On Mirror, Why Twin Source Directories?

samtsco · 06-24-2022, 07:07 AM

On all the servers providing Slackware64-15.0 source packages, that I have checked, identical directories containing the package series subdirectories exist, i.e., /slackware64 and/source.

Why, and which should I use?

My go-to mirror is http://slackware.cs.utah.edu/

tadgy · 06-24-2022, 07:41 AM

You are confusing the built packages with the sources.

slackware64/ contains the pre-built packages of the operating system, whereas source/ contains the scripts and source code which build them - each is separated into the sets they belong to, hence why you are seeing two different directories showing the same sets.

LuckyCyborg · 06-24-2022, 07:47 AM

I guess he asks about http://slackware.cs.utah.edu/pub/sla...4/slackware64/

Windu · 06-24-2022, 08:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LuckyCyborg

I guess he asks about http://slackware.cs.utah.edu/pub/sla...4/slackware64/

My guess is that in the http://slackware.cs.utah.edu/pub/slackware/ local server directory, slackware64 is a symbolic link to slackware64-15.0. Just look at the timestamps of those two.