Re: [tlug] Good binary distribution

[Godwin Stewart <gstewart@example.com>]

And Thus Spake Jake Morrison <jake_morrison@example.com> (on Wed, 8 Oct 2003
07:26:13 -0700 (PDT)):

> I didn't realize that Slack had a package management system. It
> has been years since I ran it. I thought it was just tarballs.

It's pretty rudimentary and the packages themselves are just .tgz files but
they're built to include shell scripts to move the binaries in the .tgz to
the appropriate directories and log the actions under /var/log/packages/

Quite neat if you use that kind of thing - it's a bit like RPM but without
all the bloat and drawbacks of that particular white elephant.

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