bug#33330: Hurd failing to build

[Manolis Ragkousis]

Hello Ludo,

On 11/11/18 6:44 PM, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
> Hello Brett,
> 
> Brett Gilio <address@hidden> 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=x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu --host=x86_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=i586-pc-gnu
> 
> … though I seem to remember even that is broken in current master.


Yes, I am currently trying to fix this.

Manolis