Remove some obsolete stuff.

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