Re: Poll: should Trac send email notifications when adding or replacing an attachment?

2016-11-04 Thread Dave Horsfall
s. Me too :-) Seriously, I too want to be notified whenever the rug is about to pulled out from underneath me, and my utmost thanks go to the Macports bods for doing what must be a thankless job. -- Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Those who don't understan

Guile broken again...

2016-10-30 Thread Dave Horsfall
ile/main.log Error: Unable to upgrade port: 1 No point in showing the error log; it's been posted before. (I know; it's not Guile itself, but that's what's being reported back to the user.) -- Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Those who don'

Sierra 10.12.1 and NTP

2016-10-26 Thread Dave Horsfall
t I have a feeling that I need it for the NTP client. Anyone else seen this? Same thing happened with "rsyncd" and "lighttpd" too (all ports that I'd installed). -- Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Those who don't understand security will suffer." __

Re: Guile appears to be broken again...

2016-10-16 Thread Dave Horsfall
On Sun, 16 Oct 2016, Ryan Schmidt wrote: > A bug report was already filed for this: > > https://trac.macports.org/ticket/52613 Thanks; that's exactly what I'm seeing. -- Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Those who don't un

Guile appears to be broken again...

2016-10-16 Thread Dave Horsfall
$procedure $targetname" :info:build Warning: targets not executed for guile: org.macports.install org.macports.build org.macports.destroot :notice:build Please see the log file for port guile for details: /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release

Re: LLVM not supported on Sierra?

2016-10-03 Thread Dave Horsfall
hat I skipped a step or something. -- Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Those who don't understand security will suffer." ___ macports-users mailing list macports-users@lists.macosforge.org https://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-users

Re: LLVM not supported on Sierra?

2016-10-03 Thread Dave Horsfall
he hard part.) Is there a port option to tell me what uses +llvm35 variant? -- Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Those who don't understand security will suffer." ___ macports-users mailing list macports-users@lists.macosforge.org https://l

Re: LLVM not supported on Sierra?

2016-10-03 Thread Dave Horsfall
something, upgrade it, and see what wants it... -- Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Those who don't understand security will suffer." ___ macports-users mailing list macports-users@lists.macosforge.org https://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-users

LLVM not supported on Sierra?

2016-10-02 Thread Dave Horsfall
m-3.5 for details: /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_lang_llvm-3.5/llvm-3.5/main.log Is this a problem with Macports itself? Or have I screwed up as usual? -- Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Those who don't understand security will suffer." ___

Macports fails under Sierra?

2016-09-25 Thread Dave Horsfall
26 06:12 /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/tarballs Qué? -- Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Those who don't understand security will suffer."___ macports-users mailing list macports-users@lists.macosforge.org h

Re: MacPorts missing links

2016-09-12 Thread Dave Horsfall
nd I get: /opt/local/lib/libpng.la but I also get: /opt/local/libexec/texlive/binaries/a2ping /opt/local/libexec/texlive/binaries/a5toa4 /opt/local/libexec/texlive/binaries/adhocfilelist etc. What did I break this time? -- Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Those w

Re: Macports: install/uninstall failed?

2016-06-10 Thread Dave Horsfall
solution i.e. CTL-ALT-DEL. It will not be solved until you figure out what caused it in the first place. -- Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Those who don't understand security will suffer."___ macports-users mailing list macport

Who is maintaining Guile?

2016-03-20 Thread Dave Horsfall
eX manpage is broken, or something... In the meantime, "port -p ..." is my friend. -- Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Those who don't understand security will suffer." ___ macports-users mailing list macports-users@lists.macosf

Re: Xsane fails to build

2016-03-19 Thread Dave Horsfall
new version appears. -- Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Those who don't understand security will suffer." ___ macports-users mailing list macports-users@lists.macosforge.org https://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-users

Is there a good version of Time Machine?

2016-02-21 Thread Dave Horsfall
I ask because either it won't back up .dotfiles, or I've forgotten to click one of those box thingies... Specifically, I want my Firefox config back. -- Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Those who don't understand security will suffer." _

libgstchromaprint is busted

2016-02-14 Thread Dave Horsfall
orts ---> Found 1 broken port(s): gstreamer1-gst-plugins-bad @1.6.2 /opt/local/lib/gstreamer-1.0/libgstchromaprint.so And I don't even know what it is... -- Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Those who don't understand security will suffer." __

Re: Guile is broken, again...

