Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] Use O_IGNORE_CTTY where appropriate

2023-06-10 Thread Paul Eggert
On 6/10/23 12:13, Sergey Bugaev wrote: O_IGNORE_CTTY is not about acquiring a ctty if you don't yet have one (that never happens implicitly on the Hurd), but about (re)opening your current ctty. OK, I'm starting to see the distinction now. I don't know whether any programs actually care ab

Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] Use O_IGNORE_CTTY where appropriate

2023-06-10 Thread Sergey Bugaev
Hello, On Sat, Jun 10, 2023 at 12:36 AM Paul Eggert wrote: > > Do you perhaps mean that POSIX does not require a > > newly opened terminal to become your ctty even if you don't pass > > O_NOCTTY? > > Yes, that's right. The openat rationale mentions this topic. do you mean this?: "The O_NOCTTY f

Re: notes for 2023 release

2023-06-10 Thread Sergey Bugaev
Hello, On Sat, Jun 10, 2023 at 12:47 PM Samuel Thibault wrote: > Do you think about anything else to announce? Not an announcement, but please consider backporting 346b6eab3c14ead0b716d53e2235464b822f48f2 "hurd: Run init_pids () before init_dtable ()" if it's not too late (or doing it after rele

Re: 64bit startup

2023-06-10 Thread Samuel Thibault
Hello, Sergey Bugaev, le ven. 09 juin 2023 20:49:44 +0300, a ecrit: > Well, debootstrap does output lots of errors like > > dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of openssh-server: > openssh-server depends on ucf; however: > Package ucf is not installed. > openssh-server depends on

Re: 64bit startup

2023-06-10 Thread Samuel Thibault
Samuel Thibault, le sam. 10 juin 2023 01:47:00 +0200, a ecrit: > Sergey Bugaev, le ven. 09 juin 2023 20:49:44 +0300, a ecrit: > > with the following hacky patch, I no longer see any crashes, > > That does help indeed. > > When I'm using rumpdisk I'm still observing crashes, however, more > precis

notes for 2023 release

2023-06-10 Thread Samuel Thibault
Hello, I'm about to push the announcement of the 2023 Debian GNU/Hurd release, and I'm wondering what to advertise as new feature. For now I have: - APIC, SMP, and 64bit support was improved a lot: they now do boot a complete Debian system, but some bugs remain to be fixed. - The rump-based user

Re: 64bit startup

2023-06-10 Thread Luca
Hi, Il 09/06/23 19:49, Sergey Bugaev ha scritto: with the following hacky patch, I no longer see any crashes, debootstrap --second-stage runs all the way and leaves me with an almost full Debian GNU/Hurd x86_64 system \o/ I was able to avoid the issues with a different approach, basically com