December 29, 2009 in tech,work | Comments (0)
rpm is freaking powerful. The two flagsets that I always wish I could remember, but seem to forget:
This one seems to show you what directories are touched by a given package:
rpm -lq $packagename
If you have a file, instead, and want to know what package put it there:
rpm -qf $/path/to/file/filename
So handy.
December 14, 2009 in life | Comments (0)
Now, I’m going to do, for the last time, that thing that you taught me
to do so well. I’m going to cut out the source of the pain, and leave
it behind. Contrary to what you taught me, though, I’m going to find
more sources of joy and happiness and love to fill the hole where
there was once pain. Will I continue to get hurt? Absolutely. And
every time I do, it will remind me of the father who died of a cancer
that ate his heart, and I will remember to not let my pain eat my
heart.
Three years and two days ago, I made that promise. I have kept it, though keeping it means keeping the pain alive, too. I continue to find more sources of love, and joy. The hole continues to get smaller. I doubt it’ll ever go away entirely.