2016-02-11 Thread Dave Horsfall
On Wed, 10 Feb 2016, Chris Jones wrote: > Just compress the log file before posting it. It will be a fraction of > its original size then... Yet another hoop through which to jump, in other words... Should it be ZIP, Compress, or what? Sigh, so many standards, and so little time... --

Re: Guile is broken, again...

2016-02-09 Thread Dave Horsfall
Sigh... Looks like I have to shorten my messages for this list, even though we're asked to include as much info as possible... I don't like publishing my personal site, but said log can be found over on www.horsfall.org/Guile.log -- Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Those who d

Re: Full Disk?

2016-02-05 Thread Dave Horsfall
S file-systems is that once you hit 90%, performance goes through the floor (and that's a polite way of putting it). -- Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Those who don't understand security will suffer." ___ macports-users mailing list m

Re: Guile is still broken

2016-01-26 Thread Dave Horsfall
> need to commit the patches to our repo. Thanks; I'll hurry up and wait, as they say in the military... -- Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Those who don't understand security will suffer." ___ macports-users ma

Guile is still broken

2016-01-24 Thread Dave Horsfall
e Guile (and I don't even know what it is), but something here obviously requires it. Am I the only MacPorts user to have encountered this problem? -- Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Those who don't understand security will suffer." ___

Re: A question about macports perl and apple perl and versions and locations

2015-12-14 Thread Dave Horsfall
s been mentioned here? Don't even *think* of monkeying with it, unless you *know* what you are doing (believing that you know is not good enough). Even *I* won't touch it, despite having over 40 years of programming experience. -- Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Tho

Experiences with El Capitan

2015-11-05 Thread Dave Horsfall
binaries, as usual? Oh, and a hint for new players: read the migration instructions! I'm using them as a check-list, and I'm still ploughing through. -- Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Those who don't understand security will suffer." _

Re: Hand-holding please - openmotif

2015-11-01 Thread Dave Horsfall
On Mon, 2 Nov 2015, Dave Horsfall wrote: > :error:archivefetch org.macports.archivefetch for port openmotif returned: > xorg-libXt must be installed with +flat_namespace. Skip it; it's "port ... +whatever". -- Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Those who don't

Hand-holding please - openmotif

2015-11-01 Thread Dave Horsfall
"revupgrade_mode report" uncommented. With the Mac, I am but a lowly end-user, trying to learn more... -- Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Those who don't understand security will suffer." ___ macports-users mailing list macports-users@l

Re: Cannot licence Xcodebuild

2015-11-01 Thread Dave Horsfall
sed Xcode, although you might need to reinstall the command > line tools afterward to restore stuff in /usr/bin that it expected to be > symlinks into /Developer. Noted, but I wanted to make sure that my Macports was as clean as a whistle before going to El Capitan, just in case. Thanks agai

Cannot licence Xcodebuild

2015-11-01 Thread Dave Horsfall
e 3.2.6? I've been steadily upgrading it for ages; my notes show: Xcode 5.1.1 plus command line tools, 6.0.1 on 20/9/2014, 6.1 on 23/10, 6.1.1 11/3/15, 6.3.2 19/5/1, 6.4 1/7/15, 7 on 18/9/15, 7.0.1 1/10/15. (For the Americans here, my date format is dd/mm/yy) -- Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU)

Re: Command Line Tools warning

2015-10-30 Thread Dave Horsfall
On Fri, 30 Oct 2015, Eneko Gotzon Ares wrote: > > I'm waiting for 10.11.1 > > Already released some days ago. On Fri, 30 Oct 2015, wood...@gmail.com wrote: > Version 10.11.1 (15B42) is out BTW. Thanks, all; I'll give it a bash when I have a free day :-) --

RE: Command Line Tools warning

2015-10-30 Thread Dave Horsfall
version and will fail to find it. And I occasionally use Wireshark... -- Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Those who don't understand security will suffer." ___ macports-users mailing list macports-users@lists.macosforge.org https://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-users

Re: Why was guile18 attempted when I told it not to?

2015-10-18 Thread Dave Horsfall
upgrade outdated and not \( guile18 gnucash \) Nothing to upgrade. Thanks! -- Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Those who don't understand security will suffer."___ macports-users mailing list macports-users@lists.macosforge.org http

Re: Why was guile18 attempted when I told it not to?

