Re: Hurd UX testing

[Amos Jeffries <squid3@treenet.co.nz>]

On 5/07/20 7:41 am, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> Amos Jeffries, le dim. 05 juil. 2020 07:21:42 +1200, a ecrit:
>> On 4/07/20 11:02 pm, Samuel Thibault wrote:
>>> Amos Jeffries, le sam. 04 juil. 2020 07:23:43 +1200, a ecrit:
>>>>
>>>>   Synaptic Menu: Settings->Repositories
>>>>
>>>>   Click "New" button
>>>>
>>>> Type:          deb
>>>> URI:           [arch=hurd-i386] http://deb.debian.org/debian-ports/
>>>> Distribution:  unstable
>>>> Sections(s):   main
>>>
>>> I'm *really* wondering: how did you end up thinking this could work?
>>
>> TBH, I was not expecting it to. Synaptic surprised me.
> 
> Well, multi-arch *is* supported by Debian, at least to be able to run
> foreign binaries. But you won't be running multiple kernels at the same
> time without some virtualization tool.
> 
>>> Is this documented anywhere (that would really need to be erased)?
>>
>> The values are documented for use with dpkg and apt command line
>> arguments preparing for Hurd cross-compile.
> 
> Where is this documented?
> 

<https://wiki.debian.org/Multiarch/HOWTO>

Under "Setting up apt sources"


Amos