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diff --git a/contributing/web_pages/news/moth_next.mdwn b/contributing/web_pages/news/moth_next.mdwn index b5b7fa29..c1448e2d 100644 --- a/contributing/web_pages/news/moth_next.mdwn +++ b/contributing/web_pages/news/moth_next.mdwn @@ -15,9 +15,6 @@ Will be set by tschwinge when publishing. <!-- This is just a skeleton. Use it to create a new MotH. --> -PREPARING THE NEXT Month of the Hurd - - A month of the Hurd: *nix-based builds, *slab allocator*, and *life filesystem debugging*. [[!if test="included()" then="""[[!toggle id=full_news text="Details."]][[!toggleable id=full_news text="[[!paste id=full_news]]"]]""" @@ -26,102 +23,55 @@ else=" [[!cut id="full_news" text=""" -<!--basic structure of a MotH entry. Adapt, reduce and add points as needed. At the end, try to make the text flow as a unified whole.--> - - -Samuel Thibault: Christmas gift: - -Samuel Thibault: - -Samuel Thibault identified - - -Richard Braun committed the last patch to mplanetas branch of the slab allocator -work, for integration. http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-12/msg00046.html - -IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2011-11-14: - - (22:30:39) braunr: there shouldn't be any noticeable difference with the - master branch - (22:30:46) braunr: a bit less fragmentation - (22:30:55) braunr: more memory can be reclaimed by the VM system - (22:31:02) braunr: there are debugging features - (22:31:06) braunr: it's SMP ready - (22:31:15) braunr: and overall cleaner than the zone allocator - (22:31:31) braunr: although a bit slower on the free path (because of - what's performed to reduce fragmentation) - (22:32:42) braunr: but even "slower" here is completely negligible - -**New porter box: exodar*** -Richard Brauh added Exodar, a new porter box. It is faster and more reliable, which facilitates testing and bug hunting: exodar.debian.net - -I/O Path Documentation [[hurd/io_path/]] - -Sergio Lopez documented his work on Better Memory Management and memfs: http://www.bddebian.com/~hurd-web/user/Sergio_Lopez/ - -Porting: - -- Sergio Lopez: webkitgtk+: http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2011/10/msg00025.html -- Svante Signell: pax: http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2011/10/msg00105.html abiword http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2011/11/msg00035.html syslog-ng http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2011/11/msg00060.html ecl http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2011/11/msg00058.html fakeroot http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2011/12/msg00022.html daemon http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2011/12/msg00025.html procps http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2011/12/msg00046.html -- Samuel Thibault: packagekit: http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2011/10/msg00071.html evolution http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2011/10/msg00070.html emacs23 http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2011/12/msg00018.html gcc-4.7 http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2011/12/msg00065.html iceweasel (firefox) http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2011/12/msg00080.html -- Bouju Alain [submitted](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-11/msg00079.html) [patches](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-11/msg00084.html) to support cpuinfo in the /proc interface. +This quarter Ludovic Courtès added a [Continuously-built Nix-based QEMU image](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-11/msg00047.html), raising the count of Hurd distributions to 3: Debian, Arch and now Nix. His build is still pretty basic, but continuous integration is a great feature for testing images. +Also he added a [modern Autoconf initialization](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-11/msg00068.html), [allowed /hurd/init to be a symlink](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-11/msg00032.html) and made the Hurd [build with Savannah’s libc (2.14+)](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-11/msg00025.html), getting the Nix distribution even more towards the cutting edge. -Debugging: - -- Pino Toscano: recvfrom() with null http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-11/msg00161.html -- Maksym Planeta: tmpfs http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-11/msg00125.html http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-11/msg00118.html -- Samuel Thibault: libtool http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-11/msg00073.html mknod http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-11/msg00070.html Fix POSIX 2008 visibility http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-12/msg00004.html sudo setresuid http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=645285 -- Jim Meyering: gnu tools with user id 4294967295 http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-11/msg00094.html -- Paul Eggert: Add error-checking on GNU http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-11/msg00130.html -- Pino Toscano and Thomas Schwinge [improved](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-11/msg00013.html) the Hurds pthread implementation. -- Svante Signell: e2fsprogs quota fixes: http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2011/10/msg00015.html - - -Social network sites for GNU Hurd: - -- Google+: https://plus.google.com/114942488385711891227#114942488385711891227/posts -- identi.ca: http://identi.ca/group/hurd - -Guillem Jover [fixed Mach's int vs long discrepancy](http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2011/10/msg00053.html), which takes us the first step towards porting the Hurd to x64. +Samuel Thibault followed up with a [new debian disk set](http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2011/12/msg00095.html) as christmas gift, turned /dev/urandom into a [native translator](http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2011/11/msg00092.html) and [identified](http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2011/11/msg00095.html) three easy porting cases with solutions: -And as a final note, we want to share a story about real-life debugging with the Hurd: +- undefined reference to dl_foo: add -ldl for building +- undefined reference to `main': missing gnu* case in the linking part of configure.ac or .in (pd-* packages are already being handled by their maintainer) +- undefined reference to clock_gettime or crypt: add -lrt or -lcrypt - <youpi> yay GNU/Hurd - <youpi> I have added i_translator check in e2fsck, it was missing - <youpi> I had a volume that was keeping making ext2fs crash - <youpi> with a reproductible scenario - <youpi> could easily work out it was i_translator, then add a check to e2fsck, run it, which indeed fixed, them, and voilà, ext2fs was working again - <youpi> all that on the same machine with *no* system reboot - <youpi> just ext2fs restart :) +These should help all those who want to help [[porting_packages|hurd/porting/]]. -<!