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Re: diablo-jdk16 package broken (Programming World)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 05:31:00 GMT

On 07/22/08 21:43, Greg Lewis wrote: > On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 08:15:23PM +0200, Tobias Roth wrote: > > I tried pkg_adding diablo-caffe-freebsd7-i386-1.6.0_07-b02.tar.bz2 but > > got the following error: > > > > pkg_add: unable to open table of contents file '+CONTENTS' - not a package? > > > > > > The checksum was OK, and I got the file from here (someone else was > > asking on the list, but...

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Re: OpenJDK status on FreeBSD (Programming World)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 03:04:00 GMT

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OpenJDK status on FreeBSD (Programming World)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:54:00 GMT

Dear FreeBSD Java team (Cc: Kay Ramme), I'm Nakata Maho who is maintaining OpenOffice.org FreeBSD ports for long time. Here I read Kay's blog entry http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/switching_to_java_1_5 and he is collecting the status of OpenJDK for platforms. http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/OpenJDK So - I'd like to ask you about OpenJDK porting status. AFAIK, it is not available...

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[FreeBSD] List of all package failures in buildenv i386-6 (Linux Cortex)

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:33:00 GMT

"This is an experimental graph of all skipped and failed builds for packages in buildenv i386-6, including the ports that depend on them." Portsmon

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SW Developer - BSD, C++ (GadBall.com)

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:21:00 GMT

Contract-to-hire Edgelink has been asked to identify a SW Developer interested in opportunities in the Portland, OR area. Job Description Looking for a SW developer with testvalidation experience who is comfortable with debugging and testing of BSD. We are creating a FreeBSD kernel, if someone has extensive experience with UnixLinux, then that would helpful.

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Webgrind ROCKS (Rich's Rants)

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 02:28:00 GMT

Okay, so I'm a Linux guy through and through, and I'd love nothing more at my day job than to wipe the Doze desktop and throw Gentoo or Debian or FreeBSD or even Fedora on it... Shoot, I'd even be happy to dual boot the thing. But my current day job is the kinda job where I can't even surf to my own blog at work, because it's blocked. So, being stuck with Doze [shudder], I was Oh. My. God. happy...

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XnView 1.94 Final (Free Software Base)

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:57:57 GMT

XnView, a software to view and convert graphic files, really simple to use. Support of more than 400 graphics formats. XnView exists for Windows, MacOS X, Linux x86, Linux ppc, FreeBSD x86, OpenBSD x86, NetBSD x86, Solaris sparc, Solaris x86, Irix mips, HP-UX, AIX. The most important features are: Import about 400 graphic file formats [...]

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Re: ports/125828: upgrade java/java3d to 1.5.2 (Programming World)

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:20:00 GMT

Synopsis: upgrade java/java3d to 1.5.2 Responsible-Changed-From-To: freebsd-ports-bugs-> java Responsible-Changed-By: edwin Responsible-Changed-When: Mon Jul 21 12:20:20 UTC 2008 Responsible-Changed-Why: Over to maintainer (via the GNATS Auto Assign Tool) http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=125828 _______________________________________________ freebsd-java@freebsd.org...

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PowerShell Hyper-V script: Hyper-V FreeBSD shutdown problem workaround (D' Technology Weblog)

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 09:17:33 GMT

Mike notifies that he has found an workaround to Hyper-V FreeBSD shutdown problem, that uses a PowerShell Hyper-V script. It has a lot of functions already, and I added a “Kill-VM” function that automates the kill process: Kill-VM To use it, you need to install PowerShell (Under Server Manager -> Features in Win2008). Once installed, run PowerShell [...]

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NTT Donates IPv6 Bandwidth to Open Source (Internet News)

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 22:30:00 GMT

ISC, a host of the Linux kernel, Mozilla and FreeBSD, receives free transit from the Tier 1 carrier, with an eye to spurring IPv6 adoption.

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JUNOS: Open, But Not Open Source (OS News)

donotreply@osnews.com (Amjith Ramanujam) — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:16:55 GMT

At the heart of every networking device is an operating system that enables traffic flow. In the case of networking vendor Juniper, that operating system for the past ten years has been JUNOS, a network operating system with its roots in the open source FreeBSD operating system. Juniper has updated JUNOS every 90 days since 1998.

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Video For BSD — New project to develop V4L compatible drivers … (M Audio Blog)

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:43:00 GMT

unknown: If you want to watch TV on your FreeBSD system you might be able to find an old analog ‘bktr’ card on eBay. But why bother? In a few months (February 2009) there won’t be any NTSC broadcasts in the USA, only ATSC will be available. … Read more

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VLC player updated to version 0.8.6i (TechConnect Magazine)

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 10:27:38 GMT

The cute and cuddly VideoLAN media player has recently received a new update. The 0.8.6i version features: - Fixed integer overflow in WAV demuxer - Fixed option to use shared memory within the GLX video output module - Improved galaktos-based audio visualizations on FreeBSD - Miscellaneous bugfixes in multiple modules and in libvlc (transcode stream output, OSD menu video filter, VCD input,...

