DCBSDCon 2009 Registration is Open!
We are proud to announce the opening of registration for DCBSDCon 2009! DCBSDCon 2009 will be held February 5th and 6th at the Marriott Wardman in Washington, DC. This is the inaugural event, but we already have an awesome lineup of speakers and events. If you haven't already, check out the details at http://www.dcbsdcon.org/. For those registering before February 5, registration is only $75. Registration at the day of the event (if there are any slots left) will increase to $125. Many of you are also following along as we reveal our speakers. Every Monday and Thursday, from now through January, we're releasing details on a new speaker. Just yesterday we announced our 3rd speaker, Chris Buechler of the pfSense project. It's like Christmas or Hannukkah, without the mess! Subscribe to our feed at http://blog.dcbsdcon.org/. Register online: http://www.dcbsdcon.org/register.html Hope to see you there! -- Jason Dixon DixonGroup Consulting http://www.dixongroup.net/
Re: My personal pkgsrc FAQ
Hi! 2008/12/18 Justin C. Sherrill : > On Thu, December 18, 2008 2:16 am, Robert Luciani wrote: > >> The advantage of using a vkernel (or at least keeping your chroot around >> for a long while) is that it allows you to keep rebuilding packages >> that were tagged with vulnerabilities, from the same environment, for >> the entire lifespan of the package set. Otherwise, security >> updates render a stable package set obsolete very quickly. This was >> also why I mentioned pkg_chk and that it needs to be fixed. Because >> now, updating packages is so arduous that people just leave firefox-3 >> as an old version even though it might have multiple security problems. > > I'd say stick with a chroot; it'll accomplish the same thing without the > overhead. I suppose trying and timing both strategies with the same > pkgsrc release would provide an interesting benchmark on just how much > overhead the virtualized kernel introduces... /me wishes DFBSD has cluster support already. I'd be glad to share some CPU cycles for package building. :) Having a packed vkernel environment will let me to easily install a little cluster block with limited access to other system stuff. PS. Yes, I can imagine the amount of work to be done to achieve that goal. Treat this as a dreaming-rumbling-mumbling aloud. :) -- Dennis Melentyev
