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svnserve command line options
The svnserve(8) man page found in Subversion 1.8.5 is a bit outdated. For instance, the –compression option is not mentioned at all. This blog post will surely be outdated in (short) time.
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Here’s a writeup of how I managed to persuade Subversion‘s svnserve running on FreeBSD to authenticate using SASL, Cyrus’ saslauthd, and LDAP on Novell eDirectory.
Read More → LDAP authentication for Subversion’s svnserve on FreeBSD using SASL, saslauthd, and Novell eDirectoryCreating WordPress child themes and preventing automatic linebreaks in pre-tags
I wanted to prevent automatic linebreaks in pre-tags in the “Twenty Fourteen” theme. I followed WordPress’ description on how to create child themes. In the /usr/local/www/wordpress/wp-content/themes directory, I created the twentyfourteen_local directory. In this directory I created the style.css file. The file was given the contents shown below. In the Dashboard, I clicked on Appearance. […]
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In LaTeX documents without the need for a separate bibliography, these macros might be handy for referencing and creating clickable URLs pointing to IETF RFCs.
Read More → Referencing IETF RFCs inline in LaTeXHappy New Year!
Happy New Year 2014!
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I wish you all a Merry Xmas!
Read More → Merry Xmas!Detecting clang in C code
If you’re looking for a way to detect when your code is being compiled by clang, try the command clang -dM -E -x c /dev/null In the large list presented, you’ll find these macros the most interesting ones:
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Type this in LibreOffice Math: and you’ll get:
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I upgraded Subversion 1.8.1 to 1.8.5 on some non-critical FreeBSD servers the other day. Normally I would run this command: portupgrade -fprv devel/subversion I noticed www/serf also needed updating, so this time I ran a command like: portupgrade -fprv www/serf
Read More → Trouble upgrading older Subversion on recent FreeBSD? You might be missing devel/sconsObserving leap seconds
I came across a blog post by Emil Mikulic on the leap second introduced by the IERS on 1 July 2012. Inspired by Emil Mikulic’s blog post, I created the following short programme.
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