From ad3b443209dc7f62b5fe1d2e82ad5bb8d97947d4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Schwinge Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2009 19:49:16 +0200 Subject: Move back the history page to its original location. Suggested by RMS via Rob Myers, the chief GNU webmaster. --- history/hurd-flash5 | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+) create mode 100644 history/hurd-flash5 (limited to 'history/hurd-flash5') diff --git a/history/hurd-flash5 b/history/hurd-flash5 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..041a0ef7 --- /dev/null +++ b/history/hurd-flash5 @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +From: mib@gnu.ai.mit.edu (Michael I Bushnell) +Message-Id: <9409210619.AA17570@churchy.gnu.ai.mit.edu> +To: "Lots of potentially interested people and" +Subject: New milestone acheived by the GNU Hurd +X-Tom-Swiftie: "I can't get this fire started," Tom said woodenly. + + +I have just successfully compiled and run a null C program on the +Hurd. This is using GCC native as one would normally use GCC. + +Sadly, it took quite a while (too long, in fact) to read the large +archives that make up the GNU C library, but I think I know where the +substantial inefficiency is. + +Once that is done, I would be happy to label this a "self-hosting +system". But not just yet. + +The last bug preventing this was an error in dealing with files over +about 8 M; this came about because in order to link a program one +needed the GNU C library, which is over 9M when symbols are included. + + -mib + -- cgit v1.2.3