Hi Folkert, On Sun, Jun 08, 2003 at 03:42:32PM +0200, Folkert van Heusden wrote: > If a project is included in Debian, does that mean it compiles & runs in > Hurd?
No. It must not even compile & run on all Linux architectures, although this is of course a goal for common applications which are not arch-specific. > I wrote this program MultiTail [...] and I would like to know if it > runs in Hurd. The Build-Depends seem to be present, but like James said, it did not yet got auto-built. I think the hurd-i386 buildd is down at the moment, quite for some time actually. As mulitail is a relatively new package (a bit more than a month in unstable), it could very well be that the buildd never got told by wanna-build to build multitail. My Hurd box is switched off at the moment (I took a look at it earlier today - it's in a very hot in the room thanks to the wheather, so I could not switch it on), otherwise I could try a build. But don't worry, not being built for hurd-i386 does not affect the package in any way as far as Debian is concerned. Still, you can take a look at http://hurd.gnufans.org/bin/view/Distrib/PortingIssues to see whether you face potential problems with your package with respect to Debian GNU/Hurd. cheers, Michael
