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List2pkg
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Description
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List2pkg is a program to create Slackware_ packages in a simple way. More
precisely, given a list of files, it will create a Slackware package containing
these files. A user trying to install that package will see the same files
installed at the same locations they were on your system.

List2pkg is especially useful if you have installed a program from source and,
knowing where all its files are, you want to create a slackware package to ease
another installation.

List2pkg was originally created to create Slackware package using urpkg_.

Features
--------

* Let you create Slackware packages in a very simple way
* Pays special attention to file permission and ownership
* Can be used with urpkg_ to create Slackware packages from source tarballs.
* Fully documented.
* Released in the public domain.

News
----

February 4th 2010: version 1.3
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* First version released into the public domain.

July 27th 2008: version 1.2
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* Fixed a bug in the ``doinst.sh`` creation
* Correctly handle the permission of the file system root (``/``)

July 8th 2008: version 1.1
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Fixed a formatting bug in the manpage. 

July 6th 2008: version 1.0
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First public release.

Download
--------

The latest version is 1.3: `tarball for version 1.3`_

You can still download `the other versions`_

.. _tarball for version 1.3: ../../../download.svasey.org/list2pkg/list2pkg-1_3.tar.gz
.. _the other versions: ../../../download.svasey.org/list2pkg/

Documentation
-------------

List2pkg has a user manual. You can read the online version with `one page for
each node`_ or with `everything on one page`_

You should always refer to *that* online manual first before asking a question
or reporting a bug.

.. _Slackware: http://www.slackware.com
.. _urpkg: ../../urpkg/index_en.html

.. _one page for each node: manual/index.html
.. _everything on one page: manual/index-nochunk.html