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I plan on remaking XFCE with a few customizations (removing orage, xfce4-mixer, and a few others). Before I do that, I just wanted to make sure that the script would work.
It's meant to be a minimal xfce with only xfce4-panel (and the dependencies) so that I could use compiz as a standalone window manager. Here is the old script (found on any slackware repo):
Code:
#!/bin/sh
# Copyright 2003 Slackware Linux, Inc., Concord, CA, USA
# Copyright 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 Patrick J. Volkerding, Sebeka, MN, USA
# All rights reserved.
#
# Redistribution and use of this script, with or without modification, is
# permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
#
# 1. Redistributions of this script must retain the above copyright
# notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
#
# THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED
# WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
# MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO
# EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
# SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
# PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS;
# OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY,
# WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR
# OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF
# ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
VERSION=4.6.2
BUILD=${BUILD:-5}
# A few tarballs have different versions; handle them here
XDT_VERS=4.8.0 # xfce4-dev-tools version
# We're going to ship xdt from xfce-4.8 since it's not used for building
# release tarballs anyway, but it's handy to have around for building from
# git, and some folks might want to do that later...
EXO_VERS=0.3.107 # exo version
THUNAR_VERS=1.0.2 # thunar version
GXE_VERS=2.6.0 # gtk-xfce-engine version
TERM_VERS=0.4.6 # terminal version
MPAD_VERS=0.2.16 # mousepad version
XFWM_VERS=4.6.2 # xfwm4 version
XFWMTHEME_VERS=4.6.0 # xfwm4-themes version
SETTINGS_VERS=4.6.5 # xfce4-settings version
SESSION_VERS=4.6.2 # xfce4-settings version
PANEL_VERS=4.6.4 # xfce4-panel version
XFCEGUI_VERS=4.6.4 # libxfcegui4 version
XFCEMENU_VERS=4.6.2 # libxfce4menu version
LIBUTIL_VERS=4.6.2 # libxfce4util version
UTILS_VERS=4.6.2 # xfce-utils version
APPFINDER_VERS=4.6.2 # xfce4-appfinder version
XFCONF_VERS=4.6.2 # xfconf version
XFDESKTOP_VERS=4.6.2 # xfdesktop version
MIXER_VERS=4.6.1 # xfce4-mixer version
XFPRINT_VERS=4.6.1 # xfprint version
ORAGE_VERS=4.6.1 # orage version
NUMJOBS=${NUMJOBS:--j6}
# Automatically determine the architecture we're building on:
if [ -z "$ARCH" ]; then
case "$( uname -m )" in
i?86) export ARCH=i486 ;;
arm*) export ARCH=arm ;;
# Unless $ARCH is already set, use uname -m for all other archs:
*) export ARCH=$( uname -m ) ;;
esac
fi
CWD=$(pwd)
TMP=${TMP:-/tmp/xfce-build-dir}
PKG=$TMP/package-xfce
if [ "$ARCH" = "i486" ]; then
SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i486 -mtune=i686"
LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
elif [ "$ARCH" = "s390" ]; then
SLKCFLAGS="-O2"
LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
elif [ "$ARCH" = "x86_64" ]; then
SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -fPIC"
LIBDIRSUFFIX="64"
else
SLKCFLAGS="-O2"
LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
fi
rm -rf $PKG
mkdir -p $TMP $PKG
cd $TMP || exit 1
COMPRESSION=xz
COMPRESSUTIL=xz
for file in \
xfce4-dev-tools-$XDT_VERS.tar.$COMPRESSION \
libxfce4util-$LIBUTIL_VERS.tar.$COMPRESSION \
xfconf-$XFCONF_VERS.tar.$COMPRESSION \
libxfcegui4-$XFCEGUI_VERS.tar.$COMPRESSION \
libxfce4menu-$XFCEMENU_VERS.tar.$COMPRESSION \
exo-$EXO_VERS.tar.$COMPRESSION \
xfce4-panel-$PANEL_VERS.tar.$COMPRESSION \
Thunar-$THUNAR_VERS.tar.$COMPRESSION \
xfce4-settings-$SETTINGS_VERS.tar.$COMPRESSION \
xfce4-session-$SESSION_VERS.tar.$COMPRESSION \
xfdesktop-$XFDESKTOP_VERS.tar.$COMPRESSION \
xfwm4-$XFWM_VERS.tar.$COMPRESSION \
xfce-utils-$UTILS_VERS.tar.$COMPRESSION \
xfce4-mixer-$MIXER_VERS.tar.$COMPRESSION \
xfprint-$XFPRINT_VERS.tar.$COMPRESSION \
xfce4-appfinder-$APPFINDER_VERS.tar.$COMPRESSION \
gtk-xfce-engine-$GXE_VERS.tar.$COMPRESSION \
Terminal-$TERM_VERS.tar.$COMPRESSION \
xfwm4-themes-$XFWMTHEME_VERS.tar.$COMPRESSION \
mousepad-$MPAD_VERS.tar.$COMPRESSION \
orage-$ORAGE_VERS.tar.$COMPRESSION ;
do
$COMPRESSUTIL -dc $CWD/src/$file | tar xvf - || exit 1
cd $(basename $file .tar.$COMPRESSION) || exit 1
chown -R root:root .
