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Dec 29 2018, 9:58 PM (352 w, 1 d)

Recent Activity

Wed, Sep 24

grahamperrin added a comment to D52621: packages: Remove set-devel from set-base.
In D52621#1203868, @ivy wrote:
Wed, Sep 24, 1:00 AM

Tue, Sep 23

grahamperrin added a comment to D52621: packages: Remove set-devel from set-base.

FreeBSD-base is the name of the repo for all FreeBSD (operating system) packages.

Tue, Sep 23, 6:46 PM
grahamperrin added a comment to D52688: freebsd-update: Library ordering.

Tested with:

Tue, Sep 23, 6:34 PM

Mon, Sep 22

grahamperrin requested changes to D52644: packages.7: New manpage describing pkgbase.
Mon, Sep 22, 1:13 AM

Sat, Sep 20

grahamperrin added inline comments to D52644: packages.7: New manpage describing pkgbase.
Sat, Sep 20, 10:38 PM
grahamperrin added inline comments to D52644: packages.7: New manpage describing pkgbase.
Sat, Sep 20, 10:23 PM

Wed, Sep 17

grahamperrin added a comment to D52558: bsdinstall: Use package sets for pkgbase install.

I can't visualise the current edition of the dialogue, can someone provide a screenshot?

Wed, Sep 17, 5:08 PM

Mon, Sep 8

grahamperrin added a comment to D52412: packages: Add meta-package sets.

If I intentionally delete a non-essential automatic package that is not a meta package, then will pkg check -d prompt to reinstall?

Mon, Sep 8, 1:21 AM

Aug 29 2025

grahamperrin added a comment to D42150: bsdinstall: when installing UEFI, place the bootloader on all disks.

Related: https://bugs.freebsd.org/258987 point 1.

Aug 29 2025, 12:28 AM

Aug 26 2025

grahamperrin added a comment to D52161: sh: Remove /.profile.

… single user.

Aug 26 2025, 7:41 PM
grahamperrin added a comment to D52162: sh, csh: Add config tag to profile scripts in /.
Aug 26 2025, 5:14 PM
grahamperrin added a comment to D51916: bsdinstall: put FreeBSD-base.conf in /etc/pkg.

On the other hand, /etc/pkg/repos/ (if created) might be valid.

Aug 26 2025, 3:12 PM
grahamperrin requested changes to D51916: bsdinstall: put FreeBSD-base.conf in /etc/pkg.
Aug 26 2025, 2:44 PM
grahamperrin added a comment to D52161: sh: Remove /.profile.

Commit log messages for D52161 and D52162 should, please, show:

Aug 26 2025, 12:05 PM

Aug 24 2025

grahamperrin added inline comments to D51279: started working on a chapter for pkgbase.
Aug 24 2025, 5:33 PM · pkgbase
grahamperrin added inline comments to D51279: started working on a chapter for pkgbase.
Aug 24 2025, 5:24 PM · pkgbase
grahamperrin requested changes to D51279: started working on a chapter for pkgbase.
Aug 24 2025, 5:04 PM · pkgbase
grahamperrin added a comment to D51279: started working on a chapter for pkgbase.

… Changed that to "If you want to start building your own pkgbase packets" instead of "To start building custom pkgbase packets". Does that answer your question? If not please specify. …

Aug 24 2025, 4:52 PM · pkgbase
grahamperrin added inline comments to D51279: started working on a chapter for pkgbase.
Aug 24 2025, 8:54 AM · pkgbase
grahamperrin added inline comments to D51279: started working on a chapter for pkgbase.
Aug 24 2025, 7:56 AM · pkgbase
grahamperrin added inline comments to D51279: started working on a chapter for pkgbase.
Aug 24 2025, 7:26 AM · pkgbase
grahamperrin requested changes to D51279: started working on a chapter for pkgbase.
Aug 24 2025, 6:43 AM · pkgbase

Aug 21 2025

grahamperrin added inline comments to D51279: started working on a chapter for pkgbase.
Aug 21 2025, 6:46 AM · pkgbase

Aug 19 2025

grahamperrin added a comment to D51279: started working on a chapter for pkgbase.

pkgbase (lowercase) throughout, thanks.

