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I have the code for #GNU #coreutils 9.11 #dd to use #getopt, and here it is in action.

I have no idea how to show the code to the coreutils people, whoever they even are. But it exists, and has finally been done.

So that's two versions of #FreeBSD dd, and now GNU dd. I'll do #NetBSD dd next.

I still intend to set up an #Illumos system at some point, but a patch to #Tribblix/OpenIndiana/OmniOS/SmartOS dd will have to wait on that, unless an Illumos person sees these and is inspired. (-:

I have the code for #GNU #coreutils 9.11 #dd to use #getopt, and here it is in action.

I have no idea how to show the code to the coreutils people, whoever they even are. But it exists, and has finally been done.

So that's two versions of #FreeBSD dd, and now GNU dd. I'll do #NetBSD dd next.

I still intend to set up an #Illumos system at some point, but a patch to #Tribblix/OpenIndiana/OmniOS/SmartOS dd will have to wait on that, unless an Illumos person sees these and is inspired. (-:

I have the code for #GNU #coreutils 9.11 #dd to use #getopt, and here it is in action.

I have no idea how to show the code to the coreutils people, whoever they even are. But it exists, and has finally been done.

So that's two versions of #FreeBSD dd, and now GNU dd. I'll do #NetBSD dd next.

I still intend to set up an #Illumos system at some point, but a patch to #Tribblix/OpenIndiana/OmniOS/SmartOS dd will have to wait on that, unless an Illumos person sees these and is inspired. (-:

I have the code for #GNU #coreutils 9.11 #dd to use #getopt, and here it is in action.

I have no idea how to show the code to the coreutils people, whoever they even are. But it exists, and has finally been done.

So that's two versions of #FreeBSD dd, and now GNU dd. I'll do #NetBSD dd next.

I still intend to set up an #Illumos system at some point, but a patch to #Tribblix/OpenIndiana/OmniOS/SmartOS dd will have to wait on that, unless an Illumos person sees these and is inspired. (-:

I have the code for #GNU #coreutils 9.11 #dd to use #getopt, and here it is in action.

I have no idea how to show the code to the coreutils people, whoever they even are. But it exists, and has finally been done.

So that's two versions of #FreeBSD dd, and now GNU dd. I'll do #NetBSD dd next.

I still intend to set up an #Illumos system at some point, but a patch to #Tribblix/OpenIndiana/OmniOS/SmartOS dd will have to wait on that, unless an Illumos person sees these and is inspired. (-:

@lanodan

Almost certainly on #Illumos as well. It has the @millert code, and has had it since before the open sourcing.

Loads of utilities on Illumos use it, too. Even humble ls has loads of long options on Illumos. Long options are in things ranging from grep to bhyvectl .

https://illumos.org/man/1/ls

@benjamineskola @mirabilos @kimapr
#getopt

Firefly – a small failsafe image for illumos based distributions. Firefly is an open-source, minimalistic failsafe boot image designed for illumos-based... https://archiveos.org/firefly/ #solaris #illumos #unix #operatingsystem

@ptribble

Quick question!
I have a SUN SunFIRE v880, but no login to the RSC card and no OS to boot from.

But I am thinking if I can create somekind of LiveCD with Tribblix and run rscadm from that one? Is that possible with Tribblix?

#sun #solaris #illumos

Two new preprints from my #research center!

"Is Cleaning Costly? Evaluating the -fret-cleanAnti-Return-Oriented Programming Mitigation from the OpenBSD Operating System" — an evaluation and critique of #cybersecurity #engineering: https://briancallahan.net/preprints/Callahan_Shaikh_IEEE_CARS_2026.pdf (and #blog post about it: https://briancallahan.net/blog/20260811.html)

"Write Your Way to Better Cybersecurity Awareness Training with Active Word Games" — about identifying creating cybersecurity training as a site of learning worthwhile of studying: https://briancallahan.net/preprints/Wroblewski_et_al_IEEE_CARS_2026.pdf

#academic #academia #professor #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #dragonflybsd #unix #linux #illumos #solaris #compiler #compilers #cybersec #cyber #informationsecurity #infosec

For the interested, you can read a preprint of our latest #research on the #OpenBSD -fret-clean flag here:

https://briancallahan.net/preprints/Callahan_Shaikh_IEEE_CARS_2026.pdf

#freebsd #netbsd #dragonflybsd #bsd #linux #unix #solaris #illumos #compiler #compilers #llvm #gcc #rop #cybersecurity #cybersec #cyber #security #infosec #informationsecurity

New #blog post arrives!

I discovered that, unlike what the documentation says, you in fact do not need GDC to bootstrap GDC.

https://briancallahan.net/blog/20260713.html

#Unix #compiler #compilers #gcc #llvm #clang #gdc #d #dlang #linux #bsd #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #dragonflybsd #illumos #dmd

New #blog post. Let's write a peephole optimizer for #QBE that operates on #AArch64 assembly code. Three years ago, we did this for #AMD64 assembly code. But now that I have Arm machines, we can replicate the effort for another CPU architecture.

https://briancallahan.net/blog/20250901.html

#compiler #compilers #opensource #freesoftware #unix #bsd #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #dragonflybsd #linux #illumos #macos #assembler #assembly

The recording of the July 18th, 2024 #bhyve Production User Call is up:

https://youtu.be/0eX5Id0ya3A

We discussed moving from AWS/GCP to a private cloud, #PiKVM, upcoming AMD IOMMU fixes, virtio-console, virtio-vsock, #NoVNC, libarchive, system-wide management APIs, Netgraph queue length, #VxLAN over WireGuard and IPsec, a new-to-FreeBSD story, and more!

"Don't forget to slam those Like and Subscribe buttons."

#FreeBSD #illumos