find . \
\( -perm 777 -o -perm 775 -o -perm 711 -o -perm 555 -o -perm 511 \) \
-exec chmod 755 {} \; -o \
\( -perm 666 -o -perm 664 -o -perm 600 -o -perm 444 -o -perm 440 -o -perm 400 \) \
-exec chmod 644 {} \;
# Here's where we patch or set up any other package-specific stuff:
# Patch to only show xfcalendar in XFce (otherwise it shows up in
# KDE's Lost & Found and does not work):
if [ "$file" = "orage-$ORAGE_VERS.tar.$COMPRESSION" ]; then
zcat $CWD/patches/xfcalendar.desktop.in.diff.gz | patch -p1 --verbose || exit 1
fi
# Make Thunar respect --docdir
if [ "$file" = "Thunar-$THUNAR_VERS.tar.$COMPRESSION" ]; then
zcat $CWD/patches/thunar-1.0.2-fixup_docdir.diff.gz | patch -p1 --verbose || exit 1
zcat $CWD/patches/Thunar.thunar-vfs-io-local.diff.gz | patch -p0 --verbose || exit 1
fi
# Fix the missing education icon in the desktop menu
if [ "$file" = "xfdesktop-$XFDESKTOP_VERS.tar.$COMPRESSION" ]; then
zcat $CWD/patches/xfdesktop-fix_education_icon.diff.gz | patch -p1 --verbose || exit 1
fi
# 1) Launch xfce through consolekit so that ck enabled stuff works in xfce
# 2) Fix comments in /etc/xfce/xdg/xfce4/Xft.xrdb
# http://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6314
# 3) Load system-wide .Xmodmap, not just the one in $HOME
if [ "$file" = "xfce-utils-$UTILS_VERS.tar.$COMPRESSION" ]; then
zcat $CWD/patches/xfce-utils.xinitrc.consolekit.diff.gz | patch -p1 --verbose || exit 1
zcat $CWD/patches/fixup_comments_in_xfce-utils-Xft.xrdb.diff.gz | patch -p1 --verbose || exit 1
zcat $CWD/patches/xfce-utils-load_systemwide_Xmodmap.diff.gz | patch -p1 --verbose || exit 1
fi
# Fix a couple of bugs from mousepad git
if [ "$file" = "mousepad-$MPAD_VERS.tar.$COMPRESSION" ]; then
zcat $CWD/patches/mousepad-fix_find_and_replace.diff.gz | patch -p1 --verbose || exit 1
zcat $CWD/patches/mousepad-fix_find.diff.gz | patch -p1 --verbose || exit 1
fi
# Fix a plugin moving bug in the panel
if [ "$file" = "xfce4-panel-$PANEL_VERS.tar.$COMPRESSION" ]; then
zcat $CWD/patches/no_sensitive_panel_during_plugin_moves.patch.gz | patch -p1 --verbose || exit 1
fi
# Start kde4 services instead of kde3
# http://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7382
if [ "$file" = "xfce4-session-$SESSION_VERS.tar.$COMPRESSION" ]; then
zcat $CWD/patches/xfsm-compat-kde.c-start-kde4-services.diff.gz | patch -p1 --verbose || exit 1
fi
# End patches/package-specific stuff
CFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
CXXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
./configure \
--prefix=/usr \
--libdir=/usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX} \
--sysconfdir=/etc/xfce \
--mandir=/usr/man \
--docdir=/usr/doc/xfce-$VERSION/$(basename $file .tar.$COMPRESSION) \
--htmldir=/usr/doc/xfce-$VERSION/$(basename $file .tar.$COMPRESSION)/html \
--disable-static \
--build=$ARCH-slackware-linux \
$PACKAGE_SPECIFIC_OPTIONS
# Unset this now -- we're done with it
unset PACKAGE_SPECIFIC_OPTIONS
make $NUMJOBS || make || exit 1
make install || exit 1
