>>>>> Marcus Brinkmann writes: MB> * We need a new libc6 for dpkg-shlibdeps (and even then we won't MB> have a guarantee that it works). [...] MB> Gordon, what's the current status?
The current upstream release of glibc is glibc-2.1.1pre1. This release still doesn't work on the Hurd, because some essential patches from Mark Kettenis weren't yet merged. The next time Ulrich does a snapshot, it should work fine on the Hurd. Then, Joel Klecker will create the Debian source package, and at that time, you or me or somebody else can compile and upload the Hurd binary package to alpha. After a few days of testing to make sure nothing is seriously broken, we'll upload it to Debian. MB> Will ldd work in the next glibc? I don't know if ldd will work or not. With a new glibc package, many more people will be able to help us track this down even if it still doesn't work. MB> * The archive needs to be cleaned up. I need to check if we have MB> need for binary-all-hurd and binary-all-linux (I feel a need, but MB> I need hard numbers) You already know that I don't like dpkg's architecture mechanism, and feel it will need to be rewritten anyway in terms of more generic ABI dependencies, but I support you in your effort to implement something that takes care of the immediate concerns. MB> * Then, I will actually try to get auto-building to work. this MB> would be a big step forward. Agreed! Okuji and I have been working on GRUB (more volunteers are certainly welcome: see my next mail). I'm quite confident that an easy-to-install, well-documented, and reasonably stable version of GRUB will be ready for gnu-0.3. -- Gordon Matzigkeit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> //\ I'm a FIG (http://www.fig.org/) Committed to freedom and diversity \// I use GNU (http://www.gnu.org/)
