Re: ArcticFox on GNU/Hurd fails to configure

May 18, 2026 at 5:27 AM, "Riccardo Mottola" <[email protected] mailto:[email protected]?to=%22Riccardo%20Mottola%22%20%3Criccardo.mottola%40libero.it%3E > wrote:



> 
> Hello Joshua,
> 
> [email protected] mailto:[email protected]  wrote:
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> > 
> > If you can't get arctic fox to work, then you might try luakit, surf, netsurf, or dillo.
> > 
> >  The first two, you should be able to install via apt.
> > 
> >  The latter two, you have to compile from source, because PATH_MAX issues.
> > 
> thanks for the suggestion, but my goal would be to get ArcticFox to compile. I am the current maintainer of it and I think GNU/HURD could be a suitable target.
> Since the current code is now very close to FF 52 eventaul patches could be imported.

Cool!  I know that rms wants to use the Hurd, but his current requirements are that it use
gnuboot and have the icecat web browser.

The Hurd currently cannot run X with gnuboot.  And luakit is the best browser that I know of
that runs on the Hurd.

> 
> So if someone worked in the past to get Firefox, especially FF52 or FF60 to compile on HURD, I'd like to know.
> e.g. NetBSD has a big set of patches for it because it maintains it as ESR.
> 
> Riccardo
>