make install DESTDIR=$PKG
mkdir -p $PKG/usr/doc/xfce-$VERSION/$(basename $file .tar.$COMPRESSION)
# This will cause errors, but won't miss any docs:
cp -a \
AUTHORS BUGS COMPOSITOR COPYING* FAQ HACKING INSTALL \
NEWS NOTES README* THANKS TODO example.gtkrc-2.0 \
$PKG/usr/doc/xfce-$VERSION/$(basename $file .tar.$COMPRESSION) \
2> /dev/null || true
# If there's a ChangeLog, installing at least part of the recent history
# is useful, but don't let it get totally out of control:
if [ -r ChangeLog ]; then
DOCSDIR=$(echo $PKG/usr/doc/xfce-$VERSION/$(basename $file .tar.$COMPRESSION))
cat ChangeLog | head -n 1000 > $DOCSDIR/ChangeLog
touch -r ChangeLog $DOCSDIR/ChangeLog
fi
cd - ;
done
find $PKG | xargs file | grep -e "executable" -e "shared object" | grep ELF \
| cut -f 1 -d : | xargs strip --strip-unneeded 2> /dev/null
# The Rodent icon theme isn't xdg compliant, so it spews errors quite often
# and just flat breaks some things here and there, so the Xfce team elected
# not to ship it with 4.6.x. In the meantime, we'll default to gnome.
sed -i s/Rodent/gnome/ \
$PKG/etc/xfce/xdg/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xsettings.xml
# We're going to borrow the "applications-education" icons (six of them)
# from the kde oxygen icon theme (it's LGPL)
tar xf $CWD/icons.tar.xz -C $PKG/usr/share
# We don't want any of those icon caches
find $PKG/usr/share/icons -type f -name "index-theme.cache" -exec rm -f {} \;
# Compress and if needed symlink the man pages:
if [ -d $PKG/usr/man ]; then
( cd $PKG/usr/man
for manpagedir in $(find . -type d -name "man*") ; do
( cd $manpagedir
for eachpage in $( find . -type l -maxdepth 1) ; do
ln -s $( readlink $eachpage ).gz $eachpage.gz
rm $eachpage
done
gzip -9 *.?
)
done
)
fi
mkdir -p $PKG/etc/profile.d
cp -a $CWD/profile.d/* $PKG/etc/profile.d
chown root:root $PKG/etc/profile.d/*
chmod 755 $PKG/etc/profile.d/*
mkdir -p $PKG/etc/X11/xinit
( cd $PKG/etc/X11/xinit
ln -sf ../../xfce/xdg/xfce4/xinitrc xinitrc.xfce
chmod 755 ../../xfce/xdg/xfce4/xinitrc
)
mkdir -p $PKG/install
cat $CWD/slack-desc > $PKG/install/slack-desc
cd $PKG
/sbin/makepkg -l y -c n $TMP/xfce-$VERSION-$ARCH-$BUILD.txz
What I intend to do is remove the lines the script searches for in:
Code:
for file in \
package-$PACKAGE_VERS.tar.$COMPRESSION
Maybe the version numbers before that, but I don't think that is necessary.
I have checked out xfce.org to see what dependencies I need simply for xfce4-panel to run by itself, but are there any precautions I should acknowledge before I attempt this project? This isn't my first time customizing a file that was installed on Slackware by default, but those were smaller, less complex packages.
If newer KDE gets into current, its inevitable that XFCE 4.8 will get into Slack along with it in order to get rid of all the needless dependencies like HAL etc.
The only way to improve the Slackware XFCE experience is to test Robby's packages and report bugs and/or patches.
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