Tanguy LE CARROUR, le Tue 17 Jan 2012 21:20:24 +0100, a écrit : > Le mardi 17 janvier 2012, Svante Signell <svante.sign...@telia.com> a écrit : > > On Tue, 2012-01-17 at 17:03 +0100, Tanguy LE CARROUR wrote: > >> Can I fix Hurd package build errors (simple ones like PATH_MAX) on a > >> Linux system? > > 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! > > Thanks for pointing me to this how-to. I've got a working Hurd in qemu-kvm but > somehow I don't find it conveniant to "develop".
I usually telnet into my vm, it's more convenient that typing into the qemu window. > But, as fixing problems such as PATH_MAX is not Hurd specific, one could also > fix it on a Linux system. PATH_MAX issues can be worked on on Linux, yes. But a test is needed on Hurd afterwards, in case some other, non-PATH_MAX issues remain. Samuel
