Re: GNU Mach

[Thomas Schwinge]

Hi!

On Tue, 19 Feb 2013 00:56:31 +0100, Samuel Thibault 
<samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org> wrote:
> Kevin Madhu, le Mon 18 Feb 2013 19:17:06 +0530, a écrit :
> > The errors displayed when I try compiling the code(following
> > http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/microkernel/mach/
> > gnumach/building.html) is given as attachment.
> 
> > mig -n -cc cat - /dev/null          \
> >       -user vm/memory_object_user.user.c -header 
> > vm/memory_object_user.user.h                       \
> >       -list vm/memory_object_user.user.msgids                               
> >         \
> >       < vm/lib_dep_tr_for_defs_a-memory_object_user.user.defs.o
> > "../include/mach/memory_object.defs", line 32: syntax error
> 
> Which version of mig are you using?

And, what's the content of memory_object.defs?  It should be a file of
roughly 10 KiB size; you can attach it in full if it isn't considerably
bigger.

> I'd advise using the package from Debian.

Generally a good suggestions, yet MIG from Savannah Git should be fine,
too.


> > I am planning to study the code through an hands-on approach by
> > installing the sytem(first the microkernel alone, then moving on to
> > Hurd when I understand Mach and so on)

Some (hopefully) obvious references:
<http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/documentation.html>,
<http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/microkernel/mach/documentation.html>,
<http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/microkernel/mach/mig/documentation.html>,
<http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/hurd/documentation.html>.


Grüße,
 Thomas

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