[Slackbuilds-users] [Q] Uncommon software to package

Xavier Maillard xavier at maillard.im
Mon Mar 16 07:16:50 UTC 2015


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Hi,

Klaatu <klaatu at straightedgelinux.com> writes:

> On 03/16/2015 06:48 PM, Xavier Maillard wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am quite lost in the sense that, the tarball is composed of only
>> one binary and nothing more. There is no documentation, no LICENSE
>> file, no README. Nothing but a good old elf-32 bits binary.
>>
>> In term of writing a script, there is no difficulty but, is this
>> something that can enter SBo ? Does it make sense if I am adding a
>> LICENSE file based on what I can find on the website ?
>
> A SlackBuild is nothing but a script. If you want to write a script to
> install one binary, I don't see a problem with that. I would make it
> clear to the user, in the README file, that it's a binary install, and
> make it clear whether it is for both 32 and 64 arches or just one.

Good point. I will put as much info as I can into the README file.

> But as far as I know, there is no restriction against such a SlackBuild.

Thanks for the clarification.
- -- Xavier.

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