2015-10-18 Thread Dave Horsfall
onoured instead? BTW, I never touch any system stuff, and that includes the macports files (I know my limits). Mac has /opt/local, FreeBSD has /usr/local, dunno what Linux has (never installed custom software), and I have no idea how Wintel does it (and have no wish to know). -- Dave Horsfa

Why was guile18 attempted when I told it not to?

2015-10-18 Thread Dave Horsfall
king errors ---> Found 1 broken file(s), matching files to ports ---> Found 1 broken port(s), determining rebuild order ---> Rebuilding in order guile18 @1.8.8 And as we know, guile18 is busted. -- Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Those who

[FD] Unicorn CPU Emulator Framework is out! (fwd)

2015-10-15 Thread Dave Horsfall
Anyone have any plans to port this? -- Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Those who don't understand security will suffer." -- Forwarded message -- Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2015 02:09:52 +0800 From: Nguyen Anh Quynh To: unicorn-eng...@freelists.org, "dailyd...@l

Re: about fragmentation (of free disk space)

2015-10-14 Thread Dave Horsfall
stream back then, but the code is much > more sophisticated these days (and I expect that OS X is not alone, > although I don't follow what's up on the Linux side). Not Sys 5, but good ol' Edition 5, back in 1975 or so. And I'm sure that Linux has pre-read as well. -

Re: about fragmentation (of free disk space)

2015-10-11 Thread Dave Horsfall
ght up? -- Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Those who don't understand security will suffer." ___ macports-users mailing list macports-users@lists.macosforge.org https://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-users

Re: about fragmentation (of free disk space)

2015-10-11 Thread Dave Horsfall
ace it, and rebuild the array whilst having your favourite brew. -- Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Those who don't understand security will suffer."___ macports-users mailing list macports-users@lists.macosforge.org https://lists.macos

Re: pet project : LnxPorts

2015-10-08 Thread Dave Horsfall
On Thu, 8 Oct 2015, Alejandro Imass wrote: > Perhaps it's a good time to evaluate a switch to PCBSD and ditch the > Linux ;-) Anything that ditches Linux is fine by me :-) I'm a bit of a BSD snob, after all... -- Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Those who don't under

Re: Darwin Version

2015-10-06 Thread Dave Horsfall
ry, as many versions of Unix were developed over the 40 years that I've been using it (SYS-III, SYS-V, SunOS, Solaris, Ultrix, IRIX, Xenix, SCO, AIX, etc; I've used all those and more). -- Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Those who don't understand security will suffer.&quo

Re: Darwin Version

2015-10-06 Thread Dave Horsfall
2 and FreeBSD." -- Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Those who don't understand security will suffer." ___ macports-users mailing list macports-users@lists.macosforge.org https://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-users

Re: Darwin Version

2015-10-05 Thread Dave Horsfall
You're saying that Darwin was written from scratch and not evolved from a modified FreeBSD 4.1, or am I thinking of an earlier MacOS? -- Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Those who don't understand security will suffer." ___ macp

Re: [MacPorts] #48690: Upgrading "guile18" fails

2015-10-05 Thread Dave Horsfall
ucash: > > sudo port upgrade outdated and not \( guile18 gnucash \) Sorry for the late reply; that worked a treat! So it was gnucash that dragged in guile18... Thanks. -- Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Those who don't understand security will suffer."

Re: Darwin Version

2015-10-03 Thread Dave Horsfall
On Sat, 3 Oct 2015, Rainer Müller wrote: > What should we change on the wiki page to make it more clear? > This is an honest question. I am open to suggestions. You cannot force the sheeple to read the instructions. "Warning: this gun will blow your foot off if you point it that way.

Re: Darwin Version

2015-10-03 Thread Dave Horsfall
ther. Remember: under the bonnet (ObUSA: hood) the Mac runs FreeBSD. A family exchange, some years back: Ex: Iain, why did Dave buy a Mac? I thought he was a Unix person! Son (in a withering tone): Mum, the Mac *runs* Unix. Me: That's right, Iain; I wouldn't've bought it

Re: Darwin Version

2015-10-02 Thread Dave Horsfall
On Fri, 2 Oct 2015, Dominik Reichardt wrote: > Calm down and complain to Apple I've found that Penguin/OS users have a rather blinkered view of the real world; they seem to think that they invented Unix, for example. Personally, I'm a BSD bigot; at least the Mac is FreeBSD-bas

Re: MacPorts 2.3.4 has been released

2015-10-01 Thread Dave Horsfall
. Since that's bad UX, that change > isn't ready for a release yet. Sounds reasonable :-) Thanks. -- Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Those who don't understand security will suffer." ___ macports-users mailing list macports-u

Re: MacPorts 2.3.4 has been released

2015-10-01 Thread Dave Horsfall
he end; did it get included? -- Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Those who don't understand security will suffer." ___ macports-users mailing list macports-users@lists.macosforge.org https://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-users

Re: Xcode 7.0?

