FreshPorts recently moved to an IPv6-capable server but until today, that capability has not been utilized. There were a number of things I had to configure, but this will not necessarily be an exhaustive list for you to follow. Some steps might be missing, and it might not apply to your situation. All of this […]
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I just upgraded from 9.3 to 10.1. I have not yet complete the install. My userland has been upgraded to 10.1 but my apps have not. I have a tmux session sitting like this: [root@slocum:~] # /usr/sbin/freebsd-update install Installing updates… Completing this upgrade requires removing old shared object files. Please rebuild all installed 3rd party
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I tried this today, creating an 8.3-RELEASE jail for poudriere: $ sudo poudriere jail -c -v 8.3-RELEASE -j releng_8_3 ====>> Creating releng_8_3 fs… done ====>> Fetching sets for FreeBSD 8.3-RELEASE amd64 fetch: ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/amd64/8.3-RELEASE/base/CHECKSUM.SHA256: File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access) fetch: ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/amd64/8.3-RELEASE/base/CHECKSUM.SHA256: File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access) ====>> Error: Failed to
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I’m running multiple concurrent poudriere builds on slocum. I see no problems doing this. [dan@slocum:~] $ uptime 9:51PM up 1 day, 6:37, 8 users, load averages: 30.38, 22.58, 11.87 [dan@slocum:~] $ ps auwx | grep sudo root 8877 0.0 0.0 48804 2616 1 I+ 9:45PM 0:00.01 sudo /usr/local/bin/poudriere bulk -j 92amd64 -f /usr/local/etc/poudriere.d/buildlists/knew -z knew
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I have a custom patch for Nagios. I use poudriere for building my FreeBSD ports. EDIT: 2023-03-25 I have change the local for my patch files using a hook. See poudriere hooks – I am no longer using /usr/ports/distfiles/local-patches>; instead, I’m using /usr/local/etc/poudriere.d/local-patches. How can I combine the two? I asked that question on the
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Last night, and again this morning, I thought my inbox was rather light. When I checked Nagios, I found out why. I saw two mail servers: nyi-vpn check_postfix_queue CRITICAL 06-10-2014 12:12:38 0d 12h 51m 40s 4/4 96 mail(s) in queue supernews-vpn check_postfix_queue CRITICAL 06-10-2014 12:11:10 0d 10h 48m 8s 4/4 124 mail(s) in queue It
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One of the great things about FreeBSD is the poudriere tool. With it, you can create your own set of customized packages for installation on your server. Today, I will be installing packages in a FreeBSD 9.2 jail. Although I am installing in a jail, the same steps apply to any FreeBSD 9.2 host. In
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I just showed you how I installed ezjail 3.3 on FreeBSD 9.2 and how it uses ZFS for each jail. Today I’m writing about using poudriere to create custom packages for use by pkng. In this post, I will be creating packages on a FreeBSD 9.2 server. Those packages are for running Bacula on FreeBSD
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