https://devurandom.xyz/tags/alpine-linux/Recent content in Alpine Linux on /dev/urandom's dev siteHugoen-USMon, 05 Jan 2026 14:11:24 +0300https://devurandom.xyz/tech/2021-06-18-mc_bug/Fri, 18 Jun 2021 00:00:00 +0000https://devurandom.xyz/tech/2021-06-18-mc_bug/<p>After updating Alpine Linux on my VPS to version 3.14, I noticed that Midnight Commander (<code>mc</code>) crashed with a segmentation fault around 90% of the time, and at other times it ran, but refused to accept any input.</p> <p>At first, I thought that it had to do with the OS update itself and something was wrong with the version of <code>mc</code> or some other package built in Alpine, so I tried building mc with <code>ncurses</code> instead of <code>slang</code> as it was before, but to no effect. To make matters worse, the bug disappeared when I tried to trace it in <code>strace</code> or <code>valgrind</code>.</p>https://devurandom.xyz/tech/alpine_linux_stuff/Fri, 15 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000https://devurandom.xyz/tech/alpine_linux_stuff/<p>This page will host an assortment of tips and tricks collected while using Alpine Linux.</p>