2015-09-18 Thread Dave Horsfall
king security to the limits :-) Please note that I am *not* knocking the MacPorts bods; they do a great job, in what I know is a difficult and thankless task. -- Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Those who don't understand security will suffer." I'll support shark-culling when the

Weird SSH problem - Write failed: Broken pipe

2015-09-18 Thread Dave Horsfall
if you wish to retain your sanity" sense... Should I be using a version of SSH/SSL not blessed by Cupertino etc? Thanks. -- Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Those who don't understand security will suffer." I'll support shark-culling when they have been observed walking on

Xcode 7.0?

2015-09-18 Thread Dave Horsfall
Looks like my MacBook (10.10.5) just helped itself to Xcode 7. Should I be worried about any, err, issues? I recall a note about that... -- Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Those who don't understand security will suffer." I'll support shark-culling when they have been obs

Re: [MacPorts] #48690: Upgrading "guile18" fails

2015-09-09 Thread Dave Horsfall
OK, I'll be patient, but is there some way by which I can ignore this failure, so that the rest of the update may continue? I'm rather fussy about keeping my boxes up to date, you see... -- Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Those who don't understand security will suffer.&

Re: Lynx color support broken by update

2015-09-03 Thread Dave Horsfall
curses 6. And I can't figure out what version of Ncurses that Lynxlet uses (I'm used to genuine BSD systems, not the Mac version). -- Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Those who don't understand security will suffer." Concerned about shark atta

Re: Lynx color support broken by update

2015-09-03 Thread Dave Horsfall
nx version on FreeBSD works OK, so Macports' is busted. -- Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Those who don't understand security will suffer." Concerned about shark attacks? Then don't go swimming in their food bowl...

Re: Connectivity problems with master server (distfiles.macports.org/rsync.macports.org)

2015-08-25 Thread Dave Horsfall
;ve just saved it... -- Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Those who don't understand security will suffer." RIP Cecil the Lion; he was in pain for two days, thanks to some brave dentist. ___ macports-users mailing list macports-users@lists.macosforge.

Re: Connectivity problems with master server (distfiles.macports.org/rsync.macports.org)

2015-08-25 Thread Dave Horsfall
On Tue, 25 Aug 2015, Mihai Moldovan wrote: > To the best of my knowledge, at the time of writing, the problems seem > to be mostly isolated to the western part of the US (including Alaska.) > I was not able to reproduce these issues in Europe. Nor from Australia. -- Dave Horsfall DT

Re: Upgrading "guile18" fails

2015-08-23 Thread Dave Horsfall
glazed over after the first few hundred lines, so I went right to the end... -- Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Those who don't understand security will suffer." RIP Cecil the Lion; he was in pain for two days, thanks to some brave dentist. _

Re: Upgrading "guile18" fails

2015-08-23 Thread Dave Horsfall
. > MacPorts does as much as it can as a dedicated unprivileged user, > neither your user ID nor root. Thanks again; I've never seen those messages before. -- Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Those who don't understand security will suffer." RIP Cecil the Lion; he was in

Upgrading "guile18" fails

2015-08-23 Thread Dave Horsfall
invoked from within "eval $procedure $targetname" :info:destroot Warning: targets not executed for guile18: org.macports.destroot :notice:destroot Please see the log file for port guile18 for details: /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_lang_guile18/guile18/main.log So,

Re: OS X 10.11 status

2015-08-19 Thread Dave Horsfall
nd again; I feel like fanning the CPU or something. -- Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Those who don't understand security will suffer." RIP Cecil the Lion; he was in pain for two days, thanks to some brave dentist.___ macports-users m

Re: Netcdf installation issues

2015-08-12 Thread Dave Horsfall
ve Reply-To: set to the list. A properly-configured client will actually honour it. A properly-configured human will understand why. :-) -- Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Those who don't understand security will suffer" RIP Cecil the Lion; he was in pain for two da

Re: GCC and kernel.osversion

2015-07-18 Thread Dave Horsfall
weeks ago; I always stay current. > sudo /Developer/Library/uninstall-devtools --mode=all > If you really insist on gcc, install one from MacPorts and use `port select` > to make it default. I did install it from MacPorts, and that's what got installed... Sorry I didn't make tha

GCC and kernel.osversion

2015-07-18 Thread Dave Horsfall
nable coredumps, and b) where it puts them... As an aside, I thought that Linux was bad enough in trying to distance itself from Unix, but Apple really takes the Tim-Tam; who would've guessed that GCC would be installed under /Developer? -- Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Those who don&#

Re: yosemite and 2008/9 macbookpro compatability, macports install settings for older architecture?

