pwbuilder is a powerful tool for creating software packages for Slackware Linux. pwbuilder aims to be the easiest tool in its category. However, pwbuilder provides an advanced API that allows you to make packages exactly in the way you want.
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NLS support was added. _execindir, _next_configure, _next_make, and _next_install functions were added. Initial support for slapt-get dependencies was added. SourceForge support was improved. _chmod and _chown functions were improved. Debug mode was improved.
Some parts of the code were rewritten to be less buggy and more stable, reliable, and portable. The functions _have_recode, _have_alsa, _have_libmng, and _have_ldap were added. The functions _patch, _doc, and _source were fixed and improved. Support for passive FTP connections was added.
Configuration options were added to define a
temporary directory other than /tmp, to define
which SF mirror to use, and to allow running
pwbuilder as root. Some new _have_* functions were
added. Existing functions were fixed and improved.
Compatibility with Slackware was fixed. Other
bugfixes and improvements were made.
An option to choose a SourceForge mirror has been added, a new _config command, resolution of a conflict with some configure scripts, support for gzipped or bzip2'ed but not tarred sources, updated documentation, and a TODO file.
