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| -rw-r--r-- | hurd/building/cross-compiling/Makefile | 168 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | hurd/faq/old-stuff.mdwn | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | hurd/libports.mdwn | 16 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | hurd/logo.mdwn | 22 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | hurd/logo/boxes-redrawn.png | bin | 1764 -> 0 bytes | |||
| -rw-r--r-- | hurd/logo/boxes-redrawn.svg | 50 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | hurd/running/gnu/universal_package_manager.mdwn | 16 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | hurd/running/whydebian.mdwn | 24 |
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diff --git a/hurd/building/cross-compiling.mdwn b/hurd/building/cross-compiling.mdwn index c5dddfb6..d5beade9 100644 --- a/hurd/building/cross-compiling.mdwn +++ b/hurd/building/cross-compiling.mdwn @@ -21,10 +21,14 @@ Find it in the [[source repositories/incubator]], *cross-gnu* branch. Read through it. Understand it. Only then use it by following the next steps. -/!\ Be made aware that -- while it is of course possible to build a working -cross-compiler -- this is not trivial to do. You'll have to patch source -packages. See the following list about needed patches, which have not yet been -installed in the upstream repositories. + +## Status + +/!\ Please note that these cross toolchains does not yet encompass all of the +functionality that native toolchains provide. For example, there is only +support for C and C++ so far, but not for other languages. A bunch of fixes / +enhancements of [[glibc]] are missing. We're working towards minimizing these +differences, as well as towards pushing all patches upstream. ### Supported Versions of Source Packages @@ -34,138 +38,95 @@ guarantee is given. Always the preferred version is listed first. * `src/binutils`: [[GNU_Binutils|binutils]] - * CVS `binutils-2_19-branch` - - $ mkdir binutils-2_19-branch - $ cd binutils-2_19-branch - $ cvs -d:pserver:anoncvs@sources.redhat.com:/cvs/src ↩ - co -r binutils-2_19-branch binutils - - The sources are rooted in `binutils-2_19-branch/src/`. Also use these - commands for updating, instead of the usual `cvs update`. - - * The 2.19 release tarball from <ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/binutils/> should - also be fine. - - * CVS `binutils-2_18-branch` + * CVS `binutils-2_20-branch` - $ mkdir binutils-2_18-branch - $ cd binutils-2_18-branch + $ mkdir binutils-2_20-branch + $ cd binutils-2_20-branch/ $ cvs -d:pserver:anoncvs@sources.redhat.com:/cvs/src ↩ - co -r binutils-2_18-branch binutils + co -r binutils-2_20-branch binutils - The sources are rooted in `binutils-2_18-branch/src/`. Also use these + The sources are rooted in `binutils-2_20-branch/src/`. Also use the above commands for updating, instead of the usual `cvs update`. - * The 2.18 release tarball from <ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/binutils/> should - also be fine, as should be all other recent releases. + * Release of the 2.20 series from <ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/binutils/> + should also be fine. * `src/gcc`: [[GNU_Compiler_Collection|gcc]] - * SVN `gcc-4_1-branch` + * SVN `gcc-4_5-branch` - $ svn co svn://gcc.gnu.org/svn/gcc/branches/gcc-4_1-branch - - Prepare: + $ svn co svn://gcc.gnu.org/svn/gcc/branches/gcc-4_5-branch - $ ( cd gcc-4_1-branch/ && contrib/gcc_update --touch ) + Patches: - * Releases of the 4.1 series from <ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gcc/> should - also be fine. - - * SVN `gcc-4_2-branch` - - $ svn co svn://gcc.gnu.org/svn/gcc/branches/gcc-4_2-branch - - * Patches: - <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2007-11/msg00034.html> + * <http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2010-04/msg00602.html> Prepare: - $ ( cd gcc-4_2-branch/ && contrib/gcc_update --touch ) + $ ( cd gcc-4_5-branch/ && contrib/gcc_update --touch ) - * Releases of the 4.2 series from <ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gcc/> should - also be fine, but need the same set of patches as the `gcc-4_2-branch` - needs. + * SVN `gcc-4_4-branch` - * SVN `gcc-4_3-branch` + $ svn co svn://gcc.gnu.org/svn/gcc/branches/gcc-4_4-branch - $ svn co svn://gcc.gnu.org/svn/gcc/branches/gcc-4_3-branch + Patches: - * Patches: - <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2007-11/msg00034.html> + * <http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2010-04/msg00602.html> Prepare: - $ ( cd gcc-4_3-branch/ && contrib/gcc_update --touch ) - - * Releases of the 4.3 series from <ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gcc/> should - also be fine, but need the same set of patches as the `gcc-4_3-branch` - needs. - - * SVN `trunk` -- upcoming 4.4 series + $ ( cd gcc-4_4-branch/ && contrib/gcc_update --touch ) - $ svn co svn://gcc.gnu.org/svn/gcc/trunk - - Prepare: - - $ ( cd trunk/ && contrib/gcc_update --touch ) + * Releases of the 4.5 and 4.4 series from <ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gcc/> + should also be fine, but need the same set of patches as the + `gcc-4_5-branch` needs. * `src/gnumach`: [[GNU_Mach|microkernel/mach/gnumach]] - * CVS `gnumach-1-branch` + * Git `master` branch - $ cvs -d:pserver:anoncvs@cvs.gnu.org:/cvsroot/hurd ↩ - co -r gnumach-1-branch gnumach - $ mv gnumach gnumach-1-branch + $ git clone ↩ + git://git.sv.gnu.org/hurd/gnumach.git gnumach Prepare: - $ ( cd gnumach-1-branch/ && autoreconf -vfi ) + $ ( cd gnumach/ && autoreconf -vi ) * `src/mig`: [[microkernel/mach/mig/GNU_MIG]] - * CVS `HEAD` + * Git `master` branch - $ cvs -d:pserver:anoncvs@cvs.gnu.org:/cvsroot/hurd co mig + $ git clone ↩ + git://git.sv.gnu.org/hurd/mig.git mig Prepare: - $ ( cd mig/ && autoreconf -vfi ) + $ ( cd mig/ && autoreconf -vi ) * `src/hurd`: [[GNU_Hurd|hurd]] - * CVS `HEAD` + * Git `master` branch - $ cvs -d:pserver:anoncvs@cvs.gnu.org:/cvsroot/hurd co hurd + $ git clone ↩ + git://git.sv.gnu.org/hurd/hurd.git hurd - * `src/glibc`: [[GNU_C_Library|glibc]] - - * CVS `glibc-2_7-branch` + * `src/libpthread`: [[libpthread]] - $ cvs -d:pserver:anoncvs@sources.redhat.com:/cvs/glibc ↩ - co -r glibc-2_7-branch glibc - $ mv libc glibc-2_7-branch + * Git `tschwinge/Peter_Herbolzheimer` branch - * Patches: - <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2007-11/msg00030.html> + $ git clone --no-checkout ↩ + git://git.sv.gnu.org/hurd/libpthread.git libpthread + $ cd libpthread/ + $ git checkout origin/tschwinge/Peter_Herbolzheimer - * Recent releases of the 2.7 series from <ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/glibc/> - should also be fine, but need the same set of patches as the - `glibc-2_7-branch` needs. - -<!-- - - * CVS `HEAD` - - $ cvs -d:pserver:anoncvs@sources.redhat.com:/cvs/glibc ↩ - co glibc - $ mv libc glibc-HEAD + * `src/glibc`: [[GNU_C_Library|glibc]] - * TODO. - <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2007-11/msg00026.html> + * Git `tschwinge/Roger_Whittaker` branch ---> + $ git clone --no-checkout ↩ + git://git.sv.gnu.org/hurd/glibc.git glibc + $ cd glibc/ + $ git checkout origin/tschwinge/Roger_Whittaker <!