Re: dual boot Hurd/Linux?

[Samuel Thibault <sthibault@debian.org>]

Martin-Éric Racine, le dim. 27 avril 2025 11:29:21 +0300, a ecrit:
> su 27.4.2025 klo 10.52 Samuel Thibault (sthibault@debian.org) kirjoitti:
> >
> > Martin-Éric Racine, le jeu. 24 avril 2025 10:50:23 +0300, a ecrit:
> > > ke 23.4.2025 klo 17.44 Martin-Éric Racine (martin-eric.racine@iki.fi) kirjoitti:
> > > > 1) Due to Secure APT, 'crosshurd' must Depends on
> > > > debian-ports-archive-keyring, otherwise, it cannot proceed.
> > >
> > > In addition to João's changes at
> > > (https://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2025/04/msg00017.html),
> > > crosshurd needs a few additions to packages/gnu:
> > >
> > > keyboard-configuration
> >
> > No, see git log: that breaks CI due to the debconf question.
> 
> Debconf could easily be pre-seeded to select a generic US keyboard to pass CI.

Sure.

Contribution welcome.

> The key point is that without keyboard-configuration, the console will
> fail to load on reboot,

That shouldn't be so, it should at least be able to start in english
mode.

Contribution welcome.

> then we're stuck with a command line that barfs
> on bash's standard command prompt's escape codes.

I have seen that recently indeed.

Contribution welcome.

Samuel