2015-05-31 Thread Dave Horsfall
id build a bit more than usual, but that's probably normal anyway. Thanks. -- Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Those who don't understand security will suffer." http://www.horsfall.org/spam.html (and check the home page whilst you're there) ___

Re: yosemite and 2008/9 macbookpro compatability, macports install settings for older architecture?

2015-05-30 Thread Dave Horsfall
don't know my way around MacPorts yet), so I should be safe in merely renaming them? And anyway, what then? Force a massive rebuild somehow, or will it happen all by itself? I thought I'd followed the instructions when going to Yosemite (it was the free upgrade from Snow Leopard), but

Re: yosemite and 2008/9 macbookpro compatability, macports install settings for older architecture?

2015-05-28 Thread Dave Horsfall
1 2010 macports.conf -r--r--r-- 1 root admin 8248 Nov 22 2014 macports.conf.default The first would be the original Snow Leopard file, and the second would be Yosemite (with attendant differences in default build architectures). Am I in trouble? I've had no problems with ports. --

Re: "`port -pf upgrade outdated` is incredibly unsafe" ??

2015-05-28 Thread Dave Horsfall
naturally whenever I see a security advisory :-) Is that sufficient? -- Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Those who don't understand security will suffer." http://www.horsfall.org/spam.html (and check the home page whilst you're there)__

Re: what was up with ntp again?

2015-04-29 Thread Dave Horsfall
coming to grips with the idiosyncrasies of the Mac). This box is as bog-standard as possible. Does this mean that my clock is not being synchronised at all, and just happens to be more or less accurate, after having bedded down for 5 years? -- Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Those who don&

Error in selfupdate

2015-04-19 Thread Dave Horsfall
been explicitly marked deprecated here :info:build void g_type_init(void); :info:build ^ :info:build 1 warning and 1 error generated. :info:build make[3]: *** [geoclue_gpsd-geoclue-gpsd.o] Error 1 -- Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Those who don&

Re: problem with selfupdate

2015-04-07 Thread Dave Horsfall
t occurs to me is that I am connecting to > the Internet from behind some kind of firewall. However, that is just > wild conjecture. But it is true that I’m not at the usual place from > where I have in the past successfully run selfupdate without a problem. Worked fine for me from Austr

Re: something you always ...... about the X11 clipboard(s)

2015-04-05 Thread Dave Horsfall
On Sun, 5 Apr 2015, Ian Wadham wrote: > >>> Schröder's cat > >> ​[If it is not a savvy abbreviation​…] [...] > I hope New, Fara, Max, Ein, Bo and Heisberg will not come round to haunt > you… Not to mention Charles Schulz... -- Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) &quo

Re: something you always ...... about the X11 clipboard(s)

2015-04-02 Thread Dave Horsfall
pe into a background window at the same time. -- Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Those who don't understand security will suffer." http://www.horsfall.org/spam.html (and check the home page whilst you're there)___ macports-users

Re: something you always ...... about the X11 clipboard(s)

2015-03-31 Thread Dave Horsfall
n X server running and not > just because I prefer xterms over Terminal.app. Which I also use, just > for different things, typically non-X things. I like to run "xload" on remote boxes, and annoy cow-orkers by firing up "xroach" on their screens :-) -- Dave Horsfall

Re: thread CPU usage monitor?

2015-03-24 Thread Dave Horsfall
iStat Menus; it's cheap, and you can get a trial version. Disclaimer: just a satisfied customer, contents may settle, contains nuts. -- Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Those who don't understand security will suffer." http://www.horsfall.org/spam.html (and ch

Re: Apache source?

2015-03-23 Thread Dave Horsfall
On Mon, 23 Mar 2015, Brandon Allbery wrote: > I would hope that Apache does not need anything beyond headers and > libraries to create custom modules. Modules are dynamically loaded, not > compiled in, these days.  He may be after some sample source to build his own module...

