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This is a summary of changes made to my Web site in the last year, presented as a chronological digest of VCS commits. It is updated approximately as often as I change pages. The information is extracted automatically from Git, so even though I may forget to run it now and then, what it shows will always be complete.
Times are UTC.
2021-08-13 21:37:54: revision: aa7343a; author: Bob Rogers <rogers@rgrjr.com> * makefile: + Oops; fix makefile boo-boo. 2021-08-13 21:36:46: revision: 8d27630; author: Bob Rogers <rogers@rgrjr.com> * makefile: + (climbing-pages): Add climbing/gym-to-crag-faq.html to this macro. 2021-08-13 21:33:25: revision: 88acde2; author: Bob Rogers <rogers@rgrjr.com> * climbing/gym-to-crag-faq.html (added): + First draft for the AMC 2021 weekend on September 18-19. 2021-03-02 02:16:42: revision: 2528552; author: Bob Rogers <rogers@rgrjr.dyndns.org> * site-map.html: + Improve the Linux section, and move it higher. + Restore the (small) Common Lisp section. 2021-02-09 22:58:32: revision: 3c5f26a; author: Bob Rogers <rogers@rgrjr.dyndns.org> * linux/backup.html: + Update the backup.pl synopsis. 2021-02-08 00:34:11: revision: 3fedf35; author: Bob Rogers <rogers@rgrjr.dyndns.org> * site-map.html: + Update this. 2021-02-08 00:26:06: revision: 9c66818; author: Bob Rogers <rogers@rgrjr.dyndns.org> * free-clim/ex-0306-4.html (removed), free-clim/index.html (removed): + Get rid of this unused/unreferenced stuff. 2021-02-08 00:21:01: revision: f528162; author: Bob Rogers <rogers@rgrjr.dyndns.org> * visitors.html (removed): + This is much too out of date. * makefile: + Remove visitors.html from the top-pages macro. * web-site.html, site-map.html: + Remove a link to visitors.html. 2021-02-08 00:12:24: revision: 6d25673; author: Bob Rogers <rogers@rgrjr.dyndns.org> * climbing/index.html: + Update gym information. + Remove the MITOC link, since they no longer have the "sitemap" page with pointers to other resources. + Update weather links. 2021-02-07 17:58:57: revision: 2a885c0; author: Bob Rogers <rogers@rgrjr.dyndns.org> * linux/howto.html: + Remove the old "boot recovery" recipe, which only applied when the system was the firewall/router. + Remove the Samba stuff. + Remove dead RPM and XFree86 links. + Add a caveat about old Zip and floppy drive info. + Plus other changes to bring this more up to date. 2021-02-07 17:58:00: revision: 43da324; author: Bob Rogers <rogers@rgrjr.dyndns.org> * site-map.html, linux/howto.html, linux/index.html: + Remove security/ links, since I don't seem to have anything current to say on these pages. * makefile: + Remove the security-pages macro. 2021-02-04 00:28:04: revision: 09e3f33; author: Bob Rogers <rogers@rgrjr.dyndns.org> * linux/backup.html: + Add a level 2 tar dump, plus further corrections. 2021-02-01 00:57:44: revision: 10da823; author: Bob Rogers <rogers@rgrjr.dyndns.org> * makefile: + Remove the perl-pages macro. 2021-02-01 00:57:15: revision: 1de1b55; author: Bob Rogers <rogers@rgrjr.dyndns.org> * change-history-template.html: + Remove another rogue Subversion reference. + Times are UTC. 2021-01-31 00:51:47: revision: 158935e; author: Bob Rogers <rogers@rgrjr.dyndns.org> * linux/backup.html: + Correct some problems with the description of tar backups. 2021-01-30 03:27:57: revision: 6e39168; author: Bob Rogers <rogers@rgrjr.dyndns.org> * linux/disk-upgrade.html: + Give this page a minimal update, because it is tied to the time and hardware involved. * linux/subversion.html: + Add a disclaimer about the age of this page, but keep it around because much of it probably still works. * linux/index.html: + Finish updating the articles list, adding "vintage" tags to the two foregoing articles. 2021-01-30 02:56:53: revision: ef98ff3; author: Bob Rogers <rogers@rgrjr.dyndns.org> * linux/ether.html: + Remove a dead link to http://thebestpins.com/. 2021-01-28 01:25:26: revision: a16febe; author: Bob Rogers <rogers@rgrjr.dyndns.org> * makefile: + Get rid of *-hits.html targets. 2021-01-28 01:23:43: revision: d3ac935; author: Bob Rogers <rogers@rgrjr.dyndns.org> * linux/cd-burning.html: + Add a note that cd-dump.pl is also in the scripts backup tools. 