-- @@ -206,7 +167,7 @@ the following. The system you're running the script on (the *build* system) needs to have a basic compiling environment installed, i.e., a C compiler with the basic libraries and `make`. You might also need `flex` and `bison`. For building -recent version of GCC (e.g., the upcoming 4.3, which is not yet supported) +recent version of GCC (4.3 onwards) you'll need to have development packages of GMP and MPFR installed. @@ -235,29 +196,13 @@ flow by. In the end you should see a message: *[...]/cross-gnu: Everything should be in place now.* -### Makefile - -A [[Makefile]] has been written to automate the above steps. You will require -an Internet connection and atleast 1.5 GiB of hard-disk space. Just run... - - make - -... to build the toolchain. To clean up, use... - - make clean - - ### Staying Up-To-Date You can re-run `cross-gnu` to rebuild the parts of the sources that have changed since the last run. This will save a lot of time compared to starting from scratch again. Also, it is especially useful if you aren't working with -unpacked tarballs, but on CVS's branches or want to quickly get a new tool -chain with patches you applied to the source trees. However: do *not* use this +unpacked tarballs, but on CVS's / SVN's / Git's branches or want to quickly get +a new toolchain +with patches you applied to the source trees. However: do *not* use this technique when doing major changes to the source trees, like switching from GCC -4.0 to GCC 4.1. - - -# References - -* <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2004-09/msg00030.html> +4.4 to GCC 4.5. diff --git a/hurd/building/cross-compiling/Makefile b/hurd/building/cross-compiling/Makefile deleted file mode 100644 index 7a6a9524..00000000 --- a/hurd/building/cross-compiling/Makefile +++ /dev/null @@ -1,168 +0,0 @@ -# "HurdToolchainMakefile" - a Makefile for setting up Hurd toolchain builds - -# Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc. - -# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it -# under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the -# Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any later -# version. -# -# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but -# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY -# or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License -# for more details. -# -# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along -# with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., -# 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA. - -# Written by Shakthi Kannan <shakthi.kannan@qvantel.com>. - - -## Variables -TOPDIR=. -DOWNLOADS=${TOPDIR}/downloads -ROOT=${TOPDIR}/root -SRC=${ROOT}/src -GLIBC_DIR=${SRC}/glibc -PATCH0_DIR=patch0 -PATCH1_DIR=patch1 - -## Patches -PATCH1 = 0003-2007-09-13-H.J.-Lu-hongjiu.lu-intel.com.patch \ - 0005-Hurd-specific-kernel-features.h.patch \ - 0007-2007-10-05-version-of-stat.patch.patch \ - 0008-r2425-of-debian-patches-hurd-i386-local-atomic-no-mu.patch \ - 0010-r2425-of-debian-patches-hurd-i386-local-gscope.diff.patch \ - 0012-r2425-of-debian-patches-hurd-i386-local-no-strerror_.patch \ - 0013-r2626-of-debian-patches-hurd-i386-local-tls-support.patch \ - 0014-r2591-of-debian-patches-hurd-i386-local-tls.diff.patch \ - 0015-r2630-of-debian-patches-hurd-i386-submitted-libc_onc.patch \ - 0016-Include-stdint.h.patch \ - 0017-r2598-of-debian-patches-any-local-stdio-lock.diff.patch \ - 0018-r2650-of-debian-patches-hurd-i386-submitted-strtoul.patch \ - 0019-2007-11-12-Aurelien-Jarno-aurelien-aurel32.net-Tho.patch \ - 0020-r2656-of-debian-patches-any-submitted-sched_h.diff.patch \ - 0022-2007-11-18-Roland-McGrath-roland-frob.com.patch - -PATCH0 = 0009-2007-07-22-version-of-init-first.c_vs._GCC_4.1.patch.patch \ - 0011-2007-02-08-version-of-resolv_res_send.c.patch.patch - -all: create_dir get_sources apply_glibc_patches build_all - -## Create directories -create_dir: - cd ${TOPDIR} - mkdir ${DOWNLOADS} - mkdir -p ${SRC} - -get_sources: get_cross_gnu get_binutils get_gcc get_gnumach get_mig get_hurd get_glibc - -get_cross_gnu: - @ echo " ___ _ __ ___ ___ ___ __ _ _ __ _ _ " - @ echo " / __| '__/ _ \/ __/ __|_____ / _\` | '_ \| | | |" - @ echo "| (__| | | (_) \__ \__ \_____| (_| | | | | |_| |" - @ echo " \___|_| \___/|___/___/ \__, |_| |_|\__,_|" - @ echo " |___/ " - cd ${DOWNLOADS}; \ - wget http://nic-nac-project.de/~schwinge/tmp/cross-gnu - @ echo " ___ _ __ ___ ___ ___ __ _ _ __ _ _ ___ _ ____ __" - @ echo " / __| '__/ _ \/ __/ __|_____ / _\` | '_ \| | | |_____ / _ \ '_ \ \ / /" - @ echo "| (__| | | (_) \__ \__ \_____| (_| | | | | |_| |_____| __/ | | \ V / " - @ echo " \___|_| \___/|___/___/ \__, |_| |_|\__,_| \___|_| |_|\_/ " - @ echo " |___/ " - cd ${DOWNLOADS}; \ - wget http://nic-nac-project.de/~schwinge/tmp/cross-gnu-env; \ - chmod +x cross-gnu; \ - chmod +x cross-gnu-env - -get_binutils: - @ echo " _ _ _ _ _ " - @ echo "| |__ (_)_ __ _ _| |_(_) |___ " - @ echo "| '_ \| | '_ \| | | | __| | / __|" - @ echo "| |_) | | | | | |_| | |_| | \__ \\" - @ echo "|_.__/|_|_| |_|\__,_|\__|_|_|___/" - cd ${SRC}; \ - cvs -d:pserver:anoncvs@sources.redhat.com:/cvs/src co -r binutils-2_18-branch binutils; \ - mv src binutils - -get_gcc: - @ echo " __ _ ___ ___ " - @ echo " / _\` |/ __/ __|" - @ echo "| (_| | (_| (__ " - @ echo " \__, |\___\___|" - @ echo " |___/ " - cd ${SRC}; \ - svn co svn://gcc.gnu.org/svn/gcc/branches/gcc-4_1-branch; \ - mv gcc-4_1-branch gcc; \ - ( cd gcc/ && contrib/gcc_update --touch ) - -get_gnumach: - @ echo " _ " - @ echo " __ _ _ __ _ _ _ __ ___ __ _ ___| |__ " - @ echo " / _\` | '_ \| | | | '_ \` _ \ / _\` |/ __| '_ \ " - @ echo "| (_| | | | | |_| | | | | | | (_| | (__| | | |" - @ echo " \__, |_| |_|\__,_|_| |_| |_|\__,_|\___|_| |_|" - @ echo " |___/ " - cd ${SRC}; \ - cvs -d:pserver:anoncvs@cvs.gnu.org:/cvsroot/hurd co -r gnumach-1-branch gnumach; \ - ( cd gnumach/ && autoreconf -vfi ) - -get_mig: - @ echo " _ " - @ echo " _ __ ___ (_) __ _ " - @ echo "| '_ \` _ \| |/ _\` |" - @ echo "| | | | | | | (_| |" - @ echo "|_| |_| |_|_|\__, |" - @ echo " |___/ " - cd ${SRC}; \ - cvs -d:pserver:anoncvs@cvs.gnu.org:/cvsroot/hurd co mig; \ - ( cd mig/ && autoreconf -vfi ) - -get_hurd: - @ echo " _ _ " - @ echo "| |__ _ _ _ __ __| |" - @ echo "| '_ \| | | | '__/ _\` |" - @ echo "| | | | |_| | | | (_| |" - @ echo "|_| |_|\__,_|_| \__,_|" - cd ${SRC}; \ - cvs -d:pserver:anoncvs@cvs.gnu.org:/cvsroot/hurd co hurd - -get_glibc: - @ echo " _ _ _ " - @ echo " __ _| (_) |__ ___ " - @ echo " / _\` | | | '_ \ / __|" - @ echo "| (_| | | | |_) | (__ " - @ echo " \__, |_|_|_.__/ \___|" - @ echo " |___/ " - cd ${SRC}; \ - cvs -d:pserver:anoncvs@sources.redhat.com:/cvs/glibc co -r glibc-2_7-branch glibc; \ - mv libc glibc - mkdir ${GLIBC_DIR}/${PATCH0_DIR} - mkdir ${GLIBC_DIR}/${PATCH1_DIR} - -get_patch0: $(PATCH0) - -get_patch1: $(PATCH1) - -$(PATCH1): - wget -r -np -nd -P ${GLIBC_DIR}/${PATCH1_DIR} http://www.schwinge.homeip.net/~thomas/tmp/glibc-patches/$@ - cd ${GLIBC_DIR}; \ - patch -p1 < ${PATCH1_DIR}/$@ - -$(PATCH0): - wget -r -np -nd -P ${GLIBC_DIR}/${PATCH0_DIR} http://www.schwinge.homeip.net/~thomas/tmp/glibc-patches/$@ - cd ${GLIBC_DIR}; \ - patch -p0 < ${PATCH0_DIR}/$@ - -apply_glibc_patches: get_patch0 get_patch1 - -build_all: - ROOT=${TOPDIR}/root ; \ - export PATH="$(PATH):$(DOWNLOADS)" ; \ - echo $$PATH ; \ - . ${DOWNLOADS}/cross-gnu-env ; \ - ${DOWNLOADS}/cross-gnu - -clean: - rm -rf downloads root *~ diff --git a/hurd/faq/old-stuff.mdwn b/hurd/faq/old-stuff.mdwn index 6968a894..df2058c0 100644 --- a/hurd/faq/old-stuff.mdwn +++ b/hurd/faq/old-stuff.mdwn @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ If you still have problems, do not hesitate to make use of the [[mailing lists]] * Yes and no. GNU refers to the system as a whole, while GNU/Hurd is more specific, saying that it is the GNU system running on the Hurd -- to differentiate it from the GNU system running on Linux, GNU/Linux. Also see [[GNU/GnuNames]] * **_What editor can I use?