Re: Announce: OpenSSH 6.8 released (fwd)

2015-03-18 Thread Dave Horsfall
On Wed, 18 Mar 2015, Lawrence Velázquez wrote: > https://trac.macports.org/ticket/47190 Ah; someone beat me to it. I was so busy notifying other lists that I forgot about MacPorts... -- Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Those who don't understand security will suffer." http:

Announce: OpenSSH 6.8 released (fwd)

2015-03-18 Thread Dave Horsfall
Someone might want to take a look at this; both the BSD people and the Penguins are all over it. -- Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Bliss is a MacBook with a FreeBSD server." http://www.horsfall.org/spam.html (and check the home page whilst you're there) -- Fo

Re: Selfupdate doesn't work - solved

2015-03-04 Thread Dave Horsfall
default; this is good. Think of it as a form of natural selection; if you know enough to turn it off or reconfigure it etc, then you probably aren't a danger to the Internet :-) -- Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Bliss is a MacBook with a FreeBSD server." http://www.horsfall.org/

Re: selfupdate doesn't work

2015-03-02 Thread Dave Horsfall
s now running Yosemite 10.10.2, and Xcode is 6.0.1 (which I think has been updated). Don't people check their boxen every so often, vulnerability-wise? No bloody wonder that the malware background noise is increasing... -- Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Bliss is a MacBook with a FreeB

Re: CD creation/burning: [MacPorts] #46840: new port submission: xcdroast

2015-02-15 Thread Dave Horsfall
I thought I'd burned a CD, only to find that I've got one more addition to my coffee table... -- Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Bliss is a MacBook with a FreeBSD server." http://www.horsfall.org/spam.html (and check the home page whilst you're there)_

On reloading MacOS

2015-02-14 Thread Dave Horsfall
ve only ever had to use it once, when I deleted the wrong file... I had to go back about a week. Whew! -- Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Bliss is a MacBook with a FreeBSD server." http://www.horsfall.org/spam.html (and check the hom

Re: can't start mysql56 after move datadir

2015-02-13 Thread Dave Horsfall
s are subtle, and were very well thought out. The most beautiful example, of course, would be the permission to remove a file. -- Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Bliss is a MacBook with a FreeBSD server." http://www.horsfall.org/spam.html (and check the home page whilst you're th

Re: /etc/paths

2015-02-06 Thread Dave Horsfall
more about OSX from reading this list than from anywhere else, and I go back Unix-wise for 40 years! I have the Big Dummies ebook, but I'd like to see a Guru's Guide... -- Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Bliss is a MacBook with a FreeBSD server." http://www.horsfall.org/spam.html (and

Re: OT probably, help please (fwd)

2015-01-22 Thread Dave Horsfall
Oops; this was meant foe the list... -- Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Bliss is a MacBook with a FreeBSD server." http://www.horsfall.org/spam.html (and check the home page whilst you're there) -- Forwarded message -- Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2015 15:11:06 +1100 (EST) From

Re: OT probably, help please

2015-01-22 Thread Dave Horsfall
t's not supported, so... > In my experience, by the time the OS flags a Disk error, you have been > suffering constant performance degrading failures which are simply below > the "reporting threshold", for quite some time. I have been seeing slow performance lately; I boug

Re: /opt/local/macports/software

2015-01-19 Thread Dave Horsfall
ow that I'm not the only pedantic old fart around here. I turn 63 this year, and I'm not getting much younger. -- Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Bliss is a MacBook with a FreeBSD server." http://www.horsfall.org/spam.html (and

Re: port:imap-uw and mailbox corruption on 10.9.5?

2015-01-12 Thread Dave Horsfall
t up tasks on the Mac to email myself on the FreeBSD box (I loathe gooey MUAs with a passion), but the moment I start iMail (or whatever it's called), it pulls the rug out from underneath Alpine. I merely want to send mail from the Mac, not read it there. -- Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU)

Re: Determining the date a given port was installed

2015-01-08 Thread Dave Horsfall
;port -q location ...", something I never knew existed until now. ``This new learning amazes me, Sir Bedevere. Explain again how sheeps bladders may be employed in the prevention of earthquakes.'' -- Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Bliss is a MacBook with a FreeBSD server."

