Re: What happens to mappings when closing file?

2010-04-10 Thread olafBuddenhagen
Hi, On Sun, Apr 04, 2010 at 12:43:51PM +0200, Samuel Thibault wrote: > For instance, > fd = open("foo", ...) > c = mmap(fd); > close(fd); > > is supposed to keep c mapped. I don't know if that is the case you are > wondering about. Indeed it was :-) -antrik-

Re: The Hurdish Package Manager

2010-04-10 Thread olafBuddenhagen
Hi, On Thu, Apr 08, 2010 at 05:49:19PM +0200, Patrik Olsson wrote: > I have actually changed my mind by 90% now. I'll probably send in an > application today Great :-) > Just not sure what change I should make for that patch you want... I > have virtually no knowledge of the code in Hurd. I hav

uid_t vs. gid_t (was: The Hurdish Package Manager)

2010-04-10 Thread olafBuddenhagen
Hi, On Fri, Apr 09, 2010 at 11:42:25AM +0200, Patrik Olsson wrote: > I have found one thing that seems incorrect in > hurd.git/hurd/password.defs. See the parameter/field "group" in > "password_check_group"? Shouldn't it be of type gid_t and not uid_t? Yeah, gid_t would definitely be clearer --

qemu install (was: The Hurdish Package Manager)

2010-04-10 Thread olafBuddenhagen
Hi, On Fri, Apr 09, 2010 at 12:47:50PM +0200, Patrik Olsson wrote: > I execute the following commands on the GRUB prompt: > > root (hd0,0) > kernel /boot/gnumach.gz root=hd0s1 > module /boot/servers.boot Whatever told you these, urgently needs to die: servers.boot got deprecated ages ago -- pro

Re: What happens to mappings when closing file?

2010-04-10 Thread olafBuddenhagen
Hi, On Sun, Apr 04, 2010 at 01:00:01PM +0200, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > Closing a file does not remove the mappings. From glibc manual on > mmap: > > "A new reference for the file specified by FILEDES is created, which > is not removed by closing the file. Ah, OK: that clears it up... I some

Re: GSoC: Call for mentors

2010-04-10 Thread Samuel Thibault
Carl Fredrik Hammar, le Sat 10 Apr 2010 12:35:32 +0200, a écrit : > OK, I sent a request to be a mentor for the Hurd, but I can't see the > proposals before I'm a mentor, right? Yes. Samuel

Re: GSoC: Call for mentors

2010-04-10 Thread Carl Fredrik Hammar
On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 12:35:32PM +0200, Carl Fredrik Hammar wrote: > On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 09:49:02AM +0200, olafbuddenha...@gmx.net wrote: > > > > So please sign up as a mentor for the GNU organisation at > > > >http://socghop.appspot.com/gsoc/mentor/request/google/gsoc2010/gnuproject >

Re: GSoC: Call for mentors

2010-04-10 Thread Carl Fredrik Hammar
Hi, On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 09:49:02AM +0200, olafbuddenha...@gmx.net wrote: > > So please sign up as a mentor for the GNU organisation at > >http://socghop.appspot.com/gsoc/mentor/request/google/gsoc2010/gnuproject > > and sign up for those projects you would feel comfortable mentoring :-)

GSoC: Call for mentors

2010-04-10 Thread olafBuddenhagen
Hi, We got five proposals this year, which is not bad. (More than last year, while the GNU umbrella got less overall...) Now we need to find mentors. So far only Samuel and me have signed up for some of the projects; but in case we get more than one slot, it is important to know who is willing to