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Diffstat (limited to 'hurd/running/debian')
| -rw-r--r-- | hurd/running/debian/CrossInstall.mdwn | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | hurd/running/debian/GnuDebianRelationship.mdwn | 32 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | hurd/running/debian/SoftwareLicensing.mdwn | 116 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | hurd/running/debian/package_troubleshooting.mdwn | 30 |
4 files changed, 2 insertions, 182 deletions
diff --git a/hurd/running/debian/CrossInstall.mdwn b/hurd/running/debian/CrossInstall.mdwn index 1cde150c..eca47a86 100644 --- a/hurd/running/debian/CrossInstall.mdwn +++ b/hurd/running/debian/CrossInstall.mdwn @@ -56,16 +56,14 @@ Ah, reboot and select "GNU (kernel GNUmach 1.3)" from the Grub menu. At the prom # export TERM=mach # ./native-install -When done the native install requests that you reboot once again and rerun native-install. This time you will be asked a lot of questions, see the [[Hurd/InstallNotes]] for details. +When done the native install requests that you reboot once again and rerun native-install. # reboot ... # export TERM=mach # ./native-install -Done, continue setting up your system, see the [[Hurd/InstallNotes]] for more help. - --- [[Main/JoachimNilsson]] - 22 Mar 2005 +Done, continue setting up your system. ---- diff --git a/hurd/running/debian/GnuDebianRelationship.mdwn b/hurd/running/debian/GnuDebianRelationship.mdwn deleted file mode 100644 index 94fd6265..00000000 --- a/hurd/running/debian/GnuDebianRelationship.mdwn +++ /dev/null @@ -1,32 +0,0 @@ -I have hesitated in starting this page due to the sensitive nature of this relationship and the (May 2002) flame war on debian-devel and other mail lists. I believe that rather than guessing about relevant points of the discussion, the facts should be presented in a clear manner. I hope the facts presented here are accurate and precise enough to be helpful in the ongoing discussion. I have not read all messages in all relevant threads. - -This is a work in progress. Please email me directly if you have comments or suggestions. - -* Debian Advantages of Hurd [[porting/guidelines]] Efforts - * One of the first ports to non-Linux system along with \*BSD and win32. - * Official GNU system distribution. - -* Debian Disadvantages of Hurd [porting/guidelines]] Efforts - * Perceived zealous GNU and FSF promotion. - -* Hurd Port Advantages of Debian - * Glibc use. - * Gcc use. - * Debian reputation - * Debian mirror infrastructure - ftp, both official and private. Includes bandwidth, hardware, maintenance efforts. - * Debian www infrastructure - many languages supported, mirrors. - * [Debian developer machine](http://db.debian.org/machines.cgi) infrastructure, many architectures, compile farm, buildd software. - * Many Debian Developers maintaining software packages, bug reports, porting efforts. - * Bug tracking system - BTS infrastructure - * Package infrastructure architecture capabilities are improving. dpkg update in progress. - -* Hurd Port Disadvantages of Debian - * Possible DFSG vs. Free Software compatibility issues. - * BTS Severity practices/use for unreleased ports issues. - * Debian non-parallel development issues. - * [Architecture handling](http://master.debian.org/~brinkmd/arch-handling.txt) issues. - * Linux base history with assumed Linux assumptions. - * Possible incompatibility of third party standards compliance issues. i.e. LSB, FHS, GNU Coding Standards - * Perceived zealous Debian promotion. - --- [[Main/GrantBow]] - 22 May 2002 diff --git a/hurd/running/debian/SoftwareLicensing.mdwn b/hurd/running/debian/SoftwareLicensing.mdwn deleted file mode 100644 index e236fea1..00000000 --- a/hurd/running/debian/SoftwareLicensing.mdwn +++ /dev/null @@ -1,116 +0,0 @@ -There are differences betwen the [Debian Free Software Guidelines](http://www.debian.org/social_contract#guidelines) (DFSG) and [Free Software](http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/free-sw.html) as defined by the Free Software Foundation. The FSF's GNU project is the sponsor of the GNU/Hurd project. Debian GNU/Hurd is a "port" or distribution of this software. I have not yet performed a comparison between the list of acceptable DFSG licenses (if a list exists) and the acceptable Free Software [license list](http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html). (Perhaps not directly related but for reference, here's the Open Source [license list](http://www.opensource.org/licenses/index.html)) - -What will this consist of? In the end the result will need to be simply a list of packages with their license marked next to them. This will be relatively simple for those packages that use a standard license. Software that has it's own custom license will need to be categorized. - -I am thinking of ways to automatically check the licenses and to get lists of the various "Priority:" packages. I thought this list of package names would be easy to obtain. The first step is getting the list of packages. This is possible by parsing /var/lib/dpkg/available, using dpkg or using apt-cache. - -The next step is checking the licenses of the