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Robert Graham on TurboCap (TaoSecurity)

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 12:26:00 GMT

I liked Robert Graham's post on CACE Technologies TurboCap . I don't necessarily think TurboCap is that exciting, but I learned a lot of tricks reading Robert's explanation of how to collect packets quickly for traffic inspection purposes. I've discussed some of them, like device polling on FreeBSD . By the way, don't forget to upgrade to Wireshark 1.0.2 . Copyright 2003-2008 Richard Bejtlich...

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jdk1.4.2 on FreeBSD7 (Programming World)

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:05:00 GMT

Hello, Does anyone use jdk1.4 on FreeBSD7? The ports is marked as IGNORE because of GCC 4.2 .. can we just have the port to depend on older GCC like qemu? -- Best Wishes, Stefan Lambrev ICQ# 24134177 _______________________________________________ freebsd-java@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-java To unsubscribe, send any...

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iXsystems Announces Professional FreeBSD and PC-BSD Support Offering (Extra Technology News)

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 05:45:00 GMT

Open source hardware vendor and advocate to provide FreeBSD and PC-BSD OS support San Jose, CA ( PRWEB ) July 8, 2008 -- iXsystems announced today the launch of its Professional Services Division for FreeBSD and PC-BSD. The new Professional Services Division will provide Professional Enterprise Grade support, consulting, and development for FreeBSD and PC-BSD. Service offerings...

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Reviews of FreeBSD Books Posted (TaoSecurity)

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 01:15:00 GMT

Amazon.com just published my four star review of BSD UNIX Toolbox: 1000+ Commands for FreeBSD, OpenBSD and NetBSD by Christopher Negus and Francois Caen . From the review : BSD Unix Toolbox (BUT) is a straightforward system administration book that could apply to many Unix-like operating systems. The title mentions "BSD" but the BSD-specific material is FreeBSD-oriented. The non-FreeBSD...

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Re: ports/125031: firefox java plugin runtime-link crash (Programming World)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:05:00 GMT

Synopsis: firefox java plugin runtime-link crash Responsible-Changed-From-To: freebsd-java-> gnome Responsible-Changed-By: linimon Responsible-Changed-When: Wed Jul 2 22:04:28 UTC 2008 Responsible-Changed-Why: gnome maintains the firefox ports. http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=125031 _______________________________________________ freebsd-java@freebsd.org mailing...

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Book Review: The Best of FreeBSD Basics (OS News)

donotreply@osnews.com () — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:12:31 GMT

Dru Lavigne's very useful book turns the arcana of FreeBSD into a comprehensible set of tools. Read more on this exclusive OSNews article...

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Software List (SOB: Scion Of Backronymics)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:36:27 GMT

This is a list of software I tend to use on a regular basis, and am glad to have available (or at least dislike less than alternatives). It's not a comprehensive list, of course, but it's a list of things I think are worth mentioning. FreeBSD: I made the switch from Debian GNU/Linux a few [...]

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Wikio - FreeBSD

Re: diablo-jdk16 package broken (Programming World)

Re: OpenJDK status on FreeBSD (Programming World)

OpenJDK status on FreeBSD (Programming World)

[FreeBSD] List of all package failures in buildenv i386-6 (Linux Cortex)

SW Developer - BSD, C++ (GadBall.com)

Webgrind ROCKS (Rich's Rants)

XnView 1.94 Final (Free Software Base)

Re: ports/125828: upgrade java/java3d to 1.5.2 (Programming World)

PowerShell Hyper-V script: Hyper-V FreeBSD shutdown problem workaround (D' Technology Weblog)

NTT Donates IPv6 Bandwidth to Open Source (Internet News)

JUNOS: Open, But Not Open Source (OS News)

Video For BSD — New project to develop V4L compatible drivers … (M Audio Blog)

VLC player updated to version 0.8.6i (TechConnect Magazine)

Robert Graham on TurboCap (TaoSecurity)

jdk1.4.2 on FreeBSD7 (Programming World)

iXsystems Announces Professional FreeBSD and PC-BSD Support Offering (Extra Technology News)

Reviews of FreeBSD Books Posted (TaoSecurity)

Re: ports/125031: firefox java plugin runtime-link crash (Programming World)

*Book Review: The Best of FreeBSD Basics* (OS News)

Software List (SOB: Scion Of Backronymics)

Book Review: The Best of FreeBSD Basics (OS News)