2021-01-27 23:11:32: revision: 65136b2; author: Bob Rogers <rogers@rgrjr.dyndns.org> * change-history-template.html: + They are not Subversion commits any more. 2021-01-27 23:03:24: revision: 282878f; author: Bob Rogers <rogers@rgrjr.dyndns.org> * makefile: + (generated-pages): Remove this macro, since we now provide links to Github rather than providing pod2html versions of scripts. + (serious-pages): Remove ${generated-pages}. * site-map.html: + Remove a reference to backup.pl.html. 2021-01-25 23:44:49: revision: 8a62225; author: Bob Rogers <rogers@rgrjr.dyndns.org> Extensive backup.html expansion and update. * linux/backup.html: + Add an "Abstract" section. + Under "Backup technologies," say more about dar up front, and give installation instructions for openSUSE. + Add a "remount read-only" paragraph to "Backup timing." + Recommend a DB client for database dumps. + Show our current backup crontab. + Add an "Archival backups with tar" section. + Update the "Archival backups with dump" section, in particular to note that backup.pl no longer supports dump, and make it more even-handed about its tradeoffs. + Update "Archival backups with dar." + Add a 'Backup tools in the "scripts" project' section, describing how they work together and the file naming convention. + Update "The backup.pl Perl script", and add a Github link. + Add a "Listing backups with show-backups.pl" section. + Update the "Copying dump files with vacuum.pl" section. + Add a "Tidying up with clean-backups.pl" section. + Add some links to "Notes on mirroring backup," and do a better job of describing database replication. + Replace the "Mirroring case history 1: Web server content" section with a description of mirroring the CMUCL downloads. 2021-01-25 04:26:30: revision: f364a1b; author: Bob Rogers <rogers@rgrjr.dyndns.org> * linux/index.html: + Remove dead links, add Github links. 2021-01-25 03:23:40: revision: a4c602f; author: Bob Rogers <rogers@rgrjr.dyndns.org> * makefile: + Don't install nis.html. * site-map.html, linux/howto.html, linux/index.html: + Remove references to NIS. 2021-01-25 03:21:32: revision: a537ffb; author: Bob Rogers <rogers@rgrjr.dyndns.org> * linux/howto.html: + Rename the "Burning DVDs and CDs" page. 2021-01-19 01:51:09: revision: b584f5f; author: Bob Rogers <rogers@rgrjr.dyndns.org> Revamp the cd-burning.html page. * linux/cd-burning.html: + Make "Selected mkisofs and cdrecord options" an appendix. + Remove discussion of "my current CD-RW/DVD-ROM" and its driver issues, since everyone uses USB these days. + Correct mention of mkisofs. + Give /dev/srX equal footing. + Remove a SuSE 9.0 hack. + Update image mounting. + Replace most of the "Burning CDs and DVDs with cd-dump.pl" content with Github link to the cd-dump.pl source. + Add a link to the device-finding "howto" from the image mounting "howto". + Use "disk" instead of "CD" in a few places, to be generic. 2021-01-18 23:40:23: revision: aee4080; author: Bob Rogers <rogers@rgrjr.dyndns.org> * linux/ntp.html: + Remove the "Getting an NTP client for other operating systems" and "Opening up a firewall for an NTP server" sections. + Explain why "Running an NTP server" is no longer a good idea. + Make extensive updates to the "Adjusting the clock with a built-in NTP daemon" and Continuous clock adjustment with ntpd" sections. + Plus other random (and much overdue) updates. 2020-12-21 22:15:16: revision: 4d8632a; author: Bob Rogers <rogers@rgrjr.dyndns.org> * linux/index.html: + We don't really need a 14-year-old note here that the Common Lisp section has been moved. 2020-12-21 22:04:51: revision: b85da79; author: Bob Rogers <rogers@rgrjr.dyndns.org> * linux/security/index.html: + Remove some obsolete stuff, in particular the privacy section, the check-logs.pl script, and the "Eliminate unnecessary services" 'article'. plus broken links. + Use the standard site.css, and make them "howto" <dl>'s. * linux/security/check-logs.html (removed): + Obsolete; removed. * linux/security/old-xauth.html (removed): + This was even marked explicitly obsolete in 2003. * site-map.html: + Remove the check-logs.html link. * makefile: + Remove check-logs.html and old-xauth.html from the security-pages macro. 2020-12-21 21:45:55: revision: 9b61cac; author: Bob Rogers <rogers@rgrjr.dyndns.org> * bob/tmda.html (removed), linux/antispam.html (removed): + Get rid of these, which are way obsolete. * linux/index.html: + Remove the link to antispam.html. * makefile: + Remove antispam.html from the linux-pages macro. 2020-12-20 02:55:26: revision: 4201abc; author: Bob Rogers <rogers@rgrjr.dyndns.org> * index.html: + Drop the Perl page, because it turns out I have nothing current to say there. + Drop the broken haldane.bu.edu link. + Add a Github link. + Use relative URLs for the subdirectories. 2020-12-20 02:54:25: revision: 41280b1; author: Bob Rogers <rogers@rgrjr.dyndns.org> * bob/contact.html: + Simplify, and make rogers@rgrjr.com the preferred email address. 2020-12-20 02:36:19: revision: 3767c3f; author: Bob Rogers <rogers@rgrjr.dyndns.org> * lisp/index.html: + Remove broken links, correct <dl> formatting. 2020-12-15 21:50:02: revision: 79e2a88; author: Bob Rogers <rogers@rgrjr.dyndns.org> * hits.html: + Remove $Id$. 2020-12-15 21:29:53: revision: d7deb70; author: Bob Rogers <rogers@rgrjr.dyndns.org> * bob/index.html: + Simplify greatly. In particular, remove links for Anna and Lizzie. * linux/antispam.html, linux/index.html, site-map.html, bob/contact.html: + Remove tmda.html references. * hits.html: + Remove all content, which was 12+ years out of date. * makefile: + Don't install damon-mahler.html or tmda.html, nor any of the files under bob/anna/ or bob/liz/.