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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

  • Working debian installer.
    • Just missing working CD sets
      • Just missing CD umount/remount fixups.
  • Good archive coverage.
    • We're at 68%, kfreebsd is at 85%. Although probably not reachable, we can probably do better
      • ghc6
      • gnat
  • proper dhcp support in installed system
  • debian-ports packages integrated in the main archive.
    • bash
      • Only to fix a rare segfault
    • cardmgr-gnumach
      • wifi
    • clisp
    • console-driver-xkb
      • we'll probably just integrate it in the hurd package
    • cscope
    • ecl
    • gdb
      • TODO: push fix upstream
    • ghc6
      • Difficult hang during build
    • gopherfs
      • ITP: hurdextras?
    • graphviz
      • link against libpthread to fix dlopen(libpthread) issue
    • grub2
      • decide on partition stuff, and submit
    • gst-plugin-base0.10
    • gst-plugin-good0.10
    • gtest
    • hdf5
    • hyperestraier
    • icon
    • ifupdown
    • isc-dhcp
    • lockdev
    • lyx
    • libdrm
      • This is just a stub. integrate in the main archive?
    • libusb
      • This is just a stub. integrate in the main archive?
    • mpi-defaults
    • netio
      • ITP: hurdextras?
    • parted
      • decide on partition stuff, and submit
    • pulseaudio
    • random-egd
      • ITP: hurdextras?
    • sane-backends-extras
    • screen
      • trivial fix
    • tarfs
      • ITP: hurdextras?
    • wireless-tools-gnumach
      • wifi
  • Be able to install from official mirror.
  • Integrate DDE to get nowadays' network support.
  • Get Xorg + gnome/kde + some webbrowser working.
  • Fix ext2fs port leak.
  • Fix console startup hangup.
  • Switch to plain sysv startup?

Developer info


CategoryPermalink

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