Re: Packages from alpha.gnu.org
On Tue, 14 Oct 2003, Robert Millan wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 14, 2003 at 10:24:09PM +1300, Philip Charles wrote:
> > The hurd-i386 packages that were in alpha.gnu.org are important, if not
> > vital, for building the installation ISOs.
> >
> > I was updating the alpha packages nightly until alpha.gnu.org closed down,
> > so I have them all.
> >
> > While I am happy to use these packages personally, I am not prepared to use
> > them in the ISOs until their integrity has been verified.
> >
> > PLEASE HELP.
>
> We're on it!! The debs that came from alpha.gnu.org are not fully safe anyway
> because they were unsigned during the gnuftp crack.
>
But the md5sums on K2 were signed before the crack, by me.
> Guillem is almost done setting up the new repository, the address being:
>
> http://ftp.gnuab.org/debian
>
> In a short while we'll have coreutils and other stuff there. Please tell me
> what else are you missing.
>
> As for Xfree86, I'm working on it, too (yesterday I attempted my first build).
I have xfree86 4.3 (Hurd) sitting on my HDD. It is surprising what I have
collected.
Phil.
> --
> Robert Millan
>
> "[..] but the delight and pride of Aule is in the deed of making, and in the
> thing made, and neither in possession nor in his own mastery; wherefore he
> gives and hoards not, and is free from care, passing ever on to some new work."
>
> -- J.R.R.T, Ainulindale (Silmarillion)
>
>
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