Actually, I think it's just a minor bug in apt-get. I see it too even though I'm not running hurd, it mentions hurd in brackets with the -s option. I've never worried about it, since it provides the need functionality - telling me what packages will be upgraded.
On Wed, 17 Jan 2001, Colin Watson wrote: > csj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >From a tip given somewhere on this list, I typed: > > > ># apt-get dist-upgrade -s > > > >And lo and behold came the following output: > [...] > >Inst diff [shellutils on hurd] > [...] > >What does the "shellutils on hurd" mean? > > The shellutils package depends on 'login | hurd', since on the hurd-i386 > architecture the hurd package provides the functionality of the login > package on other architectures. I think apt is just giving you an > informational notice that there's an unsatisfied dependency on hurd, > but, since (a) it can't install that package and (b) it doesn't matter > anyway as login will do, it doesn't do anything about it. > > >Is this the famed Hurd OS making its long overdue entrance? > > Debian has had a hurd-i386 architecture for some years now, although > it's never been released as stable yet. See > <URL:http://www.debian.org/ports/hurd/>. > > -- > Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
