Hi, I've uploaded updates to my Hurd build scripts for Fedora 21, so I thought I'd send a note about it in case it helps anyone else out there who is interested in building Hurd outside Debian. (The project has actually bloated into a fairly complete distro itself at this point.) It can be downloaded from https://github.com/dm0-/gnuxc . Here are some nifty things it can do:
* It runs GNU dmd as PID 1, with service definitions like mcron, lsh, syslog, and the Hurd console client. * It includes a Linux-libre kernel with a statically linked QEMU so that it is still possible to boot Hurd virtually on machines with unsupported hardware. (I use this for a Live CD type of setup and EFI booting.) * It has a Guile/Make file to bootstrap and build all the cross-compiler RPMs in parallel with proper dependency tracking. * It can use your CPU to heat your home or office. An old dual-core MacBook Air takes about four hours to build the entire OS and cross-compilers from scratch (including the huge packages like IceCat), e.g. with "time (make -f setup-sysroot.scm -j8 && gmake -j8)". It builds faster on systems with more CPU cores due to parallelizing everything. This is still mostly a learning experience for myself with a lot of things I have yet to correct, so it should be considered far from stable. Nevertheless, you might find something useful in there. Happy hacking. David
