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Re: Debian GNU/${OS}



On Wed, Nov 15, 2000 at 10:53:58AM -0500, Chad Miller wrote:
> The Debian GNU/FBSD and GNU/Hurd ports are (IIRC) screwed in that the
> we assume Linux kernels and only differentiate hardware architectures on
> our software management scheme.  
> 
> Isn't woody a perfect place to make the changes to support repository
> structures with top-level symlinks supporting the current structure, but
> making the repository like so (not literally):

I'll second that.All linuxisms in debian should be removed or
wrapped up in a more general implementation that has hooks for
other OSs such as the Hurd or FreeBSD.

I'd suggest that this becomes part of the policy if it already isn't.

Thanks,

-- 
Eray (exa) Ozkural
Comp. Sci. Dept., Bilkent University, Ankara
e-mail: erayo@cs.bilkent.edu.tr
www: http://www.cs.bilkent.edu.tr/~erayo



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