Dan Langille @langille.org · 26/09/2026When do FreeBSD commits happen? docs - news.freshports.org/2026/09/26/w... ports - news.freshports.org/2026/09/26/w... src - news.freshports.org/2026/09/26/w... #FreeBSDnews.freshports.orgWhen do commits happen in the FreeBSD docs tree? – FreshPorts News 020
Dan Langille @langille.org · 25/09/2026FYI, ports which get their PORTVERSION from outside their own Makefile has been a years-old problem for FreshPorts. Unless FreshPorts knows it has changed, it can't keep the database current. The most likely solution now appears to be INDEX, as suggested by mat - ... 1/2 101
Dan Langille @langille.org · 15/09/2026Claude AI noticed FreshPorts has transposed EXTRACT_DEPENDS and PATCH_DEPENDS. There are at least 5300 ports which this affects. FYI, all this was in support of providing support RUN_BUILD_DEPENDS before it gets implemented: reviews.freebsd.org/D59664 #FreeBSD #FreshPortsreviews.freebsd.org⚙ D59664 Add a BUILD_RUN_DEPENDS variable 011
Dan Langille @langille.org · 12/09/2026An NVMe stick disappeared. I'll wait a bit before booting the host. And have I mentioned watchgoose.com ? See dan.langille.org/2026/09/12/d... #FreeBSD #ZFSwatchgoose.comWatchgoose — Cron Job Monitoring & Heartbeat AlertsCron job monitoring that alerts you when a scheduled task, backup, queue, or script misses its heartbeat. Free to start - no credit card required. 120
Dan Langille @langille.org · 12/09/2026Progress on parsing Mk/bsd.default-versions: * the table of known *_DEFAULT value is populated, and very quickly * staring to query each port to find out if PORTVERSION is affected by any one of those *_DEFAULT values Imagine something like this: 1/3 #FreeBSD #FreshPortsnews.freshports.orgCreating and populating the tables for DefaultVersions – FreshPorts News 110
Dan Langille @langille.org · 10/09/2026This morning I did some update to a dev instance of #FreshPorts - I'll know more after the next commit to Mk/bsd.default-versions.mk how it's working. Yes, I could rerun an old commit. And I probably will, but for now, the code is in there and I'm working on other things for now. #FreeBSD 010
Dan Langille @langille.org · 09/09/2026Now that I'm into pkgbase on #FreeBSD, I've updated my procedure for updating FreshPorts working jails. These are jails in a jail. In short, I'm using bsdinstall for that. news.freshports.org/2026/09/08/u...news.freshports.orgUpdating a jail by replacing it – 2.0.0 – FreshPorts News 000
Dan Langille @langille.org · 01/09/2026Current status: Getting help from Claude (via Anthropic free open source credits) to investigate #FreeBSD ports which get their PORTVERSION not from the Makefile. Some ports obtain their version from Mk/* Some light background reading for you: github.com/FreshPorts/f...github.comPort lang/python version display incorrect, should use Mk/bsd.default-versions.mk · Issue #659 · FreshPorts/freshportsThe version displayed by Port lang/python is incorrect. It is recommended to obtain the value from Mk/bsd.default-versions.mk. Now Port lang/python version display 3.9_3,2, please see also https://... 000
Dan Langille @langille.org · 29/08/2026Using #PostgreSQL? pgbot looks interesting. github.com/pgrundev/pgbot It was just added to the #FreeBSD ports tree. www.freshports.org/databases/pg...github.comGitHub - pgrundev/pgbot: Postgres intelligence for ai agents & appsPostgres intelligence for ai agents & apps. Contribute to pgrundev/pgbot development by creating an account on GitHub. 010
Dan Langille @langille.org · 18/08/2026Want to silence a VID or CVE from pkg-audit on #FreeBSD? "It basically adds a periodic job that runs prior to 405/410.pkg-audit, which downloads the vulnerability database if needed and removes entries as configured. No component/code of pkg is modified." www.freshports.org/security/per...freshports.orgFreshPorts -- security/periodic-filter-vuxml: Periodic script to install a filtered version of VuXMLFreeBSD periodic script to fetch and filter the VuXML database to allow silencing specific vids and CVEs. 011
Dan Langille @langille.org · 15/08/2026Supersonic trebuchet. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Co57...youtube.comSupersonic TrebuchetYouTube video by Tom Stanton 162
Dan Langille @langille.org · 13/08/2026WHAT MAGIC IS THIS? see AUDIT_IGNORE_GLOB & AUDIT_IGNORE_REGEX in man pkg.conf #FreeBSD 020
Dan Langille @langille.org · 12/08/2026That missing merge on the #FreeBSD 15.0 to 15.1 upgrade is reproducible: dan.langille.org/2026/08/12/a...dan.langille.orgAttempting to reproduce the missing etcmerge from 15.0 to 15.1 upgrade – Dan Langille's Other Diary 010
