On Fri, 12 Dec 2008, Chess Griffin wrote:
What page are you reading?
Chess, <http://www.slackwiki.org/Build_Environment>
Is this something on the slackbuilds.org site?
This from jjdm: "/home/slackware/source In this directory I've placed the whole slackware-source because maybe I have to temporarily build another package to build a new one because of header files and stuff." And this from Robby: "The [code] /shared/os_files/slackware/slackware-(version)/source/ [/code] directory contains all of the source files (it's copied directly from the cdroms) from that release of Slackware." Hence, my question.
You do not need to have the sources off the entire Slackware tree on your system in order to build packages from the scripts at SlackBuilds.org.
That's what I thought.
A full /binary/ installation of Slackware is recommended (i.e. a 'full install' from the DVD or CD) but, other than kernel modules, I am not aware of anything in the SBo repository that requires any other sources (other than the source of the software you are building and its dependencies, of course).
Well, each time I've upgraded since switching to Slackware-8.0 from Red Hat-7.3 (more than 5 years ago), I've done an 'upgradepkg --install-new', then gone back and removed the packages I don't want. But, the kernel source and all modules for the latest and next-to-latest are present. Rich -- Richard B. Shepard, Ph.D. | Integrity Credibility Applied Ecosystem Services, Inc. | Innovation <http://www.appl-ecosys.com> Voice: 503-667-4517 Fax: 503-667-8863 _______________________________________________ SlackBuilds-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slackbuilds.org/mailman/listinfo/slackbuilds-users Archives - http://lists.slackbuilds.org/pipermail/slackbuilds-users/ FAQ - http://slackbuilds.org/faq/
