> > What does the HURD has to do with the linux-kernel-sources ? > > > I could be very, very wrong, but I am going to go out on a limb and > say that the hurd has absolutely nothing to do with those linux-kernel > sources. They are most likely links from potato that are mirrored in > our hurd directories because they are "*-all.deb" style packages that > are supposed to work for all architectures. This worked fine when > ports meant Linux to -alpha, -i386, -mips, etc., but is not working > out so well for us with our "hurd-i386" architecture.
I don't see why one should want to use the package system to prevent people from installing Linux kernel sources on the Hurd. It's reasonable for someone to want to cross-compile them, isn't it?
