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Subject: bug#33330: Hurd failing to build
Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2018 17:44:31 +0100
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To: Brett Gilio <brettg@posteo.net>
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Hello Brett,

Brett Gilio <brettg@posteo.net> skribis:

> checking host system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
> configure: error: this is the gnu os, host cannot be linux-gnu
> *** Host configuration must be `MACHINE-gnu' or `MACHINE-VENDOR-gnu'.
> *** To cross-compile, you must specify both --host and --build;
> *** for example `--build=3Dx86_64-unknown-linux-gnu --host=3Dx86_64-gnu'.
> *** Run ./configure --help for more information.

To put it differently, the Hurd cannot be built natively on GNU/Linux.
You can cross-build the Hurd from GNU/Linux with something like:

  guix build hurd --target=3Di586-pc-gnu

=E2=80=A6 though I seem to remember even that is broken in current master.

Ludo=E2=80=99.