Re: hurd does NOT need /hurd
Glenn Maynard <g_deb@zewt.org> writes:
> Right, so in the subprocess, the bootstrap port (as Marcus described) has
> been created and gets inherited down the process tree, eventually to
> /hurd/ftpfs. (Right?)
Yes.
> So, a program within a settrans -a (/bin/sh, in this case) can start a
> single translator, like any other program. (Right? That looks like
> what's happening there--all of the extra work has already been done by
> settrans.)
Yes, but the normal case of settrans is *not* settrans -a, but just
plain settrans.
> So, if settrans added /hurd to the PATH when executing the subcommand,
> it would seem to have the intended effect, at least for active
> translators.
Right, and such a thing might be a reasonable feature. But it's an
orthogonal issue.
And:
none of this is appropriate for debian-devel.
none of this is appropriate for debian-devel.
none of this is appropriate for debian-devel.
none of this is appropriate for debian-devel.
none of this is appropriate for debian-devel.
none of this is appropriate for debian-devel.
none of this is appropriate for debian-devel.
Thomas
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