportedNetworkVolumes 1 ^^^ #include std/disclaimer.h Regards, -- -Chuck ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: OT: The future of USENET?
On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 10:59 PM, Steve O'Hara-Smith st...@sohara.orgwrote: There are several free public USENET text servers (no binary groups), granted it's nothing like the days when every ISP ran one but there are still several about (eternal-september.com is one of the biggest). There are also a few low cost paid servers (individual.netstands out here). There is also a thriving business in paid for USENET binary service. Even back in the day I used to use public servers, because the ISP-run ones generally had poor uptime and a poor selection of groups. These days I tend not to read USENET groups because of the high amount of spam traffic, and the fact that the remaining posters tend to be interested mostly in continuing their own long-running flame wars while chasing off newbies. Maybe I just value my time more highly these days. ;) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: EOL
Hi, On Fri, 29 Mar 2013 09:19:02 -0600 David Thurber dav...@thurber.org wrote: I have 5 XP machines on my node that are used to crunch data 24/7. So, I'm looking for an OS platform that has a 10 year EOL to replace XP/3. if you do not count the service packs and updates, your XP installation is EOL since 2001. If you count service packs and patches, FreeBSD has no defined EOL. All you have to do, is to introduce an update and patch strategy and do it at predefined times. What I got from your website appears to be a year or two at most on freebsd 8.3, and we really don't want to repeat the travails of the transition from 98SE to XP/3 after this one because the research team will be mostly mid 80's early 90s by then. It's a lot of data fetched over the web so we need security updates to keep the OS secure with minimal interaction. If you would like to stick with x86, I would say that FreeBSD has the smoothest update and upgrade path. If you want something better, you would have to move to AIX or Solaris. Erich ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: external hdd
On 30/03/2013 09:43, Chuck Swiger wrote: Hi-- On Mar 29, 2013, at 3:52 PM, Damien Fleuriot wrote: On 29 March 2013 18:06, Chuck Swiger cswi...@mac.com wrote: Time Machine is only supported on top of journaled HFS+; I'm not sure how fusefs-hfs is doing on FreeBSD, though. Or you could setup multiple partitions and have an exFAT partition for data interchange between other OSes. Now, unless I got things wrong, I believe you're mistaken. The key word above which folks might not be paying enough attention towards-- particularly in the context of a backup solution-- is supported. I, for instance, have a Time Machine server running on top of 10.0-CURRENT with ZFS. http://www.area536.com/projects/ironclad-time-machine-backups-on-freebsd/ Indeed. As one might note on that page: defaults write com.apple.systempreferences TMShowUnsupportedNetworkVolumes 1 ^^^ The real point to notice is that the mentioned zfs storage is accessed over the network not over a local usb/sata cable. The freebsd server reads/writes to zfs the remote mac only talks afp over tcp seeing it as another network fileserver. While 10.5 included a zfs read-only kext apple removed it in 10.6 or 10.7. There is an oss version of zfs started that appears to have been revived - maczfs.com. There is also a commercial package for osx zfs - zevo. I'm not vouching for either of these just mentioning that they exist. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: external hdd
On 30 March 2013 02:14, Shane Ambler free...@shaneware.biz wrote: On 30/03/2013 09:43, Chuck Swiger wrote: Hi-- On Mar 29, 2013, at 3:52 PM, Damien Fleuriot wrote: On 29 March 2013 18:06, Chuck Swiger cswi...@mac.com wrote: Time Machine is only supported on top of journaled HFS+; I'm not sure how fusefs-hfs is doing on FreeBSD, though. Or you could setup multiple partitions and have an exFAT partition for data interchange between other OSes. Now, unless I got things wrong, I believe you're mistaken. The key word above which folks might not be paying enough attention towards-- particularly in the context of a backup solution-- is supported. I, for instance, have a Time Machine server running on top of 10.0-CURRENT with ZFS. http://www.area536.com/**projects/ironclad-time-** machine-backups-on-freebsd/http://www.area536.com/projects/ironclad-time-machine-backups-on-freebsd/ Indeed. As one might note on that page: defaults write com.apple.systempreferences TMShowUnsupportedNetworkVolume **s 1 ^^^ The real