_** - * `nano` is the default editor on a fresh install, not `ae`. + * `nano` is the default editor on a fresh install, not `ae`, but a lot of editors are available. * **_Why can't I get the answers I need from Hurd hackers?_** * This [document](http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html) may help you understand some developers attitudes and social norms. @@ -28,16 +28,16 @@ If you still have problems, do not hesitate to make use of the [[mailing lists]] * These are different versions of the Mach microkernel that supports the Hurd that runs on top of it. For more info, see [[Mach]] * **_What software is available for GNU?_** - * Most packages from [Debian](http://www.debian.org/) [GNU/Linux](http://www.gnu.org/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html) which aren't linux-specific ([Packages That Won't Be Ported](http://www.debian.org/ports/hurd/hurd-devel-debian)) are expected to work on GNU/Hurd too. See the database in <http://packages.debian.org/>. Programs which need pthreads, including [GNOME](http://www.gnome.org), [KDE](http://www.kde.org), [Mozilla](http://www.mozilla.org), [OpenOffice](http://www.openoffice.org), [SDL](http://www.libsdl.org), etc. are being worked on currently using Neal Walfields libpthreads. See the [[porting/guidelines]] document for some common build problems and their solutions. + * Most (2/3) packages from [Debian](http://www.debian.org/) [GNU/Linux](http://www.gnu.org/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html) which aren't linux-specific ([Packages That Won't Be Ported](http://www.debian.org/ports/hurd/hurd-devel-debian)) are expected to work on GNU/Hurd too. See the database in <http://packages.debian.org/>. Notably, [GNOME](http://www.gnome.org), and [KDE](http://www.kde.org) work. See the [[porting/guidelines]] document for some common build problems and their solutions. * If you can't fetch a package with "apt-get install ", try building it from source: "apt-get source && cd <package\_dir> && debian/rules binary". - * As of January 2007, 50% of Debian packages have been ported on the Hurd. Of course, bug testing is welcome. + * As of April 2010, 65% of Debian packages have been ported on the Hurd. Of course, bug testing is welcome. * **_How do I initialize a serial console on the Hurd?_** * You can try out the Serial Howto at <http://www.nongnu.org/thug/serial-howto.txt> * For a real serial console at boot time you need to rebuild your GNUmach 1.x kernel. For more info see the Utah release notes at [http://www.cs.utah.edu/flux/mach4-i386/html/mach4-UK22.html#serial\_console](http://www.cs.utah.edu/flux/mach4-i386/html/mach4-UK22.html#serial_console) * **_Will GNU work in Vmware?_** - * It's highly recommended and easier to get a full image for Bochs. See [[Distrib]] + * It's highly recommended and easier to get a full image for qemu. See [[Distrib]] * It didn't use to, [Hurd bootstrap fails](http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2002/debian-hurd-200207/msg00069.html). Vmware is not [free software](http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html) and it is [[Distrib/VmWare]]. We recommend to use [free](http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html) alternatives, like [[Distrib/BochsEmulator]]. * A faster, more widespread and [free](http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html) recent alternative is [QEMU][[running/QEMU]]. You can find more informations on [[running/QEMU]]. * If someone prefers using VMWare: diff --git a/hurd/libports.mdwn b/hurd/libports.