Package: apt Version: 0.3.6 Hello,
the "gcc --print-libgcc-file-name" + archtable trick obviously doesn't work on the Hurd without changes. I suggest to try: "dpkg --print-installation-architecture" if not cross-compiling and dpkg is available, which should always be correct, and is the only sensible way without duplicating "arbitray" conversion code from dpkg. For cross compilation, the gcc trick is a good approximation, but please don't strip off -whatever, but check if it is linux or gnu, or even better, use full gnu system type names in the archtable: i386-linux i386 i486 i386-gnu hurd-i386 i486 (for the third column, there is no sensible default for the Hurd, anyway the Hurd uses the new dpkg-architecture method to determine the architecture at build time, so it looses it's meaning on the Hurd. You could write "i386-gnu hurd-i386 foobar" just as well :). Please let me know what you think of it. A similar patch would have to be applied to dpkg, but I have forked it anyway, so it's not as urgent as with apt. BTW, can pthreads be made optional? It seems apt-get can be build without pthread, and it would be good for configure just to disable components that require pthread instead of bailing out completely (reason is that the Hurd does not have pthreads implemented of course. We wouldn't miss the fancy gui right now, but we miss the apt-get tool a lot). Thanks, Marcus -- System Information Debian Release: potato Kernel Version: Linux flora 2.2.8 #1 Mit Mai 12 01:55:43 CEST 1999 i586 unknown Versions of the packages apt depends on: ii libc6 2.1.1-10 GNU C Library: Shared libraries and timezone ii libc6 2.1.1-10 GNU C Library: Shared libraries and timezone hi libstdc++2.9-gl 2.91.63-1.1 The GNU stdc++ library (egcs version)