point to notice is that the mentioned zfs storage is accessed over the network not over a local usb/sata cable. The freebsd server reads/writes to zfs the remote mac only talks afp over tcp seeing it as another network fileserver. While 10.5 included a zfs read-only kext apple removed it in 10.6 or 10.7. There is an oss version of zfs started that appears to have been revived - maczfs.com. There is also a commercial package for osx zfs - zevo. I'm not vouching for either of these just mentioning that they exist. Aye, I know that. My point is, perhaps that'd be his best bet then ? Attach the USB device to the FreeBSD box, export it over afp. I know that's not really ideal, that's a given. However, this is a solution that allows him to use the disk on fbsd, and still be able to export TM backups. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Proper way to update ports with svn
On 29 March 2013 22:29, Andre Goree an...@drenet.info wrote: I seem to have to run 'make index' in /usr/ports after I've run 'svn up /usr/ports' in order to see which ports need to be updated using 'portversion'. This doesn't seem correct...and if so portsnap would seem like a much better tool. Perhaps I should be running 'make fetchindex' instead? I'm sure I've read about the correct way to do so, but it doesn't appear to be here: https://wiki.freebsd.org/PortsSubversionPrimer Thanks in advance for any advice. 'make index' looks good to me, it's the right way to do things imo. What bothers you, following 'make index', pkg version output seems dodgy ? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re:
Personally I'm using FreeBSD _exclusively_ (!) on the desktop since version 4.0, and I haven't missed _any_ common desktopy thing that is required for my daily work. I was referring to general intent when I wrote that. For example, bsd has poor support for things like sleep/suspend/hibernate. While desktops and laptops would certainly take advantage of those things, severs generally don't, so fixing it has traditionally been low priority. In contrast, linux has that working out of the box on almost all hardware. Likewise in my experience a number of other home-use things like laptop wifi are generally better supported under linux. A similar situation exists for software, especially non-business software and oddball utilities. On bsd you can usually find something to do what you need, but you'll often be limited to one or two choices, whereas with linux you might have half a dozen. (Whether all these packages are GOOD or not is a separate issue :) I'm not saying that bsd *can't* be used for a home desktop, it certainly can, but it was never aimed at the grandma+laptop market and the hardware support and software selection reflects that. But I don't hold that against bsd. You can't be all things to all people, bsd is very good for servers and linux is good for home use, and they each have their place. __ it has a certain smooth-brained appeal ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: external hdd
Thank you Chuck! I've tried fusefs-hfs a couple months ago and wasn't working very well. So yeah, I might create some DOS partition to be shared. Regards, Laszlo -- Laszlo Danielisz On 2013 March 29 Friday at 6:06 PM, Chuck Swiger wrote: On Mar 28, 2013, at 2:10 PM, Laszlo Danielisz wrote: If I'm sharing an external 1TB HDD with FreeBSD and OS-X (I wan to use Time Machine), what is the best file system to use? Time Machine is only supported on top of journaled HFS+; I'm not sure how fusefs-hfs is doing on FreeBSD, though. Or you could setup multiple partitions and have an exFAT partition for data interchange between other OSes. Regards, -- -Chuck ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org (mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org) mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org (mailto:freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Portsnap gets ports that claim to be out of date
When I do portsnap update and try building stuff, I get errors like this: Mk/bsd.port.mk, line 5: warning: You are using a ports file that originated from CVS!! Mk/bsd.port.mk, line 6: warning: The FreeBSD project has switched from CVS to SubVersion. Mk/bsd.port.mk, line 7: warning: This CVS repository is NO LONGER UPDATED! If you see this Mk/bsd.port.mk, line 8: warning: message then your tree is STALE and you need to follow Mk/bsd.port.mk, line 9: warning: the update instructions to receive any more updates. I'm not using CVS, I'm using portsnap. Any ideas? It's a 9.1 system, fully up to date as far as I know. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
