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Re: kernel-sourcen ?



> > What does the HURD has to do with the linux-kernel-sources ?
> > 
> I could be very, very wrong, but I am going to go out on a limb and
> say that the hurd has absolutely nothing to do with those linux-kernel
> sources.  They are most likely links from potato that are mirrored in
> our hurd directories because they are "*-all.deb" style packages that
> are supposed to work for all architectures.  This worked fine when
> ports meant Linux to -alpha, -i386, -mips, etc., but is not working
> out so well for us with our "hurd-i386" architecture.

I don't see why one should want to use the package system to prevent
people from installing Linux kernel sources on the Hurd. It's
reasonable for someone to want to cross-compile them, isn't it?


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