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Old 12-22-2005, 07:34 AM   #16
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Originally Posted by liquidtenmilion
Makepkg isn't that great.

While it is what i use, you could very easily just use tar to create a package. Makepkg is essentially tar that can change permissions of files to 755 if you tell it to(not very helpful anyway, since most files aren't going to be 755...)
As it has been already stated, makepkg offers to change permission of directories to 755 which is very common. Changing ownership to root:root may be handy too.

You probably missed at least another point. How do you convert symbolic links to shell script commands with tar ?

It's strange somebody couldn't understand features of such primitive tool like makepkg is
 
Old 12-22-2005, 07:52 AM   #17
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Hey liquidtenmilion, I figured you would've learned better by now .

Later,
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Old 12-22-2005, 10:47 AM   #18
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ehhh... maybe i should stop speaking my mind no?

<_<

It's still best to check permissions by hand. For example, makepkg will not chown /bin to root:bin, which is what it should be. And i don't think it strips binaries either, or gzip man pages or anything like that that other package tools do.

All more work i have to do by hand myself.

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Old 12-22-2005, 11:25 AM   #19
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ehhh... maybe i should stop speaking my mind no?

<_<

It's still best to check permissions by hand. For example, makepkg will not chown /bin to root:bin, which is what it should be. And i don't think it strips binaries either, or gzip man pages or anything like that that other package tools do.

All more work i have to do by hand myself.
It's pointless to become angry so cool down, please
I get your points and know Arch's makepkg tool too. But it's rather a philosophical question about level of automation (stripping binaries, gzipping manual pages, removing documentation, etc.) Somebody would benefit of such features and somebody would refuse them and prefer more control. I find the level of automation of Slackware's makepkg balanced.
 
Old 12-22-2005, 11:50 AM   #20
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I'm not angry

That's why i had to edit my post and add in the "<_<" as a mood softener. Just trying to explain my point of view.
 
Old 12-23-2005, 03:27 PM   #21
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Thumbs up i use makepkg

HI there

I use makepkg because it's easy to use.

Of course I have to check the permissions of all the files within the packages I create. But I like to do it by hand.

makepkg converts all the symlinks to an installer script. I only had to edit that script by hand only once in all the time I've been using Slackware.

 
  


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