Dan Langille @langille.org · 05/08/2026Now upgrading (from 15.0 to 15.1) the jails on this #FreeBSD 15.1 host : % sudo mkjail upgrade -a -v IGNOREME -p n Don't yet know how to best pass ABI & VERSION on the command line: pkg -j ${JAILNAME} -oABI=FreeBSD:15:$(uname -p) -oOSVERSION=1501000 upgrade -yr FreeBSD-base 000
Dan Langille @langille.org · 04/08/2026That's this host done. All jails in the basement are upgraded. [14:23 r730-01 dvl /jails] % file */bin/sh | grep 15.0 [14:45 r730-01 dvl /jails] % 000
Dan Langille @langille.org · 04/08/2026For my next trick, running `mkjail upgrade -a` to get the jails still on #FreeBSD 15.0 onto 15.1 `mkjail` will be greatly simplified under #pkgbase. 040
Dan Langille @langille.org · 04/08/2026All #homelab #FreeBSD jails are pkgbasified-process was: export MYJAIL=unifi01 sudo zfs snapshot data02/jails/$MYJAIL@before.pkgbasify sudo ./pkgbasify.lua --jail $MYJAIL sudo joe /jails/$MYJAIL/etc/{master.passwd,group}\n sudo jail -rc $MYJAIL re: dan.langille.org/2026/07/20/r...dan.langille.orgRunning pkgbasify on a FreeBSD 15.0 host to convert a jail – Dan Langille's Other Diary 001
Dan Langille @langille.org · 03/08/2026Current status: updating #FreeBSD 15.0 jails to FreeBSD 15.1 That consists of two main steps: * pkgbasify * mkjail upgrade -j $MYJAIL I've modified my local copy of mkjail to use pkg, not freebsd-update. github.com/mkjail/mkjai...github.comGitHub - mkjail/mkjail at 62-pkgbaseContribute to mkjail/mkjail development by creating an account on GitHub. 031
Dan Langille @langille.org · 23/07/2026Yes, the #FreeBSD ports tree is frozen. No, it has not been compromised. Please stand by. lists.freebsd.org/archives/fre...lists.freebsd.orgPorts Repository Freeze 051
Dan Langille @langille.org · 20/07/2026Updating a #FreeBSD 15.0 jail to FreeBSD 15.1 using pkgbase. dan.langille.org/2026/07/20/u...dan.langille.orgUpdating a FreeBSD 15.0 jail to FreeBSD 15.1 (via pkgbase) – Dan Langille's Other Diary 031
Reposted by Dan LangilleAdrian Chadd @erikarn.bsky.social · 20/07/2026What's that? Firewire in FreeBSD is now not marked for deletion? cgit.freebsd.org/src/commit/?... 021
Dan Langille @langille.org · 18/07/2026Orphaned #FreeBSD base packages after upgrading from 15.0 to 15.1? You might be entitled to compensation. See forums.freebsd.org/threads/afte...forums.freebsd.orgAfter pkgbase upgrade from 15.0 to 15.1 - orphaned base packagesOne of my regular Nagios checks is for orphaned packages. I find that an essential check. If the package is not available, that might be something to investigate. FYI, the check is pkg version -vRL= |... 040
Dan Langille @langille.org · 18/07/2026As of 11:59:45 UTC on Saturday July 18, 2026, all my hosts are running #FreeBSD 15.1 Every. Last. One. Of. Them. #pkgbase Such a fast & easy upgrade. Thank you. 020
Dan Langille @langille.org · 17/07/2026Only my gateway and production FreshPorts are not yet on #FreeBSD 15.1 - soon. Perhaps tomorrow. 120
Dan Langille @langille.org · 17/07/2026I've updated a #FreeBSD 15.0 pkgbase host to FreeBSD 15.1 It's wonderfully simple. Congratulations and thank you to those that made this possible. 030
Reposted by Dan LangilleCisco Talos Intelligence Group @talosintelligence.com · 14/07/2026Protect your development environment from rising Python supply-chain threats by understanding the package installation lifecycle and implementing these essential defensive strategies: cs.co/63323BEnJc1 023
Reposted by Dan LangilleAdrian Chadd @erikarn.bsky.social · 14/07/2026so the latest launch of a Russian progress capsule to the ISS was basically autonomous with some human oversight "in case" and it was 3 hours from launch to docking (just now.) like, that's crazy amazing. It used to be > 24 hours for all the on-orbit maneuvering and checklists. 101
Dan Langille @langille.org · 07/07/2026How am I starting my day? With issue #666 of course. github.com/FreshPorts/f... #FreeBSD #FreshPortsgithub.comSearch query returning raw html · Issue #666 · FreshPorts/freshportsSearch by author email, request plaintext and minimal output https://www.freshports.org/search.php?stype=author_email&method=match&query=feld%40FreeBSD.org&num=10&category=&orderby=category&orderby... 030
Dan Langille @langille.org · 03/07/2026Well. This is awkward. [14:31 x8dtu dvl ~] % pkg which /usr/local/sbin/rrsync /usr/local/sbin/rrsync was installed by package rsync-3.4.4_1 [14:31 x8dtu dvl ~] % head -1 /usr/local/sbin/rrsync #!/usr/local/bin/python3.12 #FreeBSD #poudriere 000
