From 947c08f15176620e8ecd6f9858a69c3a4e7dad41 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Arne Babenhauserheide Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2012 22:03:33 +0100 Subject: news: real-life debugging with the Hurd: --- contributing/web_pages/news/moth_next.mdwn | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) (limited to 'contributing/web_pages/news/moth_next.mdwn') diff --git a/contributing/web_pages/news/moth_next.mdwn b/contributing/web_pages/news/moth_next.mdwn index 9b0844bd..edcd172b 100644 --- a/contributing/web_pages/news/moth_next.mdwn +++ b/contributing/web_pages/news/moth_next.mdwn @@ -85,6 +85,16 @@ TODO: - http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-12 - http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2011/10/threads.html +As a sidenote, we would like to share a story about real-life debugging with the Hurd: + + yay GNU/Hurd + I have added i_translator check in e2fsck, it was missing + I had a volume that was keeping making ext2fs crash + with a reproductible scenario + could easily work out it was i_translator, then add a check to e2fsck, run it, which indeed fixed, them, and voilà, ext2fs was working again + all that on the same machine with *no* system reboot + just ext2fs restart :) + ------ Add stuff here? (This is already in q3) -- cgit v1.2.3 From 02c3eb2289c957a9df342189dbb5efe6295cfde4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Arne Babenhauserheide Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2012 22:12:48 +0100 Subject: news: bug hurd done till 2011-12 (inclusive) --- contributing/web_pages/news/moth_next.mdwn | 20 +++++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) (limited to 'contributing/web_pages/news/moth_next.mdwn') diff --git a/contributing/web_pages/news/moth_next.mdwn b/contributing/web_pages/news/moth_next.mdwn index edcd172b..dc6176e4 100644 --- a/contributing/web_pages/news/moth_next.mdwn +++ b/contributing/web_pages/news/moth_next.mdwn @@ -31,7 +31,10 @@ This month [hurd hacker] [item] Alain submitted a patch to suport cpuinfo in the /proc interface rbraun committed the last patch to mplanetas branch of the slab allocator -work, for integration. +work, for integration. http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-12/msg00046.html + + + IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2011-11-14: @@ -56,7 +59,7 @@ 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 +- 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 - 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 - @@ -77,13 +80,7 @@ Ludovic Courtès: 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: Better Memory Management and memfs: http://www.bddebian.com/~hurd-web/user/Sergio_Lopez/ - -(bug hurd done till 2011-11 (inclusive)) - -TODO: -- http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-12 -- http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2011/10/threads.html +Sergio Lopez documented his work on Better Memory Management and memfs: http://www.bddebian.com/~hurd-web/user/Sergio_Lopez/ As a sidenote, we would like to share a story about real-life debugging with the Hurd: @@ -95,6 +92,11 @@ As a sidenote, we would like to share a story about real-life debugging with the all that on the same machine with *no* system reboot just ext2fs restart :) +(bug hurd done till 2011-12 (inclusive)) + +TODO: +- http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2011/10/threads.html + ------ Add stuff here? (This is already in q3) -- cgit v1.2.3 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(-) (limited to 'contributing/web_pages/news/moth_next.mdwn') 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 From e5dc0b493de233eab5dcb570da32b5bba3f9d26e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Arne Babenhauserheide Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2012 00:40:38 +0100 Subject: news: Finally gathered all news items for the qoth 2011-q4 --- contributing/web_pages/news/moth_next.mdwn | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'contributing/web_pages/news/moth_next.mdwn') diff --git a/contributing/web_pages/news/moth_next.mdwn b/contributing/web_pages/news/moth_next.mdwn index 1b29f364..cd589f87 100644 --- a/contributing/web_pages/news/moth_next.mdwn +++ b/contributing/web_pages/news/moth_next.mdwn @@ -66,11 +66,13 @@ Debugging: 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 +- 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 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: - undefined reference to dl_foo: add -ldl for building -- cgit v1.2.3 From 2b118db4408fae7654547996a8deadcecfe0c65f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Arne Babenhauserheide Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2012 00:43:32 +0100 Subject: news: no more gathering to do --- contributing/web_pages/news/moth_next.mdwn | 5 +---- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'contributing/web_pages/news/moth_next.mdwn') diff --git a/contributing/web_pages/news/moth_next.mdwn b/contributing/web_pages/news/moth_next.mdwn index cd589f87..603643a6 100644 --- a/contributing/web_pages/news/moth_next.mdwn +++ b/contributing/web_pages/news/moth_next.mdwn @@ -113,10 +113,7 @@ As a sidenote, we would like to share a story about real-life debugging with the all that on the same machine with *no* system reboot just ext2fs restart :) -(bug hurd done till 2011-12 (inclusive)) - -TODO: -- http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2011/10/threads.html + ------ -- cgit v1.2.3 From 57674d4b9affc177547434c02d778a8a9cce0336 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Arne Babenhauserheide Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2012 00:45:44 +0100 Subject: news: polish --- contributing/web_pages/news/moth_next.mdwn | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'contributing/web_pages/news/moth_next.mdwn') diff --git a/contributing/web_pages/news/moth_next.mdwn b/contributing/web_pages/news/moth_next.mdwn index 603643a6..81a15264 100644 --- a/contributing/web_pages/news/moth_next.mdwn +++ b/contributing/web_pages/news/moth_next.mdwn @@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ Features: (22:32:42) braunr: but even "slower" here is completely negligible **New porter box: exodar*** +Richard Brauh added Exodar, a new porter box. It is faster and more reliable, which facilitates testing and bug hunting: exodar.debian.net I/O Path Documentation [[hurd/io_path/]] @@ -79,8 +80,6 @@ Samuel Thibault identified three easy porting cases: http://lists.debian.org/deb - 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 Social network sites for GNU Hurd: -- cgit v1.2.3