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-rw-r--r--hurd/running/debian/after_install.mdwn33
-rw-r--r--hurd/running/debian/dhcp.mdwn7
-rw-r--r--hurd/running/debian/patch_submission.mdwn27
3 files changed, 29 insertions, 38 deletions
diff --git a/hurd/running/debian/after_install.mdwn b/hurd/running/debian/after_install.mdwn
index 62fd3574..36c37281 100644
--- a/hurd/running/debian/after_install.mdwn
+++ b/hurd/running/debian/after_install.mdwn
@@ -42,10 +42,10 @@ you. See [[GRUB]]'s page for this.
# Setup `apt-get`
Sometimes getting `apt-get` to work is not straightforward. Good mirrors to
-put in `/etc/apt/sources.list` are (as of Jan 2007):
+put in `/etc/apt/sources.list` are:
- deb http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian unstable main contrib
- deb-src http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian unstable main contrib
+ deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib
+ deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib
deb http://ftp.debian-ports.org/debian unreleased main
deb-src http://ftp.debian-ports.org/debian unreleased main
@@ -75,38 +75,11 @@ You can also call the Hurd console manually with the proper arguments:
console -d vga -d pc_kbd --repeat=kbd -d pc_mouse --repeat=mouse \
-d generic_speaker -c /dev/vcs
- cd /dev
- ln -s cons/kbd .
- ln -s cons/mouse .
-
# [[Hurd/DebianXorg]]
You first must have setup the virtual console. See above.
-Assuming you've installed WindowMaker and have tried running `startx` already:
-
- [/etc/xorg.conf]
-
- Section "Module"
- # Load "dri"
- # Load "speedo"
- .
- .
- .
- EndSection
-
- Section "InputDevice"
- Identifier "Configured Mouse"
- Driver "mouse"
- Option "CorePointer"
- Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
- Option "Protocol" "osmouse"
- EndSection
-
-Make sure not to have the `Emulate3Buttons` and `ZAxisMapping` settings set, as
-they lead to problems with e.g. dragging windows around.
-
# What about package XYZ?
See if you can find a useful tip in [[package_troubleshooting]].
diff --git a/hurd/running/debian/dhcp.mdwn b/hurd/running/debian/dhcp.mdwn
index f316981d..8d351aae 100644
--- a/hurd/running/debian/dhcp.mdwn
+++ b/hurd/running/debian/dhcp.mdwn
@@ -22,3 +22,10 @@ fatal.
Debian GNU/Hurd doesn't currently execute's Debian standard `/etc/rcS.d/*` boot
scripts, but has its own `/libexec/rc` script -- which integrates scripts from
`/etc/rc.boot/` instead.
+
+
+# Open Issues
+
+ * [[!debbug 616290]]
+
+ * [[Proper Hurdy DHCP support|hurd/translator/pfinet/dhcp]]
diff --git a/hurd/running/debian/patch_submission.mdwn b/hurd/running/debian/patch_submission.mdwn
index 66348dd9..1dd8a4db 100644
--- a/hurd/running/debian/patch_submission.mdwn
+++ b/hurd/running/debian/patch_submission.mdwn
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
-[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2007, 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]]
+[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2007, 2008, 2011 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
document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or
any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant
Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license
-is included in the section entitled
-[[GNU Free Documentation License|/fdl]]."]]"""]]
+is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation
+License|/fdl]]."]]"""]]
If you fixed a Debian package which *FTBFS* (fails to build from source), you
should submit the patch so that all users can profit from your work.
@@ -27,14 +28,24 @@ either use the reportbug tool, or just simple mail. In any case, you should
follow these guidelines:
* The submission address is <submit@bugs.debian.org>.
+
* The mail's subject (which will become the bug's title) should be
`SOURCE-PACKAGE: FTBFS on hurd-i386: REASON`.
+
* The first lines of the mail's body (the so-called *pseudo-header*):
- * `Severity: important` -- not *serious*.
- * `Version: VERSION` -- the version of the source package in unstable.
- * `Tags: patch` -- as/if you include a ready-to-be-applied patch.
- * `User: debian-hurd@lists.debian.org`
- * `Usertags: hurd`
+
+ Package: PACKAGE
+ Severity: important -- not *serious*
+ Version: VERSION -- the version of the source package in unstable.
+ Tags: patch -- if you include a ready-to-be-applied patch.
+ User: debian-hurd@lists.debian.org
+ Usertags: hurd
+ X-Debbugs-CC: debian-hurd@lists.debian.org
+
+The last three lines are used to to change the current *User* to the specified
+value (the default is the email sender/from address), specify *Usertags* to add
+the specified tags for the current user, and *X-Debbugs-CC* so that the
+[[mailing list|mailing_lists/debian-hurd]] knows about your report.
In the bug description, mention that the package fails to build on hurd-i386
and (if possible) quote the failure. If possible, point to the failing build