Subject: Re: Slackware packages
From: Sam TH (sam@uchicago.edu)
Date: Tue Feb 20 2001 - 20:04:08 CST
On Tue, Feb 20, 2001 at 06:20:10PM -0500, John L. Clark wrote:
> Sam wrote:
> > What Martin really means here is that the Slackware packages we
> > provide are untested, and are generated by a converter from other
> > packages. If, however, you would like to provide a better way . .
>
> What would be acceptable? I run slackware, so I can build slackware
> packages. I assume the "slp" rule in the Makefiles refers to slackware
> packages, yes? If so, do we want conditional alien generation based
> upon whether installpkg is found, or should I replace the alien
> generation wholly with native slackware package generation?
>
Wholly native would be best. The alien-generated packages are just
tarballs of all the installed files. If neccessary, I'll find a way
to make installpkg work on debian systems, so that we can generate
them automagically on other systems.
sam th
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