packages. There is no dpkg package field available for license. A script that checks licenses will involve using "apt-get source" to check the COPYING and/or similar files in each package. - --- [[Main/GrantBow]] - 5 Oct 2002 - -I used the following command on an old Hurd machine to get the 22 packages with Essential in their description. I've listed them and put them in a table at the end of this topic. - - sed -e '/./{H;$!d;}' -e 'x;/Essential\:\ yes/!d' /var/lib/dpkg/status | egrep ^Package | sort - -base-files base-passwd bash bsdutils debianutils diff dpkg e2fsprogs fileutils findutils grep gzip hostname hurd ncurses-base ncurses-bin perl-base sed shellutils tar textutils util-linux - -Using `base` instead of `Essential\:\ yes` above I find 64 additional packages. - -adduser alsa-base apt autoconf2.13 bug cpp-3.0 cvs debconf debconf-utils debhelper debiandoc-sgml debian-policy developers-reference exim fetchmail-common g++-3.0 gcc-3.0 gcc-3.0-base gettext gettext-base gnumach groff groff-base inetutils libc0.3 libc0.3-dev libdb2 libdb2++ libdb2-dev libdb2++-dev libdb2-util libdb3 libgdbmg1 libncurses5 libnet-perl libpam0g libpam-runtime libperl5.6 libpopt0 libpopt-dev libreadline4 libstdc++3 libstdc++3-dev libwrap0 libxaw7 man-db mawk mutt netbase passwd perl python python2.1 screen sgmltools-lite slang1 ssh tcpd texinfo xfree86-common xlibs xserver-common xterm xutils - --- [[Main/GrantBow]] - 11 Jan 2003 - -<table border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0"> - <tr> - <td> Name </td> - <td> Compatible License? </td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td> base-files </td> - <td> </td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td> base-passwd </td> - <td> </td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td> bash </td> - <td> </td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td> bsdutils </td> - <td> </td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td> debianutils </td> - <td> </td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td> diff </td> - <td> </td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td> dpkg </td> - <td> </td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td> e2fsprogs </td> - <td> </td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td> fileutils </td> - <td> </td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td> findutils </td> - <td> </td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td> grep </td> - <td> </td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td> gzip </td> - <td> </td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td> hostname </td> - <td> </td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td> hurd </td> - <td> </td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td> ncurses-base </td> - <td> </td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td> ncurses-bin </td> - <td> </td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td> perl-base </td> - <td> </td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td> sed </td> - <td> </td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td> shellutils </td> - <td> </td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td> tar </td> - <td> </td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td> textutils </td> - <td> </td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td> util-linux </td> - <td> </td> - </tr> -</table> diff --git a/hurd/running/debian/package_troubleshooting.mdwn b/hurd/running/debian/package_troubleshooting.mdwn index c6236c2f..476039e0 100644 --- a/hurd/running/debian/package_troubleshooting.mdwn +++ b/hurd/running/debian/package_troubleshooting.mdwn @@ -1,16 +1,5 @@ This page reports known Hurd-specific bugs, quirks and corresponding solutions and workarounds with Debian GNU/Hurd package installation and working. -## <a name="Dpkg_wants_external_programs_"> Dpkg wants external programs? </a> - -It may be that dpkg wants external GNU/Linux-specific programs that it can't found or that just don't exist on the Hurd. You can trick dpkg by copying and running this script as root: - - #!/bin/bash - ln -s /sbin/ldconfig /bin/ldconfig - ln -s /bin/true /bin/update-rc.d - ln -s /bin/true /bin/start-stop-daemon - ln -s /bin/true /bin/install-info - ln -s /bin/true /bin/update-alternatives - ## <a name="SSH_not_working"> </a> SSH not working You must set up the [[translator/random]] device first. @@ -28,22 +17,3 @@ This is related to issues in Pango. * Run as root: pango-querymodules > /etc/pango/pango.modules - -## <a name="Installing_a_package_seems_to_ha"> Installing a package seems to hang forever </a> - -There are various reasons for this. - -* If interrupting the process with ctrl-c gives a line like that: - - File "/usr/lib/python2.4/os.py", line 723, in urandom - bytes += read(_urandomfd, n - len(bytes)) - KeyboardInterrupt - -it is the random device fault. Follow the [[translator/random]] guide. If you already did, try _anyway_ to detach and reattach the translators. - -## <a name="Cannot_compile_even_trivial_C_pr"> Cannot compile even trivial C programs </a> - -Check to have installed the following: - - apt-get install build-essential - apt-get install libc-dev |