macOS

$ uname -a
Darwin tessier.local 25.5.0 Darwin Kernel Version 25.5.0: Tue Jun  9 22:27:52 PDT 2026; root:xnu-12377.121.10~1/RELEASE_ARM64_T8112 arm64

$ sh
sh-3.2$ cc -o wat wat.c $(ldns-config --cflags --libs) -I$(brew --prefix openssl@3)/include

sh-3.2$ LC_ALL=C ./wat

dch / .iex.exs

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1	IEx.configure(
2	default_prompt:
3	[
4	# ANSI CHA, move cursor to column 1. Breaks stuff.
5	# "\e[G",
6	:light_green,
7	# plain string
8	"🧪 ",
9	:white,
10	:reset

dch / smart.yml

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1	---
2	# an ansible role to install and configure smartmon tools for a daily check + email
3	# roles/smart/tasks/main.yml
4	- name: install smartmontools
5	pkgng:
6	state: present
7	name:
8	- sysutils/smartmontools
9	notify: restart smartd
10	tags: smart, pkg

dch / pkg-jail-bootstrap.md

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we have an empty dir /tmp/ajail
our system ABI (version or architecture) is not the same as the required jail version
we want to use pkg base to bootstrap the jail, in the same way as untarring base.txz would

prep

root@wintermute /tmp# uname -a
FreeBSD wintermute.skunkwerks.at 16.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 16.0-CURRENT main-n284971-da663d5377a5 GENERIC amd64

dch / Makefile

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use on FreeBSD arm64 to build a native npm-based tailwindcss CLI

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1	BASE?=$(HOME)/src
2	TAILWIND = $(BASE)/tailwind
3	LCSS = $(BASE)/lightningcss
4	NODE_ARCH != node -p "process.arch"
5
6	.PHONY: all clean deps
7
8	all: $(TAILWIND)/.cli-built
9
10	$(TAILWIND)/node_modules: $(TAILWIND)

dch / recon_to_file.exs

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1	spawn(fn ->
2	log_file = "vm_top_processes.log"
3
4	loop = fn loop ->
5	timestamp = DateTime.utc_now() \|> DateTime.to_string()
6
7	top_cpu = :recon.proc_count(:redu, 5)
8	top_mailbox = :recon.proc_count(:message_queue_len, 5)
9
10	format_proc = fn {pid, value, info} ->

dch / ten64 dual 1G testing

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testing in recovery mode on revD

doas cu -l /dev/cuaU0 -s 115200
Connected
INFO:    checksum 0x9c5886cb
INFO:    n_ranks 2
INFO:    rank_density 0x400000000
INFO:    capacity 0x800000000

dch / poudriere -> s3 sync

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riff'd off gist.github.com/bdrewery/9438353

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1	#!/bin/sh
2	#
3	# Copyright (c) 2013-2014 Bryan Drewery <bdrewery@FreeBSD.org>
4	# Copyright (c) 2025 Dave Cottlehuber <dch@FreeBSD.org>
5
6	# All rights reserved.
7	#
8	# Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
9	# modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
10	# are met:

dch / builder scripts

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base system packages, don't forget to add filemon to your /etc/rc.conf kld_list

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1	#!/bin/sh -eu
2	export __MAKE_CONF=/dev/null
3
4	umask 0022
5	COMMIT=g$(git rev-parse --verify --short=7 HEAD)
6	NCPU=3.0
7	NOW=$(date -u +%Y%m%d-%H%M)
8	QUIET=' -s'
9	RELEASE=/usr/obj/usr/src/amd64.amd64/release
10	REVISION=$(sh ./sys/conf/newvers.sh -V REVISION \| egrep -o '1[0-9]+')

dch / pkg15-current.md

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Upgrading a 15.0-RELEASE base package install to 16-CURRENT

I know, 15.0-RELEASE has been out now for over a month, and I'm easily bored. Obviously, it's time to switch back to running 16-CURRENT with whatever random patches I am working on atm.

This is the general procedure:

create an old environment
create a new boot environment
mount it
finagle package signatures