Re: [PATCH,HURD] Recognize GNU/Hurd-specific binaries

2011-06-19 Thread Roland McGrath
> Ok, so I guess we should request binutils to rename the LINUX one into > ELFOSABI_GNU and drop the HURD one? That seems appropriate to me. I don't really care about the names. It's certainly the case that there never should have been, and never should be, any material distinction between GNU/L

Re: [PATCH,HURD] Recognize GNU/Hurd-specific binaries

2011-06-19 Thread Samuel Thibault
Roland McGrath, le Sun 19 Jun 2011 11:04:38 -0700, a écrit : > > Well, it frightens me a bit to add something called "LINUX" in all GNU > > systems: what if somebody adds something there that we don't want to add > > to some GNU system? What if we want to add something for GNU/Hurd that > > Linux p

Re: [PATCH,HURD] Recognize GNU/Hurd-specific binaries

2011-06-19 Thread Roland McGrath
> Well, it frightens me a bit to add something called "LINUX" in all GNU > systems: what if somebody adds something there that we don't want to add > to some GNU system? What if we want to add something for GNU/Hurd that > Linux people do not want to add? The ABI is the value, not the name. > I k

Re: [PATCH,HURD] Recognize GNU/Hurd-specific binaries

2011-06-19 Thread Samuel Thibault
Roland McGrath, le Sun 19 Jun 2011 10:48:12 -0700, a écrit : > > Ground issue is this: > > http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10549 > > gcc/glibc now uses GNU-specific extensions to the ELF format (GNU_IFUNC, > > GNU_UNIQUE). For such cases, binutils now emits binaries with the > > GNU/

Re: Writing the MotH: Questions

2011-06-19 Thread Samuel Thibault
Arne Babenhauserheide, le Sun 19 Jun 2011 13:45:26 +0200, a écrit : > An important question I have is what the plan for Debian is exactly: How many > packages must be ported (XX%) and when do we have to be ready (-MM)? There's no plan. Ideally we should be able to achieve the same as kfreebsd

Writing the MotH: Questions

2011-06-19 Thread Arne Babenhauserheide
Hi, Could you have a look at the items for the next MotH - and what I missed? It is now written directly in the wiki, so that it is much easier to contribute. → http://www.bddebian.com:/~hurd- web/contributing/web_pages/news/moth_next/ An important question I have is what the plan for Debia