Hackers' Pub

Syntax	Description	Examples
`"` keyword `"`	Finds the string within quotes, including spaces. Case-insensitive. (Escape quotes inside with `\"`)	`"Hackers' Pub"`
`from:` handle	Finds content written by the specified user.	`from:hongminhee` `from:hongminhee@hollo.social`
`lang:` ISO 639-1	Finds content written in the specified language.	`lang:en`
`#` tag	Finds content with the specified tag. Case-insensitive.	`#HackersPub`
condition condition	Finds content that satisfies both conditions on either side of the space (logical AND).	`"Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
condition `OR` condition	Finds content that satisfies at least one of the conditions on either side of the OR operator (logical OR).	`#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
`(` condition `)`	Combines the operators within the parentheses first.	`(#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" OR "Hackers Pub") lang:en`

Tim Chase @gumnos@mastodon.bsd.cafe

3/13/2026, 6:50:31 PM

Public

Very satisfying #FreeBSD problem-identification/solving just now.

Them: running `pkg install` as root refuses to run due to insufficient privileges

Me: Hmm, could you provide the output of these commands to determine which pkg is running and its extended attributes, whether it happens with pkg-static, status of mount points, and any extended attributes of the package database that might be read-only

Them: here's a screen-cap of those outputs

[output of mount(8) shows it's an ISO image, likely an installer boot image]

Me: Yep, there's your problem, you're in a read-only environment

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