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 00000000..f9aa518f --- /dev/null +++ b/hurd/libports.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2010 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]]."]]"""]] + +*libports* is a convenience library for easier handling of [[Mach +ports|microkernel/mach/port]]. It is documented in the [[Reference_Manual]]. + +*libports* is not (at least, not for now) a generalization / abstraction of +Mach ports to the functionality the Hurd needs, that is, it is not meant to +provide an interface independently of the underlying [[microkernel]]. diff --git a/hurd/logo.mdwn b/hurd/logo.mdwn index aae80561..467e6ba8 100644 --- a/hurd/logo.mdwn +++ b/hurd/logo.mdwn @@ -1,25 +1,11 @@ -[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2007, 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]] +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2010 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]]."]]"""]] -The famous *Hurd Boxes* logo is available at -<http://www.gnu.org/graphics/hurd_mf.html>. - - -On some lonely Wednesday, Colin Leitner and [[Thomas_Schwinge|tschwinge]] -converted these four boxes from the [original METAFONT -sources](http://www.gnu.org/graphics/hurd.mf) to -[[hand-written_SVG_code|boxes-redrawn.svg]]. - -[[!img boxes-redrawn.png]] - - -This symbol is also being used as a favicon for this web site. - -[[!img /favicon.ico]] +[[!meta redir=/logo]] diff --git a/hurd/logo/boxes-redrawn.png b/hurd/logo/boxes-redrawn.png Binary files differdeleted file mode 100644 index fd26a87e..00000000 --- a/hurd/logo/boxes-redrawn.png +++ /dev/null diff --git a/hurd/logo/boxes-redrawn.svg b/hurd/logo/boxes-redrawn.svg deleted file mode 100644 index c0a7e460..00000000 --- a/hurd/logo/boxes-redrawn.svg +++ /dev/null @@ -1,50 +0,0 @@ -<?xml version="1.0"?> -<!DOCTYPE svg PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD SVG 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/1.1/DTD/svg11.dtd"> -<svg version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20cm" height="20cm" viewBox="0 0 100 100"> - <desc> - The Hurd Boxes and Arrows logo. - - Converted to SVG by Thomas Schwinge and Colin Leitner at 09/2007. - We used the metafont original from Stephen McCamant (1997). - available on http://www.gnu.org/graphics/hurd_mf.html. - - TODO. The flection of some of the curves is different from the - original. We don't know yet how to exactly reproduce - METAFONT's ``A..B'' syntax. Also the thickness of the lines - may be a different one. Elaborate on the copyright situation - and licensing conditions. - </desc> - <defs> - <style type="text/css"> - #boxes, #arrows { - stroke: black; - stroke-width: 3; - } - - #boxes { fill: white; } - </style> - </defs> - <g transform="translate(0 100) scale(1 -1) translate(-5 5)"> - <g id="arrows" fill="none" stroke-linecap="round"> - <path d="M 40 80 Q 20 80 20 65 L 20 60"/> - <path d="M 15 65 L 20 60 L 25 65"/> - - <path d="M 50 70 Q 50 50 62.5 50 L 70 50"/> - <path d="M 65 45 L 70 50 L 65 55"/> - - <path d="M 60 20 Q 100 20 100 50 Q 100 80 65 80 L 60 80"/> - <path d="M 65 75 L 60 80 L 65 85"/> - - <path d="M 80 40 Q 80 0 50 0 Q 20 0 20 35 L 20 40"/> - <path d="M 15 35 L 20 40 L 25 35"/> - </g> - - <g id="boxes"> - <rect x="10" y="40" width="20" height="20"/> - <rect x="40" y="70" width="20" height="20"/> - <rect x="70" y="40" width="20" height="20"/> - <rect x="40" y="10" width="20" height="20"/> - </g> - </g> -</svg> - diff --git a/hurd/running/gnu/universal_package_manager.mdwn b/hurd/running/gnu/universal_package_manager.mdwn