Re: A question about Localhost with Safari

2015-01-03 Thread Dave Horsfall
rver (which happens to support IPv6 as well, but it shows in the Apache logs). -- Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Bliss is a MacBook with a FreeBSD server." http://www.horsfall.org/spam.html (and check the home page whilst you're there)

Re: You have a new notification from avijitshe...@gmail.com. View?

2014-12-01 Thread Dave Horsfall
elope), or "From:" (which as we can see can be forged). I don't have the original message any more, unfortunately, as the only spam I save (yes, really) are those reported to SpamCop. The Subject: probably ought to be changed, as the OP would be feeling a little embarrassed

Re: You have a new notification from avijitshe...@gmail.com. View?

2014-12-01 Thread Dave Horsfall
number of sites, but you'd need to balance running a spam-free list against losing subscribers posting from spammy ISPs... -- Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Bliss is a MacBook with a FreeBSD server." http://www.horsfall.org/spam.html (an

Re: You have a new notification from avijitshe...@gmail.com. View?

2014-11-30 Thread Dave Horsfall
When were spammers allowed on this list? -- Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Bliss is a MacBook with a FreeBSD server." http://www.horsfall.org/spam.html (and check the home page whilst you're there) ___ macports-users mailing list

Re: {distfiles,packages,rsync,trac}.macports.org are back up (eom)

2014-11-27 Thread Dave Horsfall
e Phone Company, after all, and own all of the infrastructure). -- Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Bliss is a MacBook with a FreeBSD server." http://www.horsfall.org/spam.html (and check the home page whilst you're there)___ macports-users

Re: 2.3.3 build fails on Linux

2014-11-27 Thread Dave Horsfall
the result of this unholy union, had it worked? The mind boggles... -- Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Bliss is a MacBook with a FreeBSD server." http://www.horsfall.org/spam.html (and check the home page whilst you're there)___ macports

Re: {distfiles,packages,rsync,trac}.macports.org are back up (eom)

2014-11-27 Thread Dave Horsfall
Out of curiosity, why this sudden instability? -- Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Bliss is a MacBook with a FreeBSD server." http://www.horsfall.org/spam.html (and check the home page whilst you're there) ___ macports-users mailing list

Re: FOR FUTURE REFERENCE: when rsync.macports.org is down hard...

2014-11-24 Thread Dave Horsfall
fully redirects you elsewhere, but luckily FreeBSD handles this stupidity (I'm looking at you, BigPond Australia). -- Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Bliss is a MacBook with a FreeBSD server." http://www.horsfall.org/spam.html (and check the home page whilst you're there)_

Re: Ntp -- getting it to work

2014-11-24 Thread Dave Horsfall
ken, from a computer-forensics point of view; in the past, I've nailed a few perps by using some of the more obscure flags on ls(1), such as "c", "u", and "U". -- Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Bliss is a MacBook with a FreeBSD server." http://www.ho

Re: FiPy Port Out of Date

2014-11-23 Thread Dave Horsfall
On Sun, 23 Nov 2014, Lawrence Velázquez wrote: > Python 2.6 no longer receives security fixes. > > http://legacy.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0361/ Thanks. -- Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Bliss is a MacBook with a FreeBSD server." http://www.horsfall.org/spam.html (and check t

Re: Ntp -- getting it to work

2014-11-22 Thread Dave Horsfall
the systems, not a ports version. -- Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Bliss is a MacBook with a FreeBSD server." http://www.horsfall.org/spam.html (and check the home page whilst you're there) ___ macports-users mailing list ma

Re: MacPorts 2.3.3 has been released

2014-11-21 Thread Dave Horsfall
On Sat, 22 Nov 2014, Lawrence Velázquez wrote: > This release was fast-tracked to address registry performance. It does > not contain any new features. Thanks; I was wondering why so few things were updated... Oh, and whilst I'm here, the 10.10.1 upgrade was seamless! -- Dave H

Re: MacPorts 2.3.3 has been released

2014-11-21 Thread Dave Horsfall
om my scroll-back buffer; it's not important... -- Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Bliss is a MacBook with a FreeBSD server." http://www.horsfall.org/spam.html (and check the home page whilst you're there) ___ macports-users ma

Re: FiPy Port Out of Date

2014-11-21 Thread Dave Horsfall
On Fri, 21 Nov 2014, Marius Schamschula wrote: > py26 versions are being dropped as this point. My regular FreeBSD security check says that "py26" is insecure. -- Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Bliss is a MacBook with a FreeBSD server." http://www.horsfall.org/spam.html (

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