[Slackbuilds-users] THE.SlackBuild

[Richard Narron]

On Sun, 17 Apr 2022, Dave Woodfall wrote:

> On 16/04/22 13:54,
> Richard Narron <richard at aaazen.com> put forth the proposition:
> > I recently submitted a new THE.SlackBuild script that copied
> > documentation from the install directory like this:
> > install -m0644 COPYING FAQ HISTORY INSTALL README* TODO \
> >          $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
> > But when it was installed, the first line leaves out the INSTALL document:
> > install -m0644 COPYING FAQ HISTORY README* TODO \
>
> We don't really need INSTALL documents, because it's already
> installed by the time anyone reads it, right?

Install documents gives information about what can be
installed as well as where it can be installed.

For example after reading the THE install document, I know that the program
has a text ncurses version, a graphical X11 version and that it runs on
Red Hat Linux.

Richard