@DennisKaarsemaker But for 5.20 or 5.18.4 they'll come up with an even more clever scheme that will take years for somebody to figure out how to make behave pathologically?
@DennisKaarsemaker "But for [some version in the next couple years] they'll switch from a good solution to a clever solution that takes years to find the problem with." "That's already in place now for [release from a few months ago]" "facepalm because goddamnit they solved this crap a decade ago and like to break it again every few years"
So, figured out why my application was crashing. One of the main components was not running as the configured user, permissions trip, fail... Well, where do I specify the user? Command line option? Nope. Configuration file? Nope. Ok... Time to go digging through the source code.
Found a custom function to change the user and group at the same time... libmail_changecreds(.....). So where's libmail.... No libmail. Time to grep through every header looking for the function prototype.
Though admittedly, I don't quite remember all the details about why it's not good enough anymore. It's been a while since I talked to the relevant perl dev about it.
No function prototype in the header files.... Well that would make it a hard function to call.
Grep through all the files, hope to find something.... Find plenty of crap, and the function! Yeah. They include a .c file that's written to be pulled in like a header....
And the UID/GID it's setting, hard coded. Not even configurable via the ./configure script
This crap makes me think the unibomber must have snapped putting up with developers like this.
Also, gmake(GNU Make) to compile, but make (BSD Make) to install binaries and configuration (separate)
Found where the UID/GID gets passed in from the configure script. They named it differently in the config script. I don't know why I thought they'd keep that consistent.
@mossy Meh, it has it's place. I like to keep my family and professional social networks completely separate.
Pro of LinkedIn: if you have a good LinkedIn profile (think resume) with recommendations and plenty of good connections, you'll sometimes find out about jobs at a friend of a friend's company and get contacted by recruiters for interesting jobs
Con of LinkedIn: you'll get contacted by recruiters
I've taken to, instead of simply ignoring those recruiters, replying with a very brief version of why I'm not interested: "No thanks. Not interested in anything South of SF, and not interested in Java or Tomcat."
It's a sort of experiment to see if maybe that will lead to them not emailing me about jobs that involve 2 of the top 10 worst commutes in the US or about technologies I actively despise.
@DennisKaarsemaker Yeah, that was the Classmates position. I just don't see where they're going to get their marketshare back from FB.
Not to mention that it took them nearly a month to call me back to schedule an interview with them, which means they probably had a top choices picked out and they didn't find enough to fill their interview schedule.
For me it was a company that was bleeding good engineers. I knew that, 'cause I interviewed quite a few of them for positions at my current company and they all told me horror stories :)
Hey, I got your recommendation request and I'm more than happy to do that- but if you want me to post it, you'll have to write it unless you want it to say:
"I don't know, dude. He fixes my computer when shit breaks."
@mossy "Mossy is amazingly awesome. He's easy to work with, friendly and personable when helping and great at fixing any computer problems that arise." (your friend/colleague/whatever gave you an opportunity to get the recommendation you want. :)
@freiheit I had an e-mail this morning - it's start with "Hi Dan, I don't know if you're looking for a bit of a change..." then goes on to offer me a job that I have no skills in and ends with a salary maximum of at least 10k below what I'd even think about applying for
@mossy I hear rumors my department will be trying to hire a programmer soon... It's shitty wages in the public sector in a high cost of living area, but it's a beautiful area to live. :)
If'n you don't mind getting wet when you're riding, The Pacific Northwest is an awesome place to be a motorcyclist. Lots of curvy roads everywhere you go.
@Jacob Got it. Bummer that you have to round-trip that through your house. I always try to set things up such that I never need more than 128kb/50ms to do my work. :)
My lady's planning a wedding up in the mountains in Idaho next year. Should be interesting. Weather ranging from blizzards to 90f heat waves there in late summer
