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exec=on for /usr/src after base/head r359260
Update 2020-03-30: r359426 fixed this issue. We may again set exec=off or have noexec set in our /etc/fstab. If you mount /usr/src as noexec or have set the ZFS exec property to off, now is the time to allow executables to be run. r359260 added contrib/kyua/doc/manbuild.sh, which is run as part of make buildworld in […]
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Additional floating point extensions for RISC-V
The RV{32,64,128}{F,D,Q} extensions are great on their own, but I propose a set of new extensions to coexist with the current ones.
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Somewhere between r357572 and r358062 something changed so dramatically in base/head that sysutils/htop didn’t display anything useful other than CPU and memory usage.
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ISO CIFS SR inaccessible after upgrade to Citrix Hypervisor 8.1.0
After upgrading Citrix Hypervisor 8.0.0 to 8.1.0, all ISO CIFS SR became inaccessible. The CIFS shares are held by our Samba server and they are available read-only without any authentication. Manually adding a new ISO CIFS SR revealed that the username must be specified as \ (blackslash), indicating no domain name and no username. No […]
Read More → ISO CIFS SR inaccessible after upgrade to Citrix Hypervisor 8.1.0Dell Precision 5540, Windows 10 1909, and endless automatic repair cycle
Last month I created two Windows 10 1909 images for a Dell Precision 5540, one image for “naked” Windows 10 including all drivers, and another image complete with all our usual software. That laptop came with BIOS version 1.3.3, which was upgraded to 1.4.0 before any of the images were captured.
Read More → Dell Precision 5540, Windows 10 1909, and endless automatic repair cycleLessons learned switching from Python 3.6 to 3.7
If you use synth from ports-mgmt/synth and switch from Python 3.6 to 3.7 after having updated the ports tree and after synth have updated its own flavour index, you might see strange error messages such as:
Read More → Lessons learned switching from Python 3.6 to 3.7Switching main Python versions in FreeBSD
In my infinite (and possibly questionable) wisdom, I usually lock down various software to particular versions. This time I wanted to change the main Python from version 2.7 to version 3.6 on the FreeBSD builder at ${WORK}.
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Today, I received a brand new Dell Precision 5530 running boot firmware 1.8.1 to be handed out to a colleague. The first attempt at booting off an USB memory stick didn’t look promising as I never saw an entry for the stick in the F12 boot menu.
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It’s the same story all over again. Manually repairing or installing x86 and x64 versions of MS Visual C++ Runtimes bundled with ACAD 2020 makes the latter finally run as expected.
Read More → Autodesk AutoCAD 2020 shows splash screen only to disappear shortlyBad distinfo for mail/dcc-dccd
synth(8) made the following complaint: The quick fix is: Someone else created PR 238734. Their patch matches mine except for the TIMESTAMP value:
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