I was pondering putting /etc and /usr/local/etc under version control next time I build a personal server. For those deployed in real production environments we normally keep configuration files and whatnot under version control and then deploy new versions out to the servers. This time I wondered about using Git and just working locally – [...]
Just acquired a new Dell server along with it’s iDRAC 6 lights out management system (LOM). Now I know this LOM supports IPMI version 2 and I know FreeBSD is supports IPMI. I installed ipmitool from the ports collection, but I just could not get this local install of ipmitool to talk to the LOM, [...]
I was about to do some comparisons of file version numbers, standard sorts like 1.0.4, a straight string comparison isn’t really ideal since 1.0.2 would be larger than 1.0.10. I assumed there would be a ruby class for this already created, or if not I was going to create one! A moment of searching turned [...]
Another upgrade of PHP from the FreeBSD ports collection and another problem! Am I alone, well searching would appear to suggest not. I wonder why this one set of ports causes me so much trouble. Still getting used to the quirks now! Today’s problem concerned loading the GD graphics library. It produced the following error: [...]
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