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diff --git a/hurd/porting/guidelines.mdwn b/hurd/porting/guidelines.mdwn index a9acd9f9..6afa46fc 100644 --- a/hurd/porting/guidelines.mdwn +++ b/hurd/porting/guidelines.mdwn @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ [[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, -2012, 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]] +2012, 2013, 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]] [[!meta license="""[[!toggle id="license" text="GFDL 1.2+"]][[!toggleable id="license" text="Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this @@ -376,6 +376,70 @@ With Python, you can use the [`errno` module](http://docs.python.org/library/err Configure script often hardcode the library that contains dlopen & such (`-ldl`), and only for Linux. Simply add the other GNU OS cases: replace `linux*` with `linux*|gnu*|k*bsd*-gnu*` +## `struct sockaddr`, `sa_len/sa_family` + +### IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2014-02-18 + + <braunr> if there is someone here that can help, i've traced the https + issue in iceweasel down to nspr + <braunr> the problem being that the hurd uses the old 4.4bsd sockaddr + structure that includes sa_len before sa_family, and nspr directly maps + that into its own structure, assuming the internal layout is the same + <braunr> i need to change a configure script so that a macro is defined for + the hurd + <braunr> let's see if that works + <braunr> better :) + <braunr> there, ssl now works + <braunr> \o/ + <braunr> it's still the experimental one + <braunr> and there are other minor issues + <braunr> (like no logo on the about panel :p) + <cluck> that's a feature^TM + <braunr> maybe it's not a mistake + <braunr> i haven't seen that version on linux to actually compare + *** rbraun_hurd (c3445c23@gateway/web/freenode/ip.195.68.92.35) has joined + channel #hurd + <rbraun_hurd> webchat from freenode :) + <teythoon> :D + <rbraun_hurd> there is also this weird :"Failed to truncate cookie file: + Invalid argument Failed to write cookie file: Unknown error (os/kern) + 303" error + <rbraun_hurd> but i guess it's simply a matter of supporting an option in + glibc/hurd somewhere + <braunr> 18:06 CTCP VERSION reply from rbraun_hurd: qwebirc v0.91, + copyright (C) 2008-2011 Chris Porter and the qwebirc project -- + Mozilla/5.0 (X11; GNU i686-AT386; rv:27.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/27.0 + Iceweasel/27.0 + <braunr> hm, i didn't version the iceweasel packages :/ + <braunr> i'll rebuild them properly and put them on my repository + <braunr> oh, the freenode webchat actually runs in gnash oO + + +### IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2014-02-19 + + <braunr> http://darnassus.sceen.net/~rbraun/nspr4_hurd.patch + <braunr> in short: nsprt has its own struct sockaddr, which it assumes to + have the same layout as the native one + <youpi> doesn't kfreebsd also have sockaddr_len ? + <braunr> and of course, that's not the case on the hurd, because we use an + old 4.4bsd header that defines sa_len before sa_family, making all sorts + of tests fail in nspr + <braunr> hm + <braunr> i don't know + <braunr> we could discuss that with them + <braunr> but i doubt they don't use iceweasel :) + <youpi> it really seems kfreebsd has sa_len etc. + <youpi> kfreebsd really has sa_len + <youpi> so put it in the new case too :) + <braunr> i'll ask them first + <braunr> something in nspr might already take care of the bsd case + elsewhere + <braunr> nspr knows more about bsd systems than it knows about the hurd :) + <braunr> but with all these fixed, i could run iceweasel for a whole day at + work, multiple tabs, gnash running (things like youtube and freenode web + chat client among other things) + + ## <a name="linux_headers"> Missing `linux/types.h`, `asm/types.h`, `linux/limits.h`, `asm/byteorder.h`, `sys/endian.h`, `asm/ioctl.h`, `asm/ioctls.h`, `linux/soundcard.h` </a> These are often used (from lame rgrep results) instead of their standard equivalents: `sys/types.h` (or `stdint.h` for fixed-size types), `limits.h`, `endian.h`, `sys/ioctl.h`, `sys/soundcard.h` |