From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 6 06:54:48 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7DF4216A4DD for ; Sun, 6 Aug 2006 06:54:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from mxout7.cac.washington.edu (mxout7.cac.washington.edu [140.142.32.178]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 77D7243D53 for ; Sun, 6 Aug 2006 06:54:47 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from smtp.washington.edu (smtp.washington.edu [140.142.32.139]) by mxout7.cac.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW06.03) with ESMTP id k766skHC003178 for ; Sat, 5 Aug 2006 23:54:47 -0700 X-Auth-Received: from [192.168.0.50] (dsl254-013-145.sea1.dsl.speakeasy.net [216.254.13.145]) (authenticated authid=youshi10) by smtp.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW06.03) with ESMTP id k766skVw029922 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Sat, 5 Aug 2006 23:54:46 -0700 Message-ID: <44D59235.3020801@u.washington.edu> Date: Sat, 05 Aug 2006 23:54:45 -0700 From: Garrett Cooper User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.5 (X11/20060805) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20060804182042.U25268@ganymede.hub.org> <44D41605.90509@freebsd.org> <20060805011842.C25268@ganymede.hub.org> <200608051323.13484.lists@jnielsen.net> <20060805235606.Q7522@ganymede.hub.org> <20060806012038.Q7522@ganymede.hub.org> In-Reply-To: <20060806012038.Q7522@ganymede.hub.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.0.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-PMX-Version: 5.2.0.264296, Antispam-Engine: 2.4.0.264935, Antispam-Data: 2006.8.5.233433 X-Uwash-Spam: Gauge=IIIIIII, Probability=7%, Report='__CP_URI_IN_BODY 0, __CT 0, __CTE 0, __CT_TEXT_PLAIN 0, __HAS_MSGID 0, __LINES_OF_YELLING 0, __MIME_TEXT_ONLY 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __SANE_MSGID 0, __USER_AGENT 0' Subject: Re: BSDstats Project v1.0 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 06 Aug 2006 06:54:48 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 User Freebsd wrote: > > John pointed out a bug that I hadn't noticed, mainly because I was > testing single host ... basically, I installed PHP5 on the backend, and > stupidly didn't check to make sure that they *hadn't* gone and changed > all of the DB access functions from 4.x :( > > The bug is fixed, and I've tested using three different servers to make > sure its being updated properly ... > > For those that have submitted already once, please re-submit, since your > data was added the first time through ... > > And, there is now a port "/usr/ports/sysutils/bsdstats" that will > install it in /usr/local/etc/periodic/monthly, thanks to John there too > ... no changes to the script itself have been made yet, just a fix on > the backend ... > > Will work on adding pciconf support in next ... > > On Sat, 5 Aug 2006, User Freebsd wrote: > >> On Sat, 5 Aug 2006, John Nielsen wrote: >> >>> Here is a sample (working) port. Un-tar the archive under >>> ports/sysutils. It installs the script to >>> ${LOCALBASE}/etc/periodic/monthly and prints a message about how to >>> enable it. Have a look at it, edit all the text entries to make them >>> your own (in particular I didn't do a real pkg-descr), and submit it >>> as a PR (I can assist you with that off-list if you'd like). >> >> Perfect, thanks ... I have commit access to ports, so I can commit it >> later over the weekend ... >> >>> Feature request: the script should output one line of text indicating >>> success or failure (and to remind people who read their periodic >>> e-mails that it's actually running). >> >> I am personally terrible at 'human friendly features', especially when >> it comes to text ... its why most web pages I design seem >> ultra-utilitarian unless I talk someone into writing things nicely ... >> >> IMHO, this whole thing isn't meant for my edification, but to provide >> *us*, as a project, with some overall numbers to advocate/market >> ourselves better ... *please* feel free to submit any patches to the >> script that you (or anyone else) feels needs to be added to improve >> things ... >> >> The more ppl involved, the more successful the endeavor will be ... >> >> ---- >> Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services >> (http://www.hub.org) >> Email . scrappy@hub.org MSN . >> scrappy@hub.org >> Yahoo . yscrappy Skype: hub.org ICQ . 7615664 > > ---- > Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org) > Email . scrappy@hub.org MSN . scrappy@hub.org > Yahoo . yscrappy Skype: hub.org ICQ . 7615664 I know I may be overachieving a bit in my overall thoughts of this plan, but why not do something similar for the rest of the BSDs and/or Linux/Solaris? I find this a good statistical tool for determining how many desktops run what form of Unix, so better numbers could be derived for overall Unix driver support. Just a thought.. - -Garrett -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFE1ZI16CkrZkzMC68RAuckAJ4saa+s0A9rrh/Y0+rz0iOIuFSJzACeKv83 jm6zc18gXN4y28QtAW31f4c= =p/y8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----