On Thu, 14 Sep 2006 16:46:49 +0200
"A.J. Venter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hiya,
> The attached patch adds a script for building a valid and fully
> compliant slackware package from a lazarus source tree.
> It was HEAVILLY plagiarised from the rpm building script and parts
> of the .spec file
Yes, your mechanism is doable - no it's not good enough :)
Take it from me as the creator of possibly the most complete slackware
derivative distro out there.
I build several hundred packages every single month - there are a LOT of rules
you need to comply with to do it RIGHT.
See "The perfect pa
Andrew Haines wrote:
>
> here's what I did:
>
> cd ../ (/tmp/slackware)
>
> tar -cf lazarus-version-arch.tar
should be
tar -cf lazarus-version-arch.tar ./usr ./install
Andrew
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A.J. Venter wrote:
>> But you don't need to be root to create the package, do you?
> Actually you do. Slackware packages require that you set all the files as
> root-owned before creating the tarball - and THAT cannot be done by a normal
> user (permissions are specified at build-time, not instal
A.J. Venter wrote:
>> But you don't need to be root to create the package, do you?
> Actually you do. Slackware packages require that you set all the files as
> root-owned before creating the tarball - and THAT cannot be done by a normal
> user (permissions are specified at build-time, not instal
> But you don't need to be root to create the package, do you?
Actually you do. Slackware packages require that you set all the files as
root-owned before creating the tarball - and THAT cannot be done by a normal
user (permissions are specified at build-time, not install time).
It would be possi
A.J. Venter wrote:
Hiya,
I have tested the script and the resulting packages.
NOTES:
1) Because of how slackware packages work - it is probably impossible to
create a version that does NOT require root privileges
But you don't need to be root to create the package, do you?
Do you have simil
Hiya,
The attached patch adds a script for building a valid and fully compliant
slackware package from a lazarus source tree.
It was HEAVILLY plagiarised from the rpm building script and parts of
the .spec file as well, but with all the adaptations needed to successfully
build a proper slackwa
