[Slackbuilds-users] nonstandard build scripts

David Spencer baildon.research at googlemail.com
Tue Aug 9 08:15:11 UTC 2011


> The issue here (if there is one at all) is that the entire
> hydrogen-drumkits.SlackBuild looks like this:
>
> ---begin-script---
> #!/bin/sh
>
> # Slackware build script for hydrogen-drumkits
>
> # Written by B. Watson (yalhcru at gmail.com)
>
> PRGNAM=hydrogen-drumkits
> VERSION=${VERSION:-20091209}
> BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
> TAG=${TAG:-SBo}
>
> $CWD/drumkit2pkg \
>  -f -p "$PRGNAM" -t "$TAG" -b "$BUILD" -v "$VERSION" -d slack-desc \
>  *.h2drumkit
> ---end-script---
>
> As you can see, it looks nothing like any of the templates. Am worried
> it'll get rejected for that reason, not because it's a data-only package.

Am I right in thinking that this produces ~twenty .tgz files?  That
would be, uh, "unusual".  Maybe your SlackBuild should makepkg them
into a single .tgz.  That would be a worthwhile bit of added value.

-D.


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