Re: APT

[Mark Kettenis <kettenis@wins.uva.nl>]

   From: Brent Fulgham <bfulgham@xpsystems.com>
   Date: Tue, 8 Jun 1999 08:57:57 -0700 

   > Anyway, the 0.1.9 version of APT coldn't handle the 
   > "Architecture" thing
   > in apt.conf, so I thought I'd better try compiling the latest version
   > myself. After installing debhelper and a lot of other stuff, 
   > I could at
   > least get to the configure phase. It said it required 
   > libpthreads, and I
   > don't think libpthreads for Hurd exists. Is that correct?
   > 
   The hurd currently uses cthreads.  I'm not sure how much trouble
   would be involved in converting pthreads calls to cthreads...

Please don't try to do this, unless it is really really essential to
get the package working now.  We plan to have pthreads available in
the near future!

Mark