Whilst branching and tagging dhcpcd-5 it seems that a commit I made didn’t find its way to the branched and tagged release, hence me releasing dhcpcd-5.0.1
dhcpcd-5 branch. You can see here that I did commit before branching but if you look at the tarball built from svn the commit “Fix existing address detection.” isn’t there.
Now, whilst this ‘‘‘could’’’ be an error on my part, I’m not prepared to take the chance it’s also a subversion error.
Linux ifconfig truely sucks. It cannot handle multiple inet addresses easily (using aliases for the interface name sucks). Also ifconfig sucks for a lot of scripting usage. Whilst iproute2 is a lot friendlier, it’s also not ifconfig- which makes portable(ish) network configuration a lot harder.
Lastly, Linux has a lof of misc tools- ifenslave, vlanconfig, etc, which should all be wrapped up into ifconfig. The BSD ifconfig is a very good example of how network configuration should be done.
So I’ve been away on a Cruise to France and Spain, aboard the Oceana to celebrate my Parents Ruby Wedding Anniversary (was last year, but the arrival of Robyn delayed things). It was my first cruise and it was a very enjoyable experience, which the exception of getting an acute allergic reaction from the on board Temple Spa shower gel (my normal stuff leaked).
Since being back I’ve been very busy and both Abbey and I recovering from various ailments, but we’re now in tip top condition!
Some toss pot decided that he wanted my headlights and grill. Luckily my insurance covers it, sadly there’s an excess which is marginally more than the private quote I had. But it was a rushed quote and there’s no guarantee the other headlight even works, so through the insurance company it goes.
This looks like a steal to order job as they managed to lift the bonet slightly to get the headlights out, but rushed off as one headligh was left dangling.
Raymond Hunt aka Pops aka PopPops aka Abbey’s Dad passed away peacefully two days ago after a long battle with cancer.
I’ve not blogged about it because I was unsure if it was the right thing to do. Now I think it is, as this blog is supposed to be a diary of important life events as well as the standard technical stuff I blog about. Anyway, the oddest thing is that I only realised I loved him after he died.
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