From 2d5018d663cc9b31da8c662d75280d3d2281b6a6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Arne Babenhauserheide Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2012 22:46:26 +0100 Subject: news: debian-hurd 2011-10 and 11 added --- contributing/web_pages/news/moth_next.mdwn | 25 ++++++++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/contributing/web_pages/news/moth_next.mdwn b/contributing/web_pages/news/moth_next.mdwn index dc6176e4..1b29f364 100644 --- a/contributing/web_pages/news/moth_next.mdwn +++ b/contributing/web_pages/news/moth_next.mdwn @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ This month [hurd hacker] [item] -- Bouju Alain submitted a patch to suport cpuinfo in the /proc interface -rbraun committed the last patch to mplanetas branch of the slab allocator +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 @@ -59,10 +59,25 @@ 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 +- 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 -- + +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 +- Samuel Thibault: packagekit: http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2011/10/msg00071.html evolution http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2011/10/msg00070.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 Brauh added Exodar, a new porter box, which is faster and reliable: exodar.debian.net Bouju Alain: Procfs with cpuinfo http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-11/msg00084.html @@ -82,6 +97,10 @@ Pino Toscano and Thomas Schwinge: pthread improvements: http://lists.gnu.org/arc 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: yay GNU/Hurd -- cgit v1.2.3