Re: [Vectorlinux-devel] SOHO 6.0 help please

[John B <joh...@gm...>]

All,

I went to the slackware-64current directory and built tar, xzutils and 
the slackware pkgtools. They are installed on this VL 6.0 standard gold 
box I'm using right now. I've had no problems at all with using these 
items. The xzutils, aloing with tar-1.22, support our present tlz 
packages nicely.

A couple of differences between what we are using now and the Slackware 
pkgtools stuff in the slackware64-current tree:
1) His pkgtools-tukaani includes both the packaging scripts and 
tar-1.13. The Slackware pkgtools package includes only the packaging 
scripts. However...

2) The pkgtools-tukaani includes a patched version of tar-1.13, whereas 
the Slackware method of building tar involves building both tar-1.13 and 
tar-1.22 and packaging them in the same package. The tar-1.22 binary 
includes a patch to support the txz package standard.

3) As mentioned earlier, the xzutils support the tlz package format we 
are presently using. Thus, we don't need to do anything else to support 
our present tlz packages when we switch to the latest and greatest pkgtools.

These packages, along with source and buildscripts, are being uploaded 
to my vectorcontrib directory as I type this. They will be in a 
directory called "forsoho60".

Thus, the changes we need to make are:

1) Upgrade the pkgtools-tukaani package with the new pkgtools package.
2) Remove the tar package we are presently using and use the new tar 
package.
3) Deprecate the lzma utilities and use the xzutils package.

HTH,
John

uel archuletta wrote:
> Hello,
> I can put together ISO's.
> I will need more help than before with lists of pkgs to be included 
> and such, and more time in between ISO's.
>
> Also we will have to decide what installer we are going to use and if 
> we are ready to jump to new lzma format or if that will wait.
>
> Thanks,
> Uel
>
> On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 2:02 AM, Robert Lange <vec...@ya... 
> <mailto:vec...@ya...>> wrote:
>
>
>     Gentlemen,
>     To be frank, I need help putting SOHO 6.0 together. I need testers
>     I need package builders and I need a main administrater to put
>     together test iso's as we are ready. After the successful release
>     of 6.0 standard and light there seems little interest in the SOHO
>     version. We do have a substantial user base that relys on this
>     release. So all that can help please raise your hand. I can't do
>     it all myself with any hope of keeping up the stable VectorLinux
>     image. Any comments on the state of VL development are welome and
>     I would enjoy a discussion here as to how to get more people involved.
>     Thank you for your replies!
>
>     Cheers,
>     Vec
>
>     Robert Lange
>     vec...@ya... <mailto:vec...@ya...>
>     http://www.vectorlinux.com
>
>
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