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Hacking on Debian packages - the quick and dirty way
TurnKey user Ed Carp was recently trying to install TKLBAM on Linux Mint 20.3/Una (which is based on Ubuntu 20.04/Focal). Despite my best efforts, he kept hitting issue after …
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systemd sysv init compatibility mode: how it works and troubleshooting when it breaks
systemd sysv init compatibility mode is magical. That is in the sense that it tries to handle compatibility with sysv init scripts while you are distracted looking somewhere else. …
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Bug hunting with the scientific method
I've never come across a problem I couldn't solve using the following technique / problem solving methodology, and I've come across some tough ones. …
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How to debug a broken cron job
I just fixed a broken cron job. It turned out it was a PATH issue. By default cron doesn't have /usr/local stuff in the PATH. Tips on how to debug cron: change the schedule for …
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Neat trick: invoking a Python debugger at an arbitrary point in your program
Do you find yourself occasionally wishing you could freeze a misbehaving program at an arbitrary point in time and then examining what was going on interactively? That's exactly …