OK, I will start with BURP. Shinichi
On Wed, Feb 4, 2026 at 10:16 PM João Pedro Malhado <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > On Wed, Feb 04, 2026 at 01:44:39PM +0100, Samuel Thibault wrote: > > João Pedro Malhado, le mer. 04 févr. 2026 12:40:01 +0000, a ecrit: > > > On Wed, Feb 04, 2026 at 09:29:33PM +0900, Wilfred van Rooijen wrote: > > > > I have checked the "TO DO LIST" and things like that, but I am > (still) not > > > > sure how to "adopt" a project. If people on this list have some > suggestions > > > > for a "first try", please let me know. > > > > > > I have a suggestion. You seemed to be interested in web browsers. > > > Dillo is a very simple (now old) web browser that used to build and > work on > > > GNU/Hurd. The build logs are now showing that it does not build > anymore: > > > https://buildd.debian.org/status/package.php?p=dillo > > > > > > Can you try to build the Dillo Debian package on Hurd? > > > The problem might be related to the recent pthread migration to glibc. > > > > Yes, it is related. It will be simpler to wait for glibc 2.43 to come in > > unstable, because pthread_create will then be in libc, thus fixing that > > particular error. > > Ok, good to know. So we need another project. > Here is another: this is a very old bug report on Burp (a backup tool) > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=747672 > > Burp has not build on Hurd for a very long time, but the latest build logs > are > showing a build failure for a common well known reason > https://buildd.debian.org/status/package.php?p=burp > > You can read about the problem at > https://darnassus.sceen.net/~hurd-web/faq/foo_max/ > > https://darnassus.sceen.net/~hurd-web/hurd/porting/guidelines/#PATH_MAX_tt_MAX_PATH_tt_MAXPATHL > > You can try to patch Burp to fix that build error, and then proceed to > investigate if there are other issues or if you manage to get to build the > package. > > Regards, > João >
