On Tue, 2025-12-09 at 07:17 +0000, Mark Hindley wrote:
> Peter,
>
> On Tue, Dec 09, 2025 at 02:50:41AM +0000, Peter Duffy wrote:
> > (At the moment, I'm not clear whether debian/hurd uses systemd:
>
> No it doesn't. Systemd is very much linux-specific.  So there is no
> real reason
> for Devuan Hurd -- just use the Debian port. I know rrq has a hurd64
> running for
> 'fun'.
>
> Mark

I thought that was probably the case. I wonder if the hurd-based
version of debian was forked before systemd was introduced. If not, it
raises the question of how all the systemd feature-creep was worked
around.

I've now downloaded the debian/hurd amd64 image and tried using it in a
virtualbox VM. It boots, but hangs when it tries to run the DHCP client
to configure the net interface. I'll read the documentation and see if
I've missed something. (They suggest using kvm rather than virtualbox.)