Lug-nuts October 2026

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php vulnerability
by Brian E. Lavender 21 Oct '26

21 Oct '26

I guess big PHP vulnerability out. I just updated my Debian system. Good old PHP keeps on giving! -- Brian Lavender https://www.brie.com/brian/ "There are two ways of constructing a software design. One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies. And the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies." Professor C. A. R. Hoare The 1980 Turing award lecture

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Thanks to everyone who came tonight
by Brian E. Lavender 20 Oct '26

20 Oct '26

We had a number of new attendees at the meeting tonight. I hang out at #saclug on libera chat. I use screen to connect. We had some interesting talk about guix and other topics. I forget the vi mode for the web browser. I bookmarked it on my phone. Please chime in if you recall. We also had a number of laptops with full free software from the bootloader up. Please correct me on the details. Brian -- Brian Lavender https://www.brie.com/brian/ "There are two ways of constructing a software design. One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies. And the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies." Professor C. A. R. Hoare The 1980 Turing award lecture

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october meeting
by Brian E. Lavender 17 Oct '26

17 Oct '26

We will meet at Kupros this Tuesday. I will be camping and I hope to return in time for the social. See you there. https://www.saclug.org/articles/2026/october-2026.html Brian -- Brian Lavender https://www.brie.com/brian/ "There are two ways of constructing a software design. One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies. And the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies." Professor C. A. R. Hoare The 1980 Turing award lecture

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free software maintainer complaints
by Brian E. Lavender 02 Oct '26

02 Oct '26

LibXml2 seems to be one of those un glorious packages to maintain. I saw the following posted by a project maintainer. https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/issues/913 His observations on disclosing security vulnerabilities seem to be interesting. Brian -- Brian Lavender https://www.brie.com/brian/ "There are two ways of constructing a software design. One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies. And the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies." Professor C. A. R. Hoare The 1980 Turing award lecture

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