Hi andy, pardon to take this thread to another path but does the paragraphs you stated below only apply to the discussion that's taking place, or to the use of the term in general? If it was the latter then im confused because my understanding of the term 'tarball' is more in line with the definition I got from whatis.com
[quote=http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid12_gci82104 8,00.html] Tarball is a jargon term for a tar archive - a group of files collected together as one. The term suggests a ball of tar, the sticky coal derivative used as an adherent and sealant in roofing and other construction work. Tar (for Tape ARchive) is a UNIX command that creates a single file called an archive from a number of specified files or extracts (separates) the files from such an archive. A tar archive has the file suffix .tar. The files in a tar archive are not compressed, just gathered together in one file. [...] [/quote] ciao! -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Andy Sy Sent: 14. joulukuuta 2002 10:27 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [plug] Re: Slackware advocacy <snip> plus installpkg xxx-a.b.c.tgz of whatever other stuff OpenOffice depends on. That's it! Of course these would all be post-compiled binary tarballs now, not source .tar.gzs. IMPORTANT POINT REGARDING THE TERM 'TARBALL': The term 'tarball' seems to more correctly refer to ONLY a Slackware _package_ with an extension of .tgz. One that can be cleanly removed and installed via installpkg and removepkg. It should NOT refer to a .tar.gz source distribution. Giving the latter an extension of .tgz or calling it a tarball, which is what I used to do, is not strictly correct, as it turns out. <snip> _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fully Searchable Archives With Friendly Web Interface at http://marc.free.net.ph To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
