Comments on: less, screen, vi driving you nuts? http://dpk.net/2005/10/24/less-screen-vi-driving-you-nuts/ oh you want the time travel spinning head? Tue, 22 May 2012 01:51:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: rone http://dpk.net/2005/10/24/less-screen-vi-driving-you-nuts/comment-page-1/#comment-4977 rone Tue, 25 Oct 2005 18:31:17 +0000 http://dpk.net/?p=117#comment-4977 The OCHO! The OCHO!

]]> By: dpk http://dpk.net/2005/10/24/less-screen-vi-driving-you-nuts/comment-page-1/#comment-4976 dpk Tue, 25 Oct 2005 03:10:41 +0000 http://dpk.net/?p=117#comment-4976 FreeBSD 6 is considered basically FreeBSD 5 with a bigger number. Dunno why it's not just FreeBSD 5.5, though. Heh. Wonder why they don't go to 8 ala BIND, sendmail. :) FreeBSD 6 is considered basically FreeBSD 5 with a bigger number. Dunno why it’s not just FreeBSD 5.5, though. Heh. Wonder why they don’t go to 8 ala BIND, sendmail. :)

]]> By: rone http://dpk.net/2005/10/24/less-screen-vi-driving-you-nuts/comment-page-1/#comment-4970 rone Tue, 25 Oct 2005 02:29:16 +0000 http://dpk.net/?p=117#comment-4970 It's a sad thing. I'm still on FreeBSD 4-STABLE, `cause i've heard nothing that gives me enough confidence to go to 5. It’s a sad thing. I’m still on FreeBSD 4-STABLE, `cause i’ve heard nothing that gives me enough confidence to go to 5.

]]> By: dpk http://dpk.net/2005/10/24/less-screen-vi-driving-you-nuts/comment-page-1/#comment-4968 dpk Tue, 25 Oct 2005 02:14:41 +0000 http://dpk.net/?p=117#comment-4968 I've had to upgrade the entire OS one or two too many times, in order to upgrade an application in ports. Like, I'll cvsup ports, and that won't be enough because of some libraries found in the base system are too old. There's no package that lets you upgrade the libraries separately, so you have to cvsup the src and rebuild world entirely. So with Debian, I can upgrade packages as appropriate, without having to reinstall everything. Plus, some critical bugs aren't being fixed in current -RELEASE branches, only to be fixed in the next -RELEASE, whenever that'll be. Security fixes are done, but serious crash bugs like <a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=i386/84563" rel="nofollow">this PAE bug</a> don't end up in the -RELEASE line. So you have to upgrade the entire OS to fix that one tiny two line bug. With Linux, I can just upgrade the kernel and be done with it. Plus I can't seem to get core dumps from FreeBSD 5.4. But I'm probably doing something wrong there, who knows and who really has time to track down bugs when the fixes won't end up working with what you already have installed. I’ve had to upgrade the entire OS one or two too many times, in order to upgrade an application in ports. Like, I’ll cvsup ports, and that won’t be enough because of some libraries found in the base system are too old. There’s no package that lets you upgrade the libraries separately, so you have to cvsup the src and rebuild world entirely.

So with Debian, I can upgrade packages as appropriate, without having to reinstall everything.

Plus, some critical bugs aren’t being fixed in current -RELEASE branches, only to be fixed in the next -RELEASE, whenever that’ll be. Security fixes are done, but serious crash bugs like this PAE bug don’t end up in the -RELEASE line. So you have to upgrade the entire OS to fix that one tiny two line bug.

With Linux, I can just upgrade the kernel and be done with it.

Plus I can’t seem to get core dumps from FreeBSD 5.4. But I’m probably doing something wrong there, who knows and who really has time to track down bugs when the fixes won’t end up working with what you already have installed.

]]> By: rone http://dpk.net/2005/10/24/less-screen-vi-driving-you-nuts/comment-page-1/#comment-4962 rone Tue, 25 Oct 2005 01:42:24 +0000 http://dpk.net/?p=117#comment-4962 So why you movin' away from FreeBSD, anyway? So why you movin’ away from FreeBSD, anyway?

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