Re: [PATCHv2] os-prober: Fix translating device to mach format

[Joshua Branson]

Samuel Thibault  writes:

> Joshua Branson, le mar. 17 avril 2018 18:39:48 -0400, a ecrit:
>> Samuel Thibault  writes:
>> > Joshua Branson, le mar. 17 avril 2018 17:24:35 -0400, a ecrit:
>> > There are also other build failures like bogus #includes and such.
>> 
>> hmmm.  That doesn't sound too hard.  I'll have to give that a try.
>
> Feel free to pick up from 
> https://people.debian.org/~sthibault/failed_packages.txt
> (look for .h: No such file or directory)
> and see http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/hurd/porting/guidelines.html
>

Thanks for the tip!  

> Samuel

Re: [PATCHv2] os-prober: Fix translating device to mach format

[Joshua Branson]

Samuel Thibault  writes:

> Joshua Branson, le mar. 17 avril 2018 16:43:27 -0400, a ecrit:
>> P.S. I am currently trying to learn some argp in C, so I could
>> potentially write some trivfs translators.  I got a basic program to
>> run...then it segfaulted.
>
> Well, writing a translator is not really the easiest exercice for a
> beginner :)

Oh really?  I figured since I know some C, once I know how argp and file
streams worked, then I could some trivial translators.  I suppose
porting packages via PATH_MAX errors wouldn't be too hard either.

>
>> However,  I did notice that the Hurd GSoC webpage looks a bit dated.  Do
>> you mind if I try to reword that page, and send you a patch?
>
> Please do!

Ok.  Would you prefer to have that sent to the bug-hurd or the web-hurd list?

>
> Thanks,
> Samuel

Re: [PATCHv2] os-prober: Fix translating device to mach format

[Samuel Thibault]

Joshua Branson, le mar. 17 avril 2018 16:43:27 -0400, a ecrit:
> P.S. I am currently trying to learn some argp in C, so I could
> potentially write some trivfs translators.  I got a basic program to
> run...then it segfaulted.

Well, writing a translator is not really the easiest exercice for a
beginner :)

> However,  I did notice that the Hurd GSoC webpage looks a bit dated.  Do
> you mind if I try to reword that page, and send you a patch?

Please do!

Thanks,
Samuel

Re: [PATCHv2] os-prober: Fix translating device to mach format

[Joshua Branson]

Hey Samuel,

I just wanted to voice my appreciation for your years of hard work!  I
understand that you want a life too!

P.S. I am currently trying to learn some argp in C, so I could
potentially write some trivfs translators.  I got a basic program to
run...then it segfaulted.  So it may be a while before I can help in any
meaningful way.

However,  I did notice that the Hurd GSoC webpage looks a bit dated.  Do
you mind if I try to reword that page, and send you a patch?

Thanks,

Joshua

Samuel Thibault  writes:

> Well, to be honest, I don't think I'll have the time to dive into
> grub-probe to see where the breakage comes from etc. so as far as I'm
> concerned, I'll just archive the discussion.

> If people really want to see the Hurd work for them, they'll have to do
> a bit of the work.  People can't just rely on my finding the time to do
> everything, that'll just not work.
>
> Samuel

Re: [PATCHv2] os-prober: Fix translating device to mach format

[Samuel Thibault]

Well, to be honest, I don't think I'll have the time to dive into
grub-probe to see where the breakage comes from etc. so as far as I'm
concerned, I'll just archive the discussion.

If people really want to see the Hurd work for them, they'll have to do
a bit of the work.  People can't just rely on my finding the time to do
everything, that'll just not work.

Samuel