> > The reason I ask is that it would greatly simplify apt porting if we > > could make use of ftp and http file systems. Then it just becomes a > > matter of pointing apt's "local" configuration info to either of these > > filesystems and setting up proper instructions for "cd'ing" to the > > appropriate place on the net. > > That is a nice idea, but I suspect that it is not in fact the > simple way to go. There is not likely to be a whole lot of effort > required to get any program that runs on linux and uses the network > (sockets) in usual ways ported to the Hurd.
Ahh. Well, it seemed like a good idea (to use an httpfs). Perhaps in the future. At any rate, I am having some trouble getting apt's networking to play nicely with the Hurd. I am attempting to provide better debugging info before I whine to loudly about it, but see Bug #47921 for some info (http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/47/47921.html). Any help would be greatly appreciated... :-) -Brent
