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====== Slackware 14.1 ====== | ====== Slackware 14.1 ====== | ||
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+ | Package licensing for Slackware 14.1: [[https:// | ||
The following table lists all the packages on the Slackware 64 DVD which contain non-free software. Note that comments are no substitute for the respective licenses. In particular, " | The following table lists all the packages on the Slackware 64 DVD which contain non-free software. Note that comments are no substitute for the respective licenses. In particular, " | ||
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+ | Note that the methodology has changed since 14.0, and even though the table for [[Slackware 14.0|14.0]] looks shorter, no new non-free packages were added between 14.0 and 14.1. | ||
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- | ===== Sanitizing an Existing Installation | + | ===== Methodology |
- | We assume that the user performed | + | For the purposes of this document, an installer package or simply package is any file found on Slackware DVD which is one of the following: |
+ | * tar archive | ||
+ | * gz, bz2, or xz archive | ||
+ | * SlackBuild script | ||
+ | * bash script | ||
+ | Note that this definition includes, but is not limited to Slackware packages. | ||
- | - Blacklist the offending | + | A list of all packages on a Slackware |
- | kernel-firmware | + | |
- | kernel-generic | + | |
- | kernel-huge | + | |
- | kernel-modules | + | |
- | kernel-source | + | |
- | kernel-headers | + | |
- | getty-ps | + | |
- | lha | + | |
- | unarj | + | |
- | amp | + | |
- | bluez-firmware | + | |
- | ipw2100-fw | + | |
- | ipw2200-fw | + | |
- | trn | + | |
- | zd1211-firmware | + | |
- | xfractint | + | |
- | xgames | + | |
- | xv</ | + | |
- | - Build and install | + | ... and saved as a spreadsheet. If possible, the list is compared with that for the previous Slackware release. In general, upgraded packages are assumed |
- | - At this point you should be running | + | |
- | removepkg kernel-firmware kernel-generic kernel-huge \ | + | |
- | kernel-modules kernel-source kernel-headers getty-ps lha unarj \ | + | |
- | amp bluez-firmware ipw2100-fw ipw2200-fw trn zd1211-firmware \ | + | |
- | xfractint xgames xv</code> | + | |
- | | + | |
- | ===== Upgrading ===== | + | Once a package is found to be non-free, it is not necessary to keep checking the remainder of its contents. A possible exception to this rule is a piece of free software that comes with non-free plugins which are packaged separately. |
- | We haven' | + | ==== Free Packages that do not Belong ==== |
- | ===== Caveats ===== | + | Some packages omit non-free software, yet we mark them as non-free, as long as they are either |
- | Please be aware that as long as you keep using the official repository, non-free | + | - non-free software installers, |
+ | - have no practical use besides enabling | ||
+ | - should be replaced, because they are a part of a collection which contains | ||
+ | The idea here is to mark as non-free everything that would have to be purged or replaced in order to achieve a free operating system. |
slackware_14.1.txt · Last modified: 2018/04/09 16:51 by connie