Re: RE : [gnome-slackware]Compiling Gnome on Slackware

[fflewddur <fflewddur dropline net>]

> > it shouldn't hurt, but make sure you've removed the original mozilla
> > package.  if you want to build it just like slackware does, get the rpm
> > spec file & co from the sources cd and use the build script to build the
> > rpms.  you can either install it via rpm or, like me, comment out the
> > line in the spec file which deletes the build directory
> > "/var/tmp/mozilla-root" and just type "cp -r /var/tmp/mozilla-root/opt
> > /" to overwrite your old mozilla with the new one.
> >
> 
> Eventually I uninstalled the original mozilla package and compiled my just
> as I said.
> I just don't get what rpms are you talking about? Why should I build one?
> 

the official slackware mozilla packages are not built by hand; they are
built with the mozilla.spec file which can be found the the source
cd-rom (i believe they modified redhat's version, but i'm not sure). 
the rpm build process first installs the entire mozilla distribution to
/var/tmp/mozilla-root, then builds the individual rpms from it--pat (or
whomever built mozilla, the readme file for slackware's mozilla doesn't
have an author associated with it) just ran makepkg on
/var/tmp/mozilla-root instead of building an rpm.  you get the same
effect by copying the files from /var/tmp/mozilla-root into /opt/gnome.

todd