Re: hurd installation feedback and RE: new tarfile

[Marcus Brinkmann <Marcus.Brinkmann@ruhr-uni-bochum.de>]

Package: base-files
Version: N/A

On Sun, Nov 14, 1999 at 03:59:38PM -0500, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote:
> Marcus Brinkmann <Marcus.Brinkmann@ruhr-uni-bochum.de> writes:
> 
> > /proc is not used on the Hurd at all. The existence is an artifact of the
> > generic debian base packages (base-files) which is creating it even on the
> > Hurd...
> 
> So, rather than have to continue to say this, is there a more suitable
> Linux-specific package that we could request /proc be moved to?

Another solution would be to create the directry in the postinst on Linux
machines only. Santiago, what are your ideas about this?

Thanks,
Marcus

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