Aug 19 2025, 4:09 AM · pkgbase

Aug 18 2025

grahamperrin added a comment to D51594: pkgbasify: Add to the base system.

Will there be a distinct FreeBSD-pkgbasify package in the FreeBSD-base repo?

Aug 18 2025, 3:35 AM

Aug 15 2025

grahamperrin updated subscribers of D51916: bsdinstall: put FreeBSD-base.conf in /etc/pkg.

Compare with a single FreeBSD.conf for multiple FreeBSD repos, e.g. https://reviews.freebsd.org/D50583.

Aug 15 2025, 4:20 PM

Jul 27 2025

grahamperrin added a comment to D50894: New Accessibility Handbook.

In the preview, some of the navigation buttons don't work, for example:

Jul 27 2025, 3:35 AM · Accessibility

Jul 21 2025

grahamperrin added a comment to D51101: bsdinstall: always install FreeBSD-base.conf if using pkgbase.

Compare with the precedent of a single file:

Jul 21 2025, 12:23 AM

Jul 17 2025

grahamperrin abandoned D36786: freebsd-update.sh: EDITOR: if not set, prefer ee.

Packages are the future.

Jul 17 2025, 10:22 AM

May 29 2025

grahamperrin added a comment to D50583: pkg.conf: Use kmod repositories.

… setting a higher priority didn't help in my case …

May 29 2025, 11:34 PM

Apr 3 2025

grahamperrin added a comment to D49457: Update x11/nvidia-driver-470 and x11/linux-nvidia-libs-470 to 470.256.02.
Apr 3 2025, 6:27 AM

Apr 1 2025

grahamperrin added a comment to D49457: Update x11/nvidia-driver-470 and x11/linux-nvidia-libs-470 to 470.256.02.

For completeness, I'm testing with a GPU for which the 470.⋯ driver is:

Apr 1 2025, 11:54 PM
grahamperrin accepted D49457: Update x11/nvidia-driver-470 and x11/linux-nvidia-libs-470 to 470.256.02.
Apr 1 2025, 11:24 PM
grahamperrin added a comment to D49457: Update x11/nvidia-driver-470 and x11/linux-nvidia-libs-470 to 470.256.02.
Apr 1 2025, 11:24 PM

Mar 31 2025

grahamperrin added a comment to D49457: Update x11/nvidia-driver-470 and x11/linux-nvidia-libs-470 to 470.256.02.

… 06:41 on Sunday. Whilst the clock on the lock screen was wrong (02:33), the system was not frozen. …

Mar 31 2025, 1:46 PM
grahamperrin added a comment to D49457: Update x11/nvidia-driver-470 and x11/linux-nvidia-libs-470 to 470.256.02.

… With Plasma set to turn off the screen after two minutes, I sometimes found all displays blank/dark after e.g. moving a trackball. Not turning on, presumably, although they're on after Control-Alt-F2 (vt at ttyv1) and remain on after Alt-F9 (back to Plasma). … sense that the symptom was more likely to occur with two external displays.

Mar 31 2025, 9:29 AM
grahamperrin added a comment to D49457: Update x11/nvidia-driver-470 and x11/linux-nvidia-libs-470 to 470.256.02.

… OK so far, no sense of regression. I'll test with WBINVD=on. …

Mar 31 2025, 12:22 AM

Feb 10 2025

grahamperrin accepted D48909: news: correct commit bit type for ashafer.

Thanks

Feb 10 2025, 10:56 AM

Feb 7 2025

grahamperrin added inline comments to D48694: New committer (ports): Austin Shafer (ashafer).
Feb 7 2025, 1:35 AM

Dec 19 2024

grahamperrin accepted D47996: adduser(8): Add documentation for ZFS encrypted home dataset.

Thanks. With all inlines hidden, the language looks OK, to me.

