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updating freebsd:
cd /usr/ports portsnap fetch portsnap extract portsnap update make fetchindex portsdb -u portupgrade -avrRp
to view packages that need updatin':
portversion -v -l "< "

in gentoo:

emerge sync && update-eix emerge -uDvp --newuse world

portupgrade's -r and -R is similar to emerge's -u and -D. i'm not sure if freebsd has a --newuse equivalent. also, can any gentoor tell me what is freebsd's equivalent of revdep-rebuild?

so i can't log in to my freebsd box today - none of the users were recognized, including root. so i proceeded to boot into single user mode and change root's password:
# mount -u / # mount -a
the first command will re-mount / in read-write mode, while the second mounts the rest of the filesystem. this is to enable you to change the password. typing passwd however gave me passwd: who are you?. so the root user is not recognized at all. something must've screwed up. i decided to rebuild the password database:

# pwd_mkdb -p /etc/master.passwd

and that fixed the problem! (you may want to make a backup of the file first before issuing the command).

i still have no idea what caused the screw up though.

middle finger to another motorist if your four-wheel drive is heavily tinted all over? well, you open the door, get out half-way through, raise your arm (left or right, it don't matter), and show the finger. which is cool and shows how gutsy you are but, by the time you did all that, the one guy that you meant the finger had passed by, you've raised the ire of other drivers behind you, and not to mention that you look like a total jackass. a rich fucking contrived jackass who thinks they can suka-hatily bully kancil drivers. well fuck you too (ya ya i'm all blog and no action).

my real point is - i've driven kancil long enough on pj and kl roads, and i've noticed that i (and possibly other kancil or kelisa owners) tend to get bullied by drivers or large luxury cars, especially four wheel drivers. it don't matter if their favorite daughter or pregnant wife is on the passenger seat, they will try to cut my queue automatically thinking that i will give them the way. well, i'm not just an ordinary iban guy who drives a kancil, baby.

the second type of drivers are the ones that drive mercedes or bmw. they always seem to pick kancil or kelisa drivers to cut queue from. i've kena-ed so many times it's not even funny but it sure is funny when i challenge them to hit my car.

interestingly, most lorry drivers are courteous of the smaller drivers - contrary to the negative things being said about them.