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Debian > Debian GNU > Debian GNU/Hurd

This page attempts to be a reference for all resources related to Debian GNU/Hurd that can be useful for users and developers. Feel free to add more stuff as you see fit.

"In a discussion with the Debian Hurd porters it was decided that the Hurd port stays on FTPMaster until Wheezy is released. Should they have managed to get the port into a state that it is released together with all the others (probably as a technology preview), it is kept in the archive. Should they not manage this the port will be removed from the main archive and move fully to debian-ports.org."1

What is Debian GNU/Hurd ?

Debian GNU/Hurd is an operating system from Debian, but which uses GNU Hurd, which a set of servers, running on top of the GNU Mach microkernel instead of the kernel named Linux (thus the name Debian GNU/Hurd). Some day, most applications will exist both in Debian GNU/Hurd and in Debian GNU/Linux.

Basic info

Goals for releasing in wheezy

  • buildd
    • security
    • DSA
  • proper dhcp support in installed system
    • use ifup/ifdown instead of translators entry?
  • debian-ports packages need to be integrated in the main archive.

    • (./) acl, to remove

    • (./) bash, to remove

      • Only to fix a rare segfault, now in unstable.
    • binutils

      • 629866

      • Not critical, can live without
    • cardmgr-gnumach
      • wifi, not mandatory
    • console-driver-xkb
      • we should probably just integrate it in the hurd package

    • (./) cscope, to remove

    • (./) e2fsprogs, to remove

    • ecl
      • not installable, can live without, to remove

    • (./) eglibc, to remove

    • (./) exim4, to remove

    • (./) fakeroot, to remove

    • (./) gamin

    • gcc-4.4 gcc-4.6

      • 629866

      • not critical, can live without

    • (./) gdb, to remove

    • (./) gdm3, to remove

    • (./) gem2deb, to remove

      • drops ruby 1.9.1 support, as it is not available on hurd
    • ghc6
      • Difficult hang during build
      • uninstallable in ports

    • (./) gnutls26

    • gopherfs
      • ITP: hurdextras?

    • (./) graphviz

    • grub2
      • decide on partition stuff, and submit

    • (./) gtest, remove

    • guile-1.8

      • linked with -lpthread, to avoid dlopen(lpthread) bug, 646544

      • 630415 shows that guile-2.0 will have pthread enabled anyway.

    • (./) hdf5

      • 627896 , fixed in experimental

      • to remove
    • hyperestraier
      • not mandatory
    • icon
      • not mandatory
    • ifupdown
      • TODO
    • isc-dhcp

    • (./) libarchive, remove

    • libdrm
      • This is just a stub. integrate in the main archive?

    • (./) libpthread-stubs, remove

    • libusb
      • This is just a stub. integrate in the main archive?
    • lockdev
      • TODO

    • (./) mpi-defaults, remove

    • netio
      • ITP: hurdextras?

    • (./) packagekit

    • parted
      • decide on partition stuff, and submit
    • pulseaudio
    • qdbm

      • make check fails due to unimplemented msync(), 648663

      • does not honor nocheck in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS, 648649

    • random-egd
      • make it an alternative to Marcus' C implementation
      • not mandatory
    • ruby1.9.1

      • (./) Fix __libc_stack_end in glibc, pending

      • (./) apply patch to fix struct dirent size once upstream agreed.

      • fix PATH_MAX issue, 648055

    • sane-backends-extras
      • not mandatory
    • screen

      • trivial fix on 522689 , uploaded to experimental

    • (./) sudo, to remove.

      • Disable setresuid use, now fixed in libc0.3 .22~.
    • tarfs
      • ITP: hurdextras?

    • (./) tcp-wrappers, to remove

    • webkit
      • Hacked around PTHREAD_KEYS_MAX

      • 649192

    • wireless-tools-gnumach
      • for wifi, probably not mandatory
  • Be able to install at least the base from official mirror (should be almost done, missing grub/parted, dhcp)
  • Integrate DDE to get nowadays' network support.
  • Get Xorg + gnome/kde/xfce (xfce should work, kde is missing working dbus (due to local socket auth and bugs in select() cornercases)) + some webbrowser working (iceweasel 9 works, though not https).

  • (./) Fix ext2fs uncleanness at reboot http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/open_issues/sync_but_still_unclean_filesystem.html

  • Switch to plain sysv startup?
  • Enable console by default? (we now have proper kernel message relaying)
  • fix "su" to root discrepancy (PATH does not include sbin etc.)
  • Good archive coverage.
    • We're at 70%, kfreebsd is at 88%. Although probably not reachable, we can probably do better with
      • ghc
      • mono
      • gnat

      • (./) ruby1.9.1

Goals for later

  • IPv6 support in d-i (after it is settled for linux).

Developer info

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  1. http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2011/03/msg00015.html - Debian pushes development of the Hurd port (1)