reassign 47998 hurd thanks > Greetings. Another whining complaint from a fellow > hurd enthusiast. > > The fakeroot package (used by apt) makes use of some > IPC, specifically: > > msgget(msg_key, IPC_CREAT|0600); > > This fails (as do all other msgget calls) with > a perror return of: > > "Fakeroot, while creating message channels: > Function not implemented". > > Is this a real missing function, or do we need to > be doing more MIG-ish stuff to get fakeroot running?
> It is certainly the case that sysv-style ipc and shared memory are not > implemented on the hurd, and are not likely to be implemented any time soon. > We don't know of any particularly desireable things that sysv ipc provides > that can't be done another way (unix-domain sockets, pipes, etc, even > without getting into hurd-specific ways). > I don't know the debian magic required to refile these two reports > as "wishlist" items, but that's what should be done. Please look at #184565. SYSV IPC on Hurd has been needed to implement. I reassign it to hurd package as wishlist to follow #184565. Regards -- gotom -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
