slackware-current/source
Patrick J Volkerding 76fc4757ac Slackware 14.1
Mon Nov  4 17:08:47 UTC 2013
Slackware 14.1 x86_64 stable is released!

It's been another interesting release cycle here at Slackware bringing
new features like support for UEFI machines, updated compilers and
development tools, the switch from MySQL to MariaDB, and many more
improvements throughout the system.  Thanks to the team, the upstream
developers, the dedicated Slackware community, and everyone else who
pitched in to help make this release a reality.

The ISOs are off to be replicated, a 6 CD-ROM 32-bit set and a
dual-sided
32-bit/64-bit x86/x86_64 DVD.  Please consider supporting the Slackware
project by picking up a copy from store.slackware.com.  We're taking
pre-orders now, and offer a discount if you sign up for a subscription.

Have fun!  :-)
2018-05-31 22:57:36 +02:00
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d Slackware 14.1 2018-05-31 22:57:36 +02:00
e/emacs Slackware 14.1 2018-05-31 22:57:36 +02:00
f Slackware 13.0 2018-05-31 22:41:17 +02:00
installer Slackware 14.1 2018-05-31 22:57:36 +02:00
k Slackware 14.1 2018-05-31 22:57:36 +02:00
kde Slackware 14.1 2018-05-31 22:57:36 +02:00
kdei Slackware 14.1 2018-05-31 22:57:36 +02:00
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xap Slackware 14.1 2018-05-31 22:57:36 +02:00
xfce Slackware 14.1 2018-05-31 22:57:36 +02:00
y/bsd-games Slackware 14.0 2018-05-31 22:51:55 +02:00
README.TXT Slackware 14.0 2018-05-31 22:51:55 +02:00

This is the source used for Slackware.

To look for a particular bit of source (let's say for 'cp'), first you would
look for the full path:

fuzzy:~# which cp
/bin/cp

Then, you grep for the package it came from. Note that the leading '/'
is removed:

fuzzy:~# grep bin/cp /var/log/packages/*
/var/log/packages/cpio-2.4.2.91-i386-1:bin/cpio
/var/log/packages/fileutils-4.1-i386-2:bin/cp
/var/log/packages/gcc-2.95.3-i386-2:usr/bin/cpp
/var/log/packages/gnome-applets-1.4.0.5-i386-1:usr/bin/cpumemusage_applet


From this, you can see that 'cp' came from the fileutils-4.1-i386-2 package.
The source will be found in a corresponding subdirectory.  In this case, that
would be ./a/bin.   Don't be fooled into thinking that the _bin.tar.gz in this
directory is the package with the source code -- anything starting with '_' is
just a framework package full of empty files with the correct permissions and 
ownerships for the completed package to use.

Many of these packages now have scripts that untar, patch, and compile the
source automatically.  These are the 'SlackBuild' scripts.  Moving back to the
example above, you can figure out which package the bin/cp source came from by
examining the SlackBuild script.

Have fun!

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Patrick J. Volkerding
volkerdi@slackware.com