Re: slack ups
  By: Angus McLeod to Flazmot on Thu Jan 17 2008 12:19 am

 >   Re: slack ups
 >   By: Flazmot to All on Wed Jan 16 2008 17:01:00
 > 
 >  > installpkg ftw
 > 
 > 	installpkg wtf?
 > 

Slackware's package management is the tightest and lightest going. It handles
.tgz files it unzips to root.

bt ~ # mkdir bin
bt ~ # touch bin/newprog
bt ~ # tar cvzf newprog.tgz ./bin
./bin/
./bin/newprog
bt ~ # installpkg newprog.tgz
Installing package newprog...
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:

bt ~ # whereis newprog
newprog: /bin/newprog
bt ~ # removepkg newprog

Removing package /var/log/packages/newprog...
Removing files:
  --> Deleting /bin/newprog
bt ~ # whereis newprog
newprog:

Magic?!

However, you must include ./ in front of the directories being archived
(./bin not just bin) or the slackware package manager truncates the first two
bytes of each pathname after installing its contents, preventing automated
removal. This bug exists in Backtrack 2 from Slax from Slackware 11.0 and may
exist elsewhere. I've included this addendum so fellow slackwhores might
benefit from the lesson I learned assembling my example.

Weird! I learned something! :O

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