index 74c1ac8b..e58a2058 100644 --- a/hurd/running/gnu/universal_package_manager.mdwn +++ b/hurd/running/gnu/universal_package_manager.mdwn @@ -20,10 +20,10 @@ Basically all package management schemes follow similar approach, it will have a There can be both aproaches - * Re-implement rpm, dpkg... to recognise stow as backend instead of its own data store. In that case we will have to re implement, apt-rpm, yum ... - * Implement a translator which reads stow and show it as an rpm data store for yum, deb data store for apt-get ... + * Re-implement rpm, dpkg... to recognise stow as backend instead of its own data store. In that case we will have to re-implement, apt-rpm, yum ... + * Implement a translator which reads stow and show it as an rpm data store for yum, deb data store for apt-get ... -One goal is obviously choice of packaging and hence availability of more packages. Also this gives maintainers a chioce to continue builing packages for GNU in the format they are already familiar with. The second goal is to demonstrate the flexibility GNU offers in implementing functionality in filesystems (open/read/write interface). +One goal is obviously choice of packaging and hence availability of more packages. Also this gives maintainers a choice to continue building packages for GNU in the format they are already familiar with. The second goal is to demonstrate the flexibility GNU offers in implementing functionality in filesystems (open/read/write interface). ## Why? @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ With the increased flexibility in implementing filesystems as per the requiremen ## How? - * Installtion of a package is just drag the pacakage (be it a tgz, rpm, deb or an exe) and drop it to the package manager. + * Installation of a package is just drag the package (be it a tgz, rpm, deb or an exe) and drop it to the package manager. * apt-cache search vim --> ls -al /packages/meta/ |grep vim * apt-get install vim --> install vim @@ -77,12 +77,12 @@ just writing the new translator. ## Initial idea -A bit complex than the earlier scheme but it is more exciting and we can look at this schem seriously once we have the simple scheme working. +A bit more complex than the earlier scheme but it is more exciting and we can look at this scheme seriously once we have the simple scheme working. All packages are installed at `/packages/binary/<packagename>/<packageversion>`. -For eaxmple vim 6.4 version can be installed from source like +For example vim 6.4 version can be installed from source like # cd vim64 # ./configure --prefix=/packages/binary/vim/6.4 @@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ Now if you have another vim version, say 7.0 then just follow the steps # make # make install -You have 2 versions of vim and how can you sepcify which one is the current version? You can symlink the current version to select the version you would like to see as default +You have 2 versions of vim and how can you specify which one is the current version? You can symlink the current version to select the version you would like to see as default # ln -s /packages/binary/vim/7.0 /packages/vim/current @@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ v. Add your name below and give a shout in the list. Add your comments here -## Interesting? +## Interested? To join the project just list your name below. diff --git a/hurd/running/whydebian.mdwn b/hurd/running/whydebian.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 00000000..63cc6343 --- /dev/null +++ b/hurd/running/whydebian.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2010 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. 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