--bug hurd and debian hurd done--> +Maksym Planeta and Richard Braun committed [the last patches](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-12/msg00046.html) for integration of the slab allocator, making the memory allocator of GNU Mach SMP ready again. From IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2011-11-14: ------- +> (22:30:39) braunr: there shouldn't be any noticeable difference with the +> master branch +> (22:30:46) braunr: a bit less fragmentation +> (22:30:55) braunr: more memory can be reclaimed by the VM system +> (22:31:02) braunr: there are debugging features +> (22:31:06) braunr: it's SMP ready +> (22:31:15) braunr: and overall cleaner than the zone allocator +> (22:31:31) braunr: although a bit slower on the free path (because of +> what's performed to reduce fragmentation) +> (22:32:42) braunr: but even "slower" here is completely negligible -This month Ludovic Courtès added a [Continuously-built Nix-based QEMU image](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-11/msg00047.html), raising the count of Hurd distributions to 3: Debian, Arch and now Nix. His build is still pretty basic, but continuous integration is a great feature for testing images. +Also Richard Brauh added [Exodar](http://exodar.debian.net), a new porter box. It is faster and more reliable, which facilitates testing and bug hunting. -Also he added a [modern Autoconf initialization](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-11/msg00068.html), [allowed /hurd/init to be a symlink](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-11/msg00032.html) and made the Hurd [build with Savannah’s libc (2.14+)](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-11/msg00025.html), getting the Nix distribution even more towards the cutting edge. +Additionally [[documentation_of_the_I/O_Path|[[hurd/io_path/]]]] was improved and Sergio Lopez documented his work on [[Better_Memory_Management_and_memfs|user/Sergio_Lopez/]] to make it easier for other hackers to work on the Hurd. -Samuel Thibault followed up with a [new debian disk set](http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2011/12/msg00095.html) as christmas gift, turned /dev/urandom into a [native translator](http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2011/11/msg00092.html) and [identified](http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2011/11/msg00095.html) three easy porting cases with solutions: +Our hackers also used the quarter for porting a good number of packages. Sergio Lopez took care of [webkitgtk+](http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2011/10/msg00025.html), while Svante Signell from [Arch Hurd](http://archhurd.org) went on a porting rampage with [pax](http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2011/10/msg00105.html), [abiword](http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2011/11/msg00035.html), [syslog-ng](http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2011/11/msg00060.html), [ecl](http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2011/11/msg00058.html), [fakeroot](http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2011/12/msg00022.html), [daemon](http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2011/12/msg00025.html) and [procps](http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2011/12/msg00046.html) and the Samuel Thibault from [Debian GNU/Hurd](http://www.debian.org/ports/hurd/) followed up with [packagekit](http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2011/10/msg00071.html), [evolution](http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2011/10/msg00070.html), [emacs23 ](http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2011/12/msg00018.html), [gcc-4.7](http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2011/12/msg00065.html) and [iceweasel (firefox)](http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2011/12/msg00080.html). Also Bouju Alain [submitted](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-11/msg00079.html) [patches](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-11/msg00084.html) to support cpuinfo in the /proc interface. -- undefined reference to dl_foo: add -ldl for building -- undefined reference to `main': missing gnu* case in the linking part of configure.ac or .in (pd-* packages are already being handled by their maintainer) -- undefined reference to clock_gettime or crypt: add -lrt or -lcrypt +Additionally many many bugs were found and squashed, by Pino Toscano ([recvfrom() with null](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-11/msg00161.html)(, Maksym Planeta ([tmpfs](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-11/msg00125.html http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-11/msg00118.html)), Samuel Thibault ([libtool](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-11/msg00073.html), [mknod](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-11/msg00070.html), [Fix POSIX 2008 visibility](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-12/msg00004.html), [sudo setresuid](http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=645285)), Jim Meyering ([gnu tools with user id 4294967295](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-11/msg00094.html)), Paul Eggert ([Add error-checking on GNU](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-11/msg00130.html), Pino Toscano and Thomas Schwinge ([improved pthread](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-11/msg00013.html)) and Svante Signell ([e2fsprogs quota](http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2011/10/msg00015.html) to list only the ones who posted their fixes on the mailing list. -These should help all those who want to help [[porting packages|hurd/porting/]] to +Also Guillem Jover [fixed Mach's int vs long discrepancy](http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2011/10/msg00053.html), which takes us the first step towards porting the Hurd to x64. -[our hackers] … +And there are now social network sites for GNU Hurd on [Google+](https://plus.google.com/114942488385711891227#114942488385711891227/posts) and the AGPL licensed [identi.ca](http://identi.ca/group/hurd), to make it easier to stay in touch. -Mainly thanks to … +As a final note, we want to share a story about real-life debugging with the Hurd: -Additionally … +> <youpi> yay GNU/Hurd +> <youpi> I have added i_translator check in e2fsck, it was missing +> <youpi> I had a volume that was keeping making ext2fs crash +> <youpi> with a reproductible scenario +> <youpi> could easily work out it was i_translator, then add a check to e2fsck, run it, which indeed fixed, them, and voilà, ext2fs was working again +> <youpi> all that on the same machine with *no* system reboot +> <youpi> just ext2fs restart :) -And … -So if you want to [reason for contibuting to the Hurd], -please [[get in contact|contact_us]] -- and maybe already grab the [[source -code|source_repositories]]. +So if you want to join us in our journey to realize more of the promises of the architecture of the Hurd, please [[get_in_contact|contact_us]] -- and maybe already grab the [[source_code|source_repositories]] and have fun hacking on free software! --- |