Dec 19 2024, 6:10 PM
grahamperrin added a comment to D48131: rtwn_pci.4: Mention RTL8188CE in HARDWARE.

Reported by: grahamperrin

Dec 19 2024, 12:30 PM

Dec 13 2024

grahamperrin added a comment to D47997: kmod: append osversion to the portversion.

Is addition to UPDATING appropriate?

Dec 13 2024, 1:55 PM

Dec 12 2024

grahamperrin requested changes to D47996: adduser(8): Add documentation for ZFS encrypted home dataset.
Dec 12 2024, 12:18 AM

Oct 12 2024

grahamperrin added a comment to D46960: handbook/conferencing: Fix sysrc examples.

Looks OK to me.

Oct 12 2024, 7:12 AM · docs

May 27 2024

grahamperrin added a comment to D45377: pkgbase: Fix csh /root/.cshrc.

Nit (if the summary will be the commit message), taggued and break should be:

May 27 2024, 8:46 AM

Mar 17 2024

grahamperrin added a comment to D16457: Subpackages. (deal with it.).

Time to close?

Mar 17 2024, 3:07 AM

Mar 2 2024

grahamperrin added a comment to D44073: nvidia-drm-kmod: Update to 550.54.14.

Late changes. Spelling, and (I think) you need not state .ko in the context of e.g. kldload.

Mar 2 2024, 8:59 PM

Feb 4 2024

grahamperrin added a comment to D43347: snd_uaudio: provide information about the device name and attached driver.

https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=271574 updated.

Feb 4 2024, 6:46 PM

Feb 2 2024

grahamperrin added a comment to D42722: handbook: update current version before freebsd-upgrade.
Feb 2 2024, 10:29 AM

Dec 16 2023

grahamperrin added a comment to D36786: freebsd-update.sh: EDITOR: if not set, prefer ee.

Thanks. I ran a few tests. One test result below.

Dec 16 2023, 2:29 AM

Dec 15 2023

grahamperrin reclaimed D36786: freebsd-update.sh: EDITOR: if not set, prefer ee.
Dec 15 2023, 8:04 AM
grahamperrin added a comment to D36786: freebsd-update.sh: EDITOR: if not set, prefer ee.

I forgot:

Dec 15 2023, 8:04 AM

Dec 14 2023

grahamperrin abandoned D36786: freebsd-update.sh: EDITOR: if not set, prefer ee.

@delphij thanks for the context.

Dec 14 2023, 4:07 PM

Dec 12 2023

grahamperrin added a comment to D36786: freebsd-update.sh: EDITOR: if not set, prefer ee.

The tail of today's https://old.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/18gtb5r/-/:

Dec 12 2023, 11:07 PM

Nov 10 2023

grahamperrin added a comment to D42546: Highlights of changes that appeared already in 13.1/13.2.

Unexpected loss of free space has taken some users by surprise.

Nov 10 2023, 8:54 PM
grahamperrin added inline comments to D42546: Highlights of changes that appeared already in 13.1/13.2.
Nov 10 2023, 8:49 PM

Oct 20 2023

grahamperrin accepted D42304: 14.0 relnotes: markup and wording fixes from Graham Perrin.
Oct 20 2023, 5:18 AM

Oct 19 2023

grahamperrin added inline comments to D42304: 14.0 relnotes: markup and wording fixes from Graham Perrin.
Oct 19 2023, 11:34 PM
grahamperrin requested changes to D42304: 14.0 relnotes: markup and wording fixes from Graham Perrin.

@karels, nice catch with the audible parts of "a -i option". I made the same mistake with something a few months ago.

Oct 19 2023, 11:33 PM

Oct 17 2023

grahamperrin accepted D42214: 14.0 relnotes: additions to date.

After https://cgit.freebsd.org/doc/tree/website/content/en/releases/14.0R/installation.adoc is created, with the customary Upgrading FreeBSD content, then thought can be given to foot-shooting (e.g. https://reviews.freebsd.org/D42214#963193).

