[Slackbuilds-users] Suggestions for SlackBuild Usage Howto

[Jheengut Pritvi]

Hi,

Great initiative.

Keep up the good work.



On Sun, 21 Jul 2019 at 20:19, Michael Siegel <msi at malbolge.net> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I have some suggestions for improving the SlackBuild Usage HOWTO at
> http://slackbuilds.org/howto/.
>
> The first section (“Caveat”) currently reads like this:
>
>   All of our scripts are written and tested for usage on the latest
>   stable release of Slackware with full installation and updated with
>   latest patches; if you're trying them on older versions of Slackware,
>   you should read this page referenced in our FAQ.
>
> My suggestion is to change that to:
>
>   All of our scripts are written and tested for usage on a full
>   installation of the latest stable release of Slackware updated with
>   the latest patches. If you're trying them on older versions of
>   Slackware, you should read this page referenced in our FAQ.
>
> Then, the Howto does not mention verification of the downloaded source
> packages. I think this should either be added to step one or be
> step two. It could be worded like this:
>
>   To verify the downloaded source's integrity, first run `md5sum
>   chemtool-1.6.14.tar.gz' to get the MD5 sum of the downloaded source
>   archive. Then compare it to the MD5 sum shown in the `chemtool.info'
>   file. If they don't match, something is wrong.
>
> I just realized that Step 1 already doesn't mention verifying the
> SlackBuild's GPG signature. I think that should be included in the Howto
> as well.
>
> So, maybe, it would be best to split Step 1 up like this:
>
>   * Step 1 – Download and verify the SlackBuild archive
>   * Step 2 – Download and verify the application's source archive
>
> What do you think?
>
>
> Best
> Michael
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