On Tue, 2012-01-17 at 17:03 +0100, Tanguy LE CARROUR wrote: > Hi, > > > I have a small (stupid) question regarding "Porting Debian Packages". > I already know the answer but I have to ask anyway before I start > working on something... > > > Can I fix Hurd package build errors (simple ones like PATH_MAX) on a > Linux system? > > > I know (I guess... I hope!) that the answer is yes! I would > be convenient to use my daily work computer (Linux) to do so, even if > I would LOVE to do it using GNU/Hurd.
The best way to port packages using Linux is to install a Hurd image in a VM, like kvm or virtualbox. You need hardware support to get a reasonable speed. For more info see http://people.debian.org/~sthibault/hurd-i386/installer/cdimage/ and the README.txt there!
