Just a tip as I needed to build binary packages for all the installed packages on a gentoo box:
equery list | cut -d’ ‘ -f3 | while read f; do quickpkg “=${f}”; done
It’s a giant hack, but it gets the job done.
Archive for the ‘Tips and Tricks’ Category
Packaging An Entire Gentoo System
Friday, July 31st, 2009How ssh-agent Works on OS X 10.5
Tuesday, May 13th, 2008This post discusses how ssh-agent works on OS X Leopard. Very informative.
http://www.dribin.org/dave/blog/archives/2007/11/28/ssh_agent_leopard/
Rdiff-backup on OS X
Tuesday, May 13th, 2008Short and sweet
Download my script to automate rdiff-backup installation on OS X.
Longer version with background
I use rdiff-backup to keep all my systems backed up. Rdiff-backup keeps incremental changes and permission information, and only transmits changes over the network. It’s great for automated remote backups. All my Linux systems backup at least once a night, some several times daily to offsite locations via consumer-class internet connections. The first backup is painful if you have a lot of data, but after that only differences have to go so things are pretty smooth. (more…)
The Six Dumbest Ideas in Computer Security
Monday, May 12th, 2008A bit dated, but still a good read with thought-provoking ideas about things not to do in the name of security.
- Default Permit
- Enumerating Badness
- Penetrate and Patch
- Hacking is Cool
- Educating Users
- Action is Better Than Inaction
http://www.ranum.com/security/computer_security/editorials/dumb/
Fixing Sleep Mode on Portable Macs
Saturday, April 26th, 2008As discussed in the Macworld article Set newer portable Macs’ sleep mode, it is possible to disable the copying of RAM onto disk when you put a MacBook or MacBook Pro to sleep. I’ve found the recovery from sleep to be more reliable with this feature disabled. Going to sleep also takes much less time.
I’ve included the relevant portions of the article below for the curious. For the impatient, running the following commands in Terminal will change sleep mode to RAM-only, and remove the memory image file:
sudo pmset -a hibernatemode 0 sudo rm /var/vm/sleepimage
Saying “No To All” In Windows XP
Sunday, April 13th, 2008Apparently it’s possible to get that missing “No to all” action in Windows XP. Just hold shift and click No on the overwrite confirmation dialog.
http://www.online-tech-tips.com/cool-websites/windows-no-to-all/