Re: Trying to build the Hurd
Hello Kapil
Many thanks. I have saved this script and will try it soon.
Chris
Kapil H. Paranjape wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Chris Lingard writes:
> > It fails trying to build the documentation, and wants package
> > tetex. The problem is that tetex depends on dpkg-perl, and I cannot
> > find this anywhere in the Package index, or in the binary directories. I
> > have built TeX on several UNIX boxes so may try this next.
>
> The package dpkg-perl is in debian/dists/potato/binary-all/devel
>
> Since this is binary-all it can be installed on the hurd without need
> for any compilation.
>
> By the way tetex-bin_1.0.6-1 builds on hurd. The 'dpkg-buildpackage
> -uc -B' method did not work for me but
> debian/rules build 'dpkg-architecture'
> debian/rules binary 'dpkg-architecture'
> did work.
>
> > Can I just tar my hurd partition, in Debian, so as to recover it
> > later;
>
> I don't think so. I too had to duplicate the hurd partition (to shift
> it) and the procedure seems to be complicated (correct me if I am
> wrong please Marcus).
>
> 1. Copy (or (Tar and untar) all the directories *except* /servers and /dev
> Basically any directory with translator nodes---I don't think tar/cp can
> deal with these properly.
>
> 2. create the directory /servers, /servers/socket and the file
> /servers/exec for example (from the cross-install script):
>
> install -d -m 755 -o root -g root ${dest}/servers/socket
> touch ${dest}/servers/exec
>
> 3. Boot the hurd single user and run a part of the native-install
> script (example given below). The boot the hurd part could be
> avoided one has a "settrans" under Linux. Roland posted a
> "showtrans" and I have not got around to modifying it to do a
> settrans.
>
> # A truncated native-install
> echo I am just checking if your filesystem is really writeable.
> fsysopts / --writable
>
> # Set up standard passive translators
>
> /bin/settrans -c /servers/socket/1 /hurd/pflocal
> /bin/settrans -c /servers/socket/2 /hurd/pfinet
> /bin/settrans -k /servers/exec /hurd/exec
> /bin/settrans -c /servers/crash-suspend /hurd/crash --suspend
> /bin/settrans -c /servers/crash-kill /hurd/crash --kill
> /bin/settrans -c /servers/password /hurd/password
>
> # Not functional yet:
> /bin/settrans -c /servers/crash-dump-core /hurd/crash --dump-core
> if [ ! -e /servers/crash ] ; then
> /bin/ln -s crash-suspend /servers/crash
> fi
> if [ ! -e /servers/socket/local ] ; then
> /bin/ln -s 1 /servers/socket/local
> fi
> if [ ! -e /servers/socket/inet ] ; then
> /bin/ln -s 2 /servers/socket/inet
> fi
>
> # We need /dev/fd to call scripts.
> cd /dev
> /bin/sh ./MAKEDEV -v fd
>
> # Setup crucial devices
> echo
> echo The next job is to setup device files.
> cd /dev
> /bin/sh ./MAKEDEV -v std ptyp ptyq
>
> fstype=`fsysopts / | perl -ne 'm!^/hurd/(.*?)\.static.*?([^\s]*?)$!; print $1;'`
> rootpart=`fsysopts / | perl -ne 'm!^/hurd/(.*?)\.static.*?([^\s]*?)$!; print $2;'`
>
> if [ ! -e /dev/${rootpart} ] ; then
> cd /dev
> /bin/sh ./MAKEDEV ${rootpart} || true
> fi
>
> if [ x${fstype} = xext2fs ] ; then
> fstype=ext2
> fi
>
> cat > /etc/fstab << __GNU__
> # /etc/fstab: static file system information
> #
> # <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
> __GNU__
>
> if [ ! -e /dev/${rootpart} ] ; then
> echo Couldn\'t determine root partition, sorry.
> echo You have to edit /etc/fstab to match your system.
> echo However, for your convenience, I will install a dummy entry.
> echo "#/dev/hd0s1 / ext2 rw 1 1" >> /etc/fstab
> else
> echo Your root partition is /dev/${rootpart}.
> echo Your file system type is ${fstype}.
> echo If this information is not correct, you need to edit /etc/fstab.
> echo "/dev/${rootpart} / ${fstype} rw 1 1" >> /etc/fstab
> fi
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Kapil.
>
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