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diff --git a/contributing/web_pages/news/moth_next.mdwn b/contributing/web_pages/news/moth_next.mdwn index 81a15264..82344ad6 100644 --- a/contributing/web_pages/news/moth_next.mdwn +++ b/contributing/web_pages/news/moth_next.mdwn @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Will be set by tschwinge when publishing. <!-- This is just a skeleton. Use it to create a new MotH. --> -A month of the Hurd: *TODO*, *TODO*, and *TODO*. +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]]"]]""" else=" @@ -25,21 +25,28 @@ else=" <!--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.--> -This month [hurd hacker] [item] +Ludovic Courtès: -<http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-11/msg00079.html> -- Bouju -Alain submitted a patch to suport cpuinfo in the /proc interface +- Continuously-built Nix-based QEMU image: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-11/msg00047.html +- modern Autoconf initialization: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-11/msg00068.html +- Allow /hurd/init to be a symlink: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-11/msg00032.html +- The Hurd now builds with Savannah’s libc (2.14+): http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-11/msg00025.html -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 +Samuel Thibault: Christmas gift: New CD set: http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2011/12/msg00095.html + +Samuel Thibault: /dev/urandom as native translator: http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2011/11/msg00092.html +Samuel Thibault identified three easy porting cases: http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2011/11/msg00095.html: +- 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 +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: -Features: - (22:30:39) braunr: there shouldn't be any noticeable difference with the master branch (22:30:46) braunr: a bit less fragmentation @@ -56,53 +63,35 @@ Richard Brauh added Exodar, a new porter box. It is faster and more reliable, wh I/O Path Documentation [[hurd/io_path/]] -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 +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. -Samuel Thibault: /dev/urandom as native translator: http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2011/11/msg00092.html - -Samuel Thibault: Christmas gift: New CD set: http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2011/12/msg00095.html -Samuel Thibault identified three easy porting cases: http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2011/11/msg00095.html: +Debugging: -- 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 +- 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 -Bouju Alain: Procfs with cpuinfo http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-11/msg00084.html Social network sites for GNU Hurd: - Google+: https://plus.google.com/114942488385711891227#114942488385711891227/posts - identi.ca: http://identi.ca/group/hurd -Ludovic Courtès: - -- Continuously-built Nix-based QEMU image: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-11/msg00047.html -- modern Autoconf initialization: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-11/msg00068.html -- Allow /hurd/init to be a symlink: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-11/msg00032.html -- The Hurd now builds with Savannah’s libc (2.14+): http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-11/msg00025.html +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. -Pino Toscano and Thomas Schwinge: pthread improvements: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-11/msg00027.html http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-11/msg00020.html http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-11/msg00013.html - -Sergio Lopez documented his work on Better Memory Management and memfs: http://www.bddebian.com/~hurd-web/user/Sergio_Lopez/ - -Guillem Jover: First step for porting to x64: Fix Mach's int vs long discrepancy: http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2011/10/msg00053.html - -Svante Signell: e2fsprogs quota fixes: http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2011/10/msg00015.html - -As a sidenote, we would like to share a story about real-life debugging with the Hurd: +And as a final note, we want to share a story about real-life debugging with the Hurd: <youpi> yay GNU/Hurd <youpi> I have added i_translator check in e2fsck, it was missing @@ -116,7 +105,7 @@ As a sidenote, we would like to share a story about real-life debugging with the ------ -Add stuff here? (This is already in q3) +This month [hurd hacker] [item] Also … |