Monthly Archives: February 2006

So, I already blogged time ago (if I remember correctly) about the need for a pidof command on Gentoo/FreeBSD to go with a newer baselayout. I found this version, but I had to patch it quite a bit, I also … Continue reading →

So as I promised, the VMware Image, usable with VMware Player and VMware Server is released to public. It can be downloaded with torrent at the new torrent tracker that curtis119 set up for 2006.0 release and Gentoo/FreeBSD 6.0 release … Continue reading →

gnulib is an interesting way to make sure that software is written with more portability concern in mind, and works quite fine, usually. Unfortunately this is not always the case. In the last weeks we found at least two/three cases … Continue reading →

So, with the stage now out of the door and the VMware image getting its way out sooner or later, I wanted to start caring a bit more about details. Today I already discovered we were always stripping binaries because … Continue reading →

So, the stage is done and now it’s time to clean up. I’m still waiting for a new portage version, but that release is up to zmedico so I don’t know when it’s due I started working on the new … Continue reading →

It’s been almost an year that I’m working on Gentoo/FreeBSD project. It’s an interesting thing because too often I had to leave away projects after a few months, but Gentoo/FreeBSD still remains my main concern. Last year, the only thing … Continue reading →

Okay, so my TODO list for the day was quite long. Working on at least half of the FreeBSD patches for binutils, starting recruitment process for Benigno, working on the new baselayout from the branch I prepared to work on … Continue reading →

Not so easy, eh? I found the cause of GCC’s failures, I was working on preparing the patch for binutils to submit upstream, and then I discovered that what Status reported yesterday on #gentoo-bsd is a big big big screwup … Continue reading →