Dan Langille @langille.org · 02/07/2026How does a degraded zpool affect your upcoming holiday weekend? dan.langille.org/2026/07/02/d...dan.langille.orgdata04: DEGRADED – Dan Langille's Other Diary 130
Dan Langille @langille.org · 01/07/2026I think I'm understating how much promise pkgbase holds for OS patching and OS upgrade (15.0 -> 15.1). The demo I saw at BSDCan 2026 made me realize how much easier this process may become. #FreeBSD 151
Dan Langille @langille.org · 01/07/2026With all my hosts now using pkgbase, I can delete this file: [13:34 aws-1 dvl /usr/local/etc/cron.d] % cat freebsd-update # fetch updates 17 10 * * * root /usr/sbin/freebsd-update cron #FreeBSD 000
Dan Langille @langille.org · 01/07/2026pkgbasify in a #FreeBSD jail. Errored, but what error? Jail seems OK. dan.langille.org/2026/06/30/r...dan.langille.orgRunning pkgbasify on a FreeBSD 15.0 jail – Dan Langille's Other Diary 021
Dan Langille @langille.org · 29/06/2026I ran pkgbasify: dan.langille.org/2026/06/29/r... #FreeBSDdan.langille.orgRunning pkgbasify on FreeBSD 15.1 – Dan Langille's Other Diary 020
Reposted by Dan LangilleBryan Steele 🦋🍁 @brynet.ca · 19/06/2026I could really use a few extra pizzas this month, friends. 🍕🐡 #HelpSky #MutualAid 002
Dan Langille @langille.org · 29/06/2026So. pkgbasify 15.0 then upgrade to 15.1? or upgrade to 15.1 then pkgbasify? #FreeBSD 120
Dan Langille @langille.org · 24/06/2026This sounds like I need to next tackle VictoriaMetrics if I want to store my VictoriaLogs data long-term. 020
Dan Langille @langille.org · 23/06/2026My VictoriaLogs instance just hit 10 million log entries over the past 7 days. How much space is that on disk? According to du inside the jail, 426 MB: [13:37 logs dvl ~] % sudo du -ch -d 0 /var/db/victoria-logs 426M/var/db/victoria-logs 426Mtotal 010
Dan Langille @langille.org · 20/06/2026Another VictoriaLogs post. This one combines and deprecates two previous posts: dan.langille.org/2026/06/20/a...dan.langille.orgAdding syslog-ng to a host to extract Nginx logs – Dan Langille's Other Diary 010
Dan Langille @langille.org · 19/06/2026Saw pnas.org/doi/full/10.... - didn't read it, but immediately thought of @patigallardo.bsky.social and 2019.eurobsdcon.org/slides/Embed...pnas.orgStatistical detection of systematic election irregularities | PNASDemocratic societies are built around the principle of free and fair elections, and that each citizen’s vote should count equally. National electio... 020
Dan Langille @langille.org · 17/06/2026This is Nginx (dev.freshports.org) dumping access logs in JSON format, with syslog-ng sending them to another host (logs.int.unixathome.org) via TLS, and dumping them into Victoria Logs. Both "hosts" are FreeBSD 15.0 jails. 031
Dan Langille @langille.org · 16/06/2026Getting #syslog-ng onto a #FreeBSD host, replacing sylogd. Mainly to send data to victoria-logs This post is still new, there might be more to do soon. dan.langille.org/2026/06/16/r...dan.langille.orgReplacing syslogd with syslog-ng (sysutils/syslog-ng) on FreeBSD – Dan Langille's Other Diary 020
Dan Langille @langille.org · 16/06/2026Starting with LibreNMS-26.6.0, there is a new configuration item needed: the font cache directory for fontconfig. dan.langille.org/2026/06/16/l... #FreeBSD #LibreNMSdan.langille.orgLibreNMS 26.6.0 & itable cache directories vntl/var/db/ – Dan Langille's Other Diary 010
Dan Langille @langille.org · 14/06/2026I was able to get Victoria Logs installed and running See: dan.langille.org/2026/06/14/g... Next, get data into it. I fear the following is a slippery slope. ;) [20:20 pkg01 dvl ~] % sudo poudriere bulk -j 150amd64 -p default -z python314 sysutils/syslog-ng #FreeBSDdan.langille.orgGetting Victoria Logs running on FreeBSD – Dan Langille's Other Diary 030
Dan Langille @langille.org · 14/06/2026An open source project designed to help child protection workers and social workers in humanitarian and development contexts manage data on vulnerable children and survivors of violence. github.com/primeroIMS/p...github.comGitHub - primeroIMS/primero: Primero is an application designed to help child protection workers and social workers in humanitarian and development contexts manage data on vulnerable children and surv...Primero is an application designed to help child protection workers and social workers in humanitarian and development contexts manage data on vulnerable children and survivors of violence. Please... 000