Oct 17 2023, 8:50 AM

Oct 16 2023

grahamperrin added inline comments to D42214: 14.0 relnotes: additions to date.
Oct 16 2023, 7:58 PM
grahamperrin requested changes to D42214: 14.0 relnotes: additions to date.
Oct 16 2023, 7:51 PM
grahamperrin added a comment to D42214: 14.0 relnotes: additions to date.
Oct 16 2023, 1:07 AM
grahamperrin added inline comments to D42214: 14.0 relnotes: additions to date.
Oct 16 2023, 12:52 AM

Oct 15 2023

grahamperrin requested changes to D42214: 14.0 relnotes: additions to date.
Oct 15 2023, 7:08 PM
grahamperrin added a comment to D42214: 14.0 relnotes: additions to date.

Thanks @karels for the pointer.

Oct 15 2023, 6:27 PM

Oct 14 2023

grahamperrin added a comment to D32128: Add support for sysctl.conf.d.

Follow-up to discussion in IRC,

Oct 14 2023, 11:54 PM · rc

Oct 12 2023

grahamperrin added a comment to D41644: FAQ renew - Working Group.

I recall accepting the invitation to participate in this working group.

Oct 12 2023, 11:01 AM

Oct 10 2023

grahamperrin added a comment to R9:7528251beeb8: Status/2023Q3/doceng.adoc: typo fixed.

Thanks! My bad at https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-doc/pull/271/commits/2b57c53ff2b0722674929a5ccdeac3a8f5fc97c9#diff-c20a2d27b62a1f972a9588a08fd1e8956345ba08e9b5c0417fd42573fcc0c772L71-R86.

Oct 10 2023, 8:58 PM

Oct 7 2023

grahamperrin added a comment to D37671: Problem Report Handling Guidelines (pr-guidelines): correct and update, or archive.

FreeBSD bug 274342 – Bug reports in Bugzilla for FreeBSD do not begin in the open state, and the Problem Report Handling Guidelines article should be archived

Oct 7 2023, 8:36 PM
grahamperrin added a comment to D37671: Problem Report Handling Guidelines (pr-guidelines): correct and update, or archive.

For reference: https://docs.freebsd.org/en/articles/pr-guidelines/

"Jane Random BugBuster …

Oct 7 2023, 7:44 PM
grahamperrin added a comment to R9:0e60961e5a28: FDP-overview: Fix build output path.

Submitted by: Graham Perrin <grahamperring@gmail.com>

Oct 7 2023, 2:47 AM
grahamperrin requested review of D42115: FDP primer: quick start: fix misdirections.
Oct 7 2023, 2:43 AM

Oct 4 2023

grahamperrin added a comment to D41963: Website - Simplify the website.

Please have content in the Wayback Machine before committing.

Oct 4 2023, 8:03 PM

Oct 1 2023

grahamperrin added a comment to D42022: freebsd-update: add a note about when files may be deleted.

English looks good to me.

Oct 1 2023, 8:38 PM
grahamperrin added a comment to D37213: administration: liaison, Bugmeister and a little more.

Thanks @dbaio

Oct 1 2023, 7:38 PM

Sep 30 2023

grahamperrin added a comment to D41986: Status 2023q3: Pantheon desktop.

… lists. …

Sep 30 2023, 9:37 PM
grahamperrin added a comment to D37213: administration: liaison, Bugmeister and a little more.
% less /tmp/D37213.diff
% gh repo sync grahamperrin/freebsd-doc && git -C /usr/doc pull --ff-only && git -C /usr/doc pull --ff-only freebsd main
✓ Synced the "grahamperrin:main" branch from "freebsd:main"
Already up to date.
From https://git.freebsd.org/doc
 * branch                  main       -> FETCH_HEAD
Already up to date.
% git -C /usr/doc apply --check --verbose /tmp/D37213.diff
Checking patch website/content/en/administration.adoc...
%
Sep 30 2023, 8:20 AM
grahamperrin added a comment to D37213: administration: liaison, Bugmeister and a little more.

and as clusteradm
only missing bugmeister review, IMHO, you can already commit this.

