L package group description

kikinovak · 10-05-2014, 02:53 AM

Hi,

Here's a tiny bug report. In the Slackware installer, the PACKAGE GROUPS SELECTION screen describes the L group as:

Code:

L - System Libraries (needed by KDE, GNOME, X, and more)

I suggest changing this into:

Code:

L - System Libraries (needed by KDE, Xfce, X, and more)

Cheers,

Niki

ReaperX7 · 10-05-2014, 04:30 AM

Not to nitpick, but wouldn't Xfce fall under "more"?

Didier Spaier · 10-05-2014, 04:42 AM

Well, there are actually two slightly different descriptions for the L series.

In the file /usr/lib/setup/SeTPKG of the initrd:

Code:

"L" "System Libraries (some needed by both KDE and GNOME)" "on" "The L series contains libraries needed by GNOME, KDE, and other programs."

In the file /isolinux/setpkg (used in case of installation from FTP/HTTP server):

Code:

"L" "System Libraries (needed by KDE, GNOME, X, and more)" on "The L series contains important libraries needed by the rest of the system."

That said, I assume that the description mentions GNOME in case it makes a comeback, and also maybe (I didn't check) because GNOME, that can still be installed through third party packages, does need some of the libraries in L.

If a gnome sub directory exists in the packages source main directory, it will still be proposed. In SeTPKG:

Code:

if [ -d $DS/gnome -o "$DS" = "" ]; then
cat << EOF >> $TMP/tmpscript
"GNOME" "The GNOME desktop for X" on "The GNOME series contains the GNOME desktop environment and related libraries." \\
EOF
fi

This is consistent with /usr/bin/xwmconfig:

Code:

# Then, we add GNOME:
if [ -r $T_PX/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.gnome ]; then
  echo "\"xinitrc.gnome\" \"`gettext "GNU Network Object Model Environment"`\" \\" >> $TMP/tmpscript.sh
fi

All that said, you are allowed to discard that lucubration and wait for an official answer from Pat