Re: Fwd: Gentoo GNU/Hurd thread in Gentoo Forums

2008-11-11 Thread Sergiu Ivanov
On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 11:35 AM, Michael Banck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Nov 09, 2008 at 07:08:30AM +0200, Sergiu Ivanov wrote: > > However, do you mean that I can download the sources of emacs22 and > > they will build successfully on Hurd? > > Two weeks ago, that was the case: > > htt

Re: Fwd: Gentoo GNU/Hurd thread in Gentoo Forums

2008-11-09 Thread Michael Banck
On Sun, Nov 09, 2008 at 07:08:30AM +0200, Sergiu Ivanov wrote: > However, do you mean that I can download the sources of emacs22 and > they will build successfully on Hurd? Two weeks ago, that was the case: http://buildd.debian-ports.org/fetch.php?&pkg=emacs22&ver=22.2%2B2-4&arch=hurd-i386&stamp=1

Re: Fwd: Gentoo GNU/Hurd thread in Gentoo Forums

2008-11-08 Thread Sergiu Ivanov
On Sat, Nov 8, 2008 at 5:14 PM, Michael Banck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, Nov 08, 2008 at 08:23:41AM +0200, Sergiu Ivanov wrote: > > I see... Well, I hope I'll have some time to port emacs to Hurd, > > because, frankly speaking, it's uncomfortable for me to realize that > > *GNU* Emacs do

Re: Fwd: Gentoo GNU/Hurd thread in Gentoo Forums

2008-11-08 Thread Michael Banck
On Sat, Nov 08, 2008 at 08:23:41AM +0200, Sergiu Ivanov wrote: > I see... Well, I hope I'll have some time to port emacs to Hurd, > because, frankly speaking, it's uncomfortable for me to realize that > *GNU* Emacs does not run on *GNU* Hurd... Maybe you're doing something wrong then, because GNU

Re: Fwd: Gentoo GNU/Hurd thread in Gentoo Forums

2008-11-07 Thread Sergiu Ivanov
On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 11:14 PM, Arne Babenhauserheide <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Am Donnerstag 06 November 2008 15:53:53 schrieb Sergiu Ivanov: > > > And since ebuilds are very easy to maintain, it's far easier to keep a > > > system > > > current with them. > > > > Is there any advantage over D

Re: Fwd: Gentoo GNU/Hurd thread in Gentoo Forums

2008-11-06 Thread Marek Dopiera
Thursday 06 of November 2008 12:11:17 Matthew Ayres napisaƂ(a): > Gentoo users are, naturally, more technically minded than users of > many distros (Debian possibly being an exception here). The Gentoo > meta-distro is generally compiled from source and that naturally makes > it more automatic for

Re: Fwd: Gentoo GNU/Hurd thread in Gentoo Forums

2008-11-06 Thread Sergiu Ivanov
On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 1:11 PM, Matthew Ayres <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > Sorry if the questions look senseless, I'm just trying to figure out > > what could be the goal of developing Gentoo GNU/Hurd. > > Gentoo users are, naturally, more technically minded than users of > many distros (Debian p

Re: Fwd: Gentoo GNU/Hurd thread in Gentoo Forums

2008-11-06 Thread Matthew Ayres
I'm planning to use Gentoo soon, so as someone who's done a lot of research I'll stick my oar in. > Is it > something similar to Debian GNU/Hurd, with the difference that it will > have portage, while Debian GNU/Hurd has apt? Essentially yes, that's the nature of Gentoo. It allows compilation fr

Re: Fwd: Gentoo GNU/Hurd thread in Gentoo Forums

2008-11-05 Thread Arne Babenhauserheide
Am Mittwoch 05 November 2008 21:38:09 schrieb Sergiu Ivanov: > Could you please tell me what Gentoo GNU/Hurd is exactly? Is it > something similar to Debian GNU/Hurd, with the difference that it will > have portage, while Debian GNU/Hurd has apt? Gentoo GNU/Hurd was/is a try at creating a Hurd Sys

Fwd: Gentoo GNU/Hurd thread in Gentoo Forums

2008-11-05 Thread Sergiu Ivanov
Hello, On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 9:22 AM, Arne Babenhauserheide <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > I just wanted to tell you that the Gentoo GNU/Hurd thread in Gentoo forums > might be on its way to become active again: > Could you please tell me what Gentoo GNU/Hurd is exactly? Is it something similar to