On Fri, Aug 09, 2002 at 07:02:29AM -0000, James Joseph wrote: > I have a very slow net connection and i was able to bug a friend > to get me the 1st iso image of HURD H4. It is working,
Congratulations! > and looks > very cool; but i see that gcc, include files in /include etc are > not there! You can get them from ftp.debian.org or your local mirror of course. They might also be on the second or third CD image. > I had wished to do some basic coding (to learn) on > Hurd. I do have the source tarballs for gcc-2.95 (which i used to > build a Linux from Scratch distro) (www.linuxfromscratch.org). The most recent Hurd systems (starting from H4) don't support gcc-2.95 anymore (at least officially, I don't know if it would work anyway, I would certainly expect problems with C++ applications). > 1) Could i build gcc (from my Debian Potato R5) using these > tarballs for the Hurd? I have a similar doubt about glibc? You can cross compile, but if you have to ask about this, the procedure is probably not for you. You will save a lot of time and hassles by just downloading the binaries. Even if it takes you a day to download it over the slow link, it will still be much faster and easier than to bootstrap a compiler the first time. > 2) I also have XFree86 4.2 source tarballs.Which seems to have a > hurd.cf config file. Does that mean that it can be build for > Hurd? Yes, it can, and there are binaries of X in Debian GNU/Hurd, too. The same comment as above applies: It will be much easier just to get the Debian binary packages :) > 3) Are the modifications to make gnu packages work for Hurd, in > the SAME package as the ones used for building a GNU / Linux > system, or do i need to download SEPERATE packages? They are in the same package. Thanks, Marcus -- `Rhubarb is no Egyptian god.' GNU http://www.gnu.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] Marcus Brinkmann The Hurd http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.marcus-brinkmann.de/