Re: hurd does NOT need /hurd
Glenn Maynard <g_deb@zewt.org> writes:
> Doesn't it make sense for it to be in PATH *when* this special
> environment exists? In other words, couldn't settrans add /hurd (or
> TRANSPATH, or whatever) to its (and its children's) path?
The word "environment" is misleading. They are not started up in any
"environment", rather, a special means of executing them is used.
Ordinary "exec" is not sufficient to get them running properly; they
have to do some extra Hurd-specific things to hook themselves into the
filesystem first.
Thomas
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