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Redhat (and Fedora to a much smaller extent) is careful about version upgrades in packages. Typically, package updates for a given version will generally just be security/bugfixes. Developers often make larger releases, though, including features and bugfixes in the same release. Redhat counters this by manually backporting patches for fixes where possible. So, if stinkypackage-2.4.13 [...]
I didn’t find an answer to this in my first few google search results, so I’m posting it here.
When using CONCAT() in MySQL, if any of the values are NULL, then the CONCAT fails and the return is NULL. BQW told me about NVL(), which is Oracle/PGSQL (so useless for me), but that led [...]
At work, we’re moving our glorified server closet into a room more suited to the title ‘data center’. Twenty-five or so racks, though most are less than half full. Several days of continuous downtime is, of course, unacceptable, so we’re moving piece by piece over the course of a few weeks. Production systems move at [...]
I started working at the university today. For the sake of professionalism and anonymity, I’ll continue to refer to it as “the university” instead of as “X University”. I guess I’ll have to edit that old post, too.
It’s a really relaxed atmosphere, and there seem to be a lot of bright people [...]
I’ve accepted a position as a Linux Systems Administrator at a university. I’m hella excited. I’m not really fully sure what I’ll be DOING yet - I just know that I’m working with a team of Linux admins and related peoples, and that Franklin has a pretty awesome technical presence.
In the past [...]
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