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

["Boris Kaplun" <b_kaplun mailru com>]

----- Original Message -----
From: "fflewddur" <fflewddur dropline net>
To: <gnome-slackware gnome org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 2:10 PM
Subject: Re: RE : [gnome-slackware]Compiling Gnome on Slackware


> > > 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

I think I got it this time. But why do that, mozilla builds just fine under
Slackware?

Boris