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Re: More patches for the FAQ
From: |
Alfred M. Szmidt |
Subject: |
Re: More patches for the FAQ |
Date: |
Sun, 09 Jan 2005 19:51:06 +0100 |
> 3) Add a link for console with xkb package and for a package
> allowing=3D20 keymaps on the mach console
>
> I added such a link already.
Yes, i saw it, but the current link points to a .tar.gz, not a .deb
; so=20 i think adding a link to it helps makes the xkb
installation easier=20 (especiqlly when using wrong keymqp), even
if is not vital.
A link to the upstream sources and a Debian URI would be the best
solution.
Comments inlined...
?? Why is `/usr' a symbolic link to `.'?
-{MB} The distinction between `/' and `/usr' has historical reasons.
+{MB,FH} The distinction between `/' and `/usr' has historical reasons.
Back when Unix systems were booted from two tapes, a small root tape
and a big user tape. Today, we like to use different partitions for
these two spaces. The Hurd throws this historical garbage away. We
-think that we have found a more flexible solution called shadow
-filesystems. Unfortunately, support for shadowed filesystems is not yet
-implemented.
+think that we have found a more flexible solution called union
+filesystems. Unfortunately, support for union filesystems is still in
+early development and styl needs lots of testing and patches.
styl ==> style, could you rewrite the last sentence to put things into
more positive light?
+?? What are union filesystemens and unionfs ?
+
+{FH} An union filesystem merges two directory trees into a new virtual
+tree. For example, files appearing under `/bin' could actually be
+located in different physical locations. That's why it isn't
+necessary to have a separate `/usr' directory. Filesystem unions
+will be done by the `unionfs' translator; however, this translator is
+still in development.=20
+
+You are welcome to check it out at:
+
+ http://duesseldorf.ccc.de/~moritz/hurd.html
+
+... and to help its development.
unionfs is now maintained by Gianluca and me, and it is only avaiable
in the hurdextras CVS.
?? Where is the documentation?
=20
-{NHW} There are neither man pages nor info nodes for the Hurd translator=
s
-and commands. Documentation lives inside of the binaries and can be
+{NHW,MM} The most up to date documentation lives inside of the binaries =
and can be
Neal didn't write this section, so giving him credit for this piece is
incorrect.
+You can also find documentation on the Wiki:
+
+ http://hurd.gnufans.org/
All relevant information should be aviable at http://hurd.gnu.org, so
repeating this link in the FAQ is not needed I think.
@@ -408,7 +442,14 @@ programs that rely it. If you are wonde
directory, this is a relict from a Debian GNU/Linux package
(specifically, `base-files').
=20
-You can probe for existing hardware devices with the devprobe utility.
+{MM} James Morrisson has created a procfs translator which implements
+a /proc file system providing informations about running processes on
+the system, as Linux /proc does (those are the directories with
+numerical names, which are actually PIDs). It is highly experimental
+and needs testing and improvements. You can check it out at:
+
+ http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/hurdextras
+
Is procfs really a frequent question?
?? What is OSKit-Mach?
Could you add the branch names for both trees here? There was a user
who couldn't find this information, so it should be listed here I
think
Other then that, looks great. If you could update it a bit so that it
applies cleanly against the current version, and fix the small things
I commented about, then I will apply it in a week after you send the
patch.
Thanks for contributing!
- More patches for the FAQ, Neryel (Frédéric HENRY), 2005/01/08
- Re: More patches for the FAQ, Alfred M. Szmidt, 2005/01/08
- Re: More patches for the FAQ, Neryel (Frédéric HENRY), 2005/01/09
- Re: More patches for the FAQ,
Alfred M. Szmidt <=
- Re: More patches for the FAQ, Marcus Brinkmann, 2005/01/11
- Re: More patches for the FAQ, Alfred M. Szmidt, 2005/01/11
- Re: More patches for the FAQ, Neryel (Frédéric HENRY), 2005/01/18
- Re: More patches for the FAQ, Alfred M. Szmidt, 2005/01/19
- Re: More patches for the FAQ, Alfred M. Szmidt, 2005/01/19
- Re: More patches for the FAQ, Alfred M. Szmidt, 2005/01/21
Re: More patches for the FAQ, James A. Morrison, 2005/01/10