> Previously Brent Fulgham wrote: > > So I have attempted to work around this by ignoring most > > return values (relating to option not supported/not > > implemented, etc). > > Wouldn't it be much better to fix the HURD then to disable > these kind of sanity checks? > Yes. However, most of the checks in question are not likely to be fatal, and I would like to see what other areas of Apt have problems so that the apt work can proceed in parallel with the Hurd work.
Actually, the Hurd has recently been modified to support these socket option returns. However, the socket handling still seems to be incomplete/wrong because we are not able to communicate with the various servers... -Brent