Sep 30 2023, 12:50 AM
grahamperrin abandoned D39165: Events: updates and corrections.
Sep 30 2023, 12:41 AM

Sep 16 2023

grahamperrin added a comment to D41549: Deprecate fdc and fdformat for 15.

Might GENERIC.hints be in scope?

Sep 16 2023, 4:01 PM

Aug 31 2023

grahamperrin added inline comments to D41625: [phb]: Document inclusion of Makefile.* files.
Aug 31 2023, 6:50 PM
grahamperrin added inline comments to D41625: [phb]: Document inclusion of Makefile.* files.
Aug 31 2023, 4:19 PM
grahamperrin requested changes to D41625: [phb]: Document inclusion of Makefile.* files.

One sentence per line. Thanks.

Aug 31 2023, 3:32 AM

Aug 25 2023

grahamperrin removed a member for committers: grahamperrin.
Aug 25 2023, 5:06 PM
grahamperrin added a comment to D40025: git: Use dashes rather than spaces in trailers.

Knowing that Closes: is effective for pull requests in e.g. the github.com/freebsd/freebsd-doc area (see, for example, https://codeberg.org/FreeBSD/freebsd-doc/commit/10374142a5202ea4a28cdabba82407ba87dbf042) …

Aug 25 2023, 7:10 AM

Aug 22 2023

grahamperrin abandoned D37860: Newsflashes: relevance, directness, conciseness.

Deadwood in, Perrin out, so long and fanks for all the thish.

Aug 22 2023, 1:13 PM

Aug 20 2023

grahamperrin added a comment to D36786: freebsd-update.sh: EDITOR: if not set, prefer ee.

For those of you who have not already seen the related pull request:

Aug 20 2023, 4:39 PM
grahamperrin updated grahamperrin.
Aug 20 2023, 1:05 PM

Aug 18 2023

grahamperrin committed rGedacf4b4824a: UPDATING: fix a typo, adjust a white space (authored by grahamperrin).
UPDATING: fix a typo, adjust a white space
Aug 18 2023, 5:01 PM

Aug 15 2023

grahamperrin committed R9:2f88ac36ffce: Committer's Guide: four tiers: heading levels (authored by grahamperrin).
Committer's Guide: four tiers: heading levels
Aug 15 2023, 6:25 PM
grahamperrin committed R9:a7f092b867ca: FreeBSD Handbook: fix unwanted wrapping in a cell (authored by grahamperrin).
FreeBSD Handbook: fix unwanted wrapping in a cell
Aug 15 2023, 3:01 AM
grahamperrin committed R9:c68a09252dd1: FreeBSD Handbook: fix a long note (authored by grahamperrin).
FreeBSD Handbook: fix a long note
Aug 15 2023, 2:10 AM

Aug 14 2023

grahamperrin edited P609 Resolving merge conflicts.
Aug 14 2023, 6:17 PM
grahamperrin created P609 Resolving merge conflicts.
Aug 14 2023, 6:15 PM

Aug 11 2023

grahamperrin committed R9:fda73f30c259: Document kernel version 1203508, src 6c717a28505d (authored by grahamperrin).
Document kernel version 1203508, src 6c717a28505d
Aug 11 2023, 7:52 AM

Aug 10 2023

grahamperrin committed R9:c185711d9c55: FreeBSD Handbook: Subversion, uppercase S (authored by grahamperrin).
FreeBSD Handbook: Subversion, uppercase S
Aug 10 2023, 6:33 PM

Aug 9 2023

grahamperrin added a comment to D40025: git: Use dashes rather than spaces in trailers.
Aug 9 2023, 6:35 PM

Aug 7 2023

grahamperrin added a comment to D37094: Suggest port maintainers submit bugs for VuXML updates..

I don't think I can/should answer … I mean, don't think of me as blocking anything here …

Aug 7 2023, 5:44 PM

Aug 6 2023

grahamperrin created P602 no route after 'service dhclient restart em0'.
Aug 6 2023, 4:21 PM