Source location
===============

Please find the sources for the packages at

 ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-<version>/source

Slackware ARM only includes the sources in situations when:

 1.  We cannot use the same version as Slackware (either because
     it refuses to compile, or it lacks ARM support).

 2.  Slackware uses an upstream binary release (such as Mozilla FireFox).
     In most cases this was resolved with the Slackware64 port which
     included sources for Firefox et al.

 3.  Patches are always included in the Slackware ARM source tree
     and if necessary are submitted upstream; but this is rare since
     most ARM specific patches are taken from Debian or Gentoo
     which in turn submit upstream.


Building Slackware ARM packages
===============================

In order to rebuild the packages using the Slackware ARM source tree,
you need a copy of the 'slackkit' package which contains many
shell library functions used by the package build scripts.
An installable Slackware package can be found at:
  ftp://ftp.arm.slackware.com/slackwarearm/slackwarearm-devtools/

You will need to modify the configuration script:
  /usr/share/slackdev/slackdev.config
to point to your Slackware x86_64 tree, which contains the package
source archives, and also configure where you'd like your newly build
packages to be deposited.

You'll also need a copy of the Slackware source tree.
You can use either the Slackware 32bit or 64 bit tree.  Slackware ARM's
default configuration uses the 64 bit tree because it contains sources for
Mozilla firefox and others.

To quickly get going here is an example:
-----------------------------------------

As root on your ARM box:
   # cd /root

Sync the Slackware/x86_64 tree:
   # rsync -Pavv ftp.slackware.org.uk::slackware/slackware64-current .

Sync the Slackware ARM tree:
   # rsync -Pavv ftp.arm.slackware.com::slackwarearm/slackwarearm-current .

Install the Slackware ARM devkit packge:
   # wget ftp://ftp.arm.slackware.com/slackwarearm/slackwarearm-devtools/slackkit/pkgs/slackkit-1.05-arm-1_softfloat.txz
   # installpkg slackkit-[0-9]*-arm*.t?z
 
Configure the devkit:

   # vi /usr/share/slackdev/slackdev.config

Find the line:
  export PKGSTORE=${PKGSTORE:-$HOME/tgzstash}

Packages are also installed from this location (which by default -if you do not
edit the line above - is /root/tgzstash) if they need to be
installed prior to a build, or referenced/extracted during a build
as a dependency of some sort.

Packages are also *created* in this location inside their respective 'package series'
and by default will overwrite any existing package file.

If you're following this example to the letter, you can leave this
config file as it is, and continue exactly as below; otherwise please review
the config file and make any changes you deem necessary for your environment.

    # ln -vfs slackwarearm-current/slackware tgzstash

You can then, as root, run the build scripts as:

    # cd slackwarearm-current/source/a/bash ## for example
    # ./arm/build

    The "arm/build" script sets the version number and ensures
    that any pre-build requirements are met.

 ********  You cannot run "pkgname.SlackBuild" as you can with the
 * Note *  usual SlackBuild scripts - they MUST be run from "arm/build"
 ********  

Your package will be built and will replace the version in
  /root/slackwarearm-current/slackware/a


If you have any questions about the Slackware ARM source tree, please
get in contact with me directly: 
  Stuart Winter <mozes@slackware.com>

-- 
http://arm.slackware.com

31-Mar-2009