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There's a bug open for that in the FreeBSD bugzilla I believe. Maybe check that out for more details.

So we have 6 pages of fear and loathing by now and the only real thing that is reflected in code that was brought up is pkgbase.

Following on from bsdimp , it is OpenBSD which has Perl in base (mainly for their packages system unlike i.e Debian which uses it for everything). sed and awk are very different to Perl in that they are part of POSIX/SUS. They are also less...

Perl was removed 20 years ago or so.

That might be worth a try...

The original desire and inspiration was to write this in Rust, so the inspiration for R4R originally came from there. My capabilities are not that great now, so I decided to go with C and I'm still not happy with LLVM support for x86_32 because...

The ultimate goal of R4R is to demonstrate, in a tangible and observable way, how all four Intel x86 protection rings (0–3) can coexist and interact within a single operating system — each with its own stack, TSS, LDT, and clearly defined domain...

According to the question I asked here: My Humble hobby OS project:

To continue using Sendmail:

Unfortunately I can not - I am to stupid to type blindly 😅

The reason I wanted ZFS and moved to FreeBSD was to have self healing using redundance and check sums. It seems Hammer 2 has it. I do not need till now other features of ZFS. I was always happy with UFS. I will investigate V lang, thanks...

Your link isn't one.

I'm not sure. Myself I don't have any DDR5 based computer, so I am quite behind what many normal users have. I know many developers that use some random old Thinkpad (not because they can't afford a new one, because of the better keyboard) or...

A cool project. I do like seeing OS research being done because it is very much becoming a lost skill. Contrast to the hard time I give Rust when it is spammed ontop of layers of C, I am quite interested in 100% pure Rust operating systems...

I'm not sure. Myself I don't have any DDR5 based computer, so I am quite behind what many normal users have. I know many developers that use some random old Thinkpad (not because they can't afford a new one, because of the better keyboard) or...

I've reread your messages. Very informative. But there's a bit of acid nihilism in them. So far, I don't see any reason to deviate from the chosen path of development. I'm not overly concerned about every little detail, so it will be easier for...

According to the question I asked here: My Humble hobby OS project:

Yes, I know it, I see the problem, the idea is perhaps only reachable with limitations, but perhaps just to have some syntax sugar to make some programs less verbose would be a great thing ... And regarding f2c, you know where it comes from...

Wel, there is perlcc, although it wouldn't be much fun trying to debug the C code it produces... https://metacpan.org/dist/B-C/view/script/perlcc.PL

Compiling to C is more tricky than it appears at first. C has limitations that get in the way, for example integer overflow checking and exceptions. GC will be crippled. Scripting languages are usually too dynamic and would require using the...

I can understand that stupid critics are demoralizing, but not all critics can be despised. In my case, I only want to work as I worked since decades, and the idea that the system becomes wonderful, but unrecognizable, is an horror. I am not a...

Compiling to C is more tricky than it appears at first. C has limitations that get in the way, for example integer overflow checking and exceptions. GC will be crippled. Scripting languages are usually too dynamic and would require using the...

That is an interesting idea. One could introduce FORTRAN code in the kernel and then use f2c. I would like to have something like a scripting language that compiles to C, but I never found such.

I didn't know Firefox has an export-to-cvs capability for saved passwords built in. Maybe you are using an extension there"

Sadly, Cohen is dead. Just imagine him touring the late night shows today...

I can't speak for the moderators, but I would be interested. I think our off-topic subforum can carry that.

So, cultural Endianness issue? From Swift to Cohen and back from Cohen to Swift 😁 __builtin_bswap{16,32,64} FTW! 😎

Start a new thread in off topic, especially if it's not Zig related.

Oh, there totally is.

Gharlane of Eddore 😁 https://efanzines.com/Planetary/PS02/doomedlensmen.htm

Since I started this thread, I’ve mentioned in a few places that I’m working on a humble hobby OS project. Now, I have a modest request and a kind of appeal for your help. Since this is my first community where I’m sharing experiences and asking...

Hello I tried to upgrade from 15.0-ALPHA5 to 15.0-BETA1 but it fails for some reason ... --- buildworld --- -------------------------------------------------------------- >>> stage 1.2: bootstrap tools...

Oh, there totally is.

Replacing "latest" with "quarterly" on my test VM made no difference. I'll try again later.

I think this is the crux of it. Try to rely less on online services. Requiring a login for each one was never going to be sustainable. I also note that not every password matters. Sure, keepass for important ones like email but for data dumps...

FWIW, BETA1 is out but a simple pkg upgrade does not show anything available at the moment.

Exactly. ALPHA* are built using stable (here, stable/15 for 15.0) branch. On the other hand, BETA*, RC* and final 15.0-Release are built using releng/15.0 branch. So as following patch releases like future 15.0-Release-p*. But sorry, as I'm not...

Original article here. Consider this when replying. The first BETA build for the FreeBSD 15.0 release cycle is now available. ISO images for the amd64, armv7, powerpc64, powerpc64le, and riscv64 architectures are FreeBSD mirror sites. Continue...

That's a suggestion from they, the White House, not FreeBSD. FreeBSD decided not to use Rust in base. The White House has also stated that Rust isn't the only option. The only language in base that makes any sense, is anything that natively...

Original article here. Consider this when replying. The first BETA build for the FreeBSD 15.0 release cycle is now available. ISO images for the amd64, armv7, powerpc64, powerpc64le, and riscv64 architectures are FreeBSD mirror sites. Continue...

Does this mean that if I am on FreeBSD 15.3, there is a release of 15.4 and 16.0, then it is impossible to upgrade packages without upgrading to 15.4 or to 16.0?

My I ask your degree of education?

I don't think so. You lot usually get this under control yourself, and even the rant threads usually get some good nuggets to the top. The same here, I think. Took only 6 pages to realize the sky is not falling. That is one thing I like about...

I don't think so. You lot usually get this under control yourself, and even the rant threads usually get some good nuggets to the top. The same here, I think. Took only 6 pages to realize the sky is not falling. That is one thing I like about...

And this is another thing. Why even pay attention to those things? Who cares about linux and political bs. Wolf does not care what the sheep think about him. I dont care what sexual orientation, political views, or food preference of freebsd...

Sometimes some people need to release their pent-up frustrations, and do so online. In MMORPGs, where the situation gets much worse, the advice is to ignore "griefers", not feed the trolls, and regard heated exchanges as drama (bring popcorn but...

Exactly. ALPHA* are built using stable (here, stable/15 for 15.0) branch. On the other hand, BETA*, RC* and final 15.0-Release are built using releng/15.0 branch. So as following patch releases like future 15.0-Release-p*. But sorry, as I'm not...

I don't think so. You lot usually get this under control yourself, and even the rant threads usually get some good nuggets to the top. The same here, I think. Took only 6 pages to realize the sky is not falling. That is one thing I like about...

Its really sad when project developers get frustrated by so called "users" that have no idea what are they talking about and constantly bitch about everything like entitled spoiled brats. This is why we cant have nice things. Im seeing this as a...