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diff --git a/source/d/slacktrack/slacktrack-project/docs/WARNINGS b/source/d/slacktrack/slacktrack-project/docs/WARNINGS new file mode 100644 index 000000000..0ba7e31cb --- /dev/null +++ b/source/d/slacktrack/slacktrack-project/docs/WARNINGS @@ -0,0 +1,38 @@ +1. Do not Use on production servers + --------------------------------- + + Do NOT run slacktrack on production servers. + + It should only be run on a development box. + + This is because slacktrack version 2.0 and upwards install onto + the filesystem of the server, rather than into a pseudo root. + +2. Slackware versions + ------------------ + + slacktrack has been tested on: + - Slackware 12.0, 12.1, 12.2, 13.0 + - ARMedslack, all versions. + + It may works on previous releases of Slackware, it may not. + +3. slacktrack default working space + -------------------------------- + + By default, slacktrack puts its work space in + /var/tmp/<randomnumber>slacktrack + + It is essential that you have enough disk space on the + partition on which /var/tmp resides - particularly if you use + ${SLACKTRACKSCRATCHDIR} + + If you do not have enough space in /var/tmp then you can + pass --tempdir to slacktrack to change the base temporary directory. + + eg you may do + # slacktrack --tempdir /tmp/slacktrack -Qp "foobar-4.1-sparc-2.tgz" "/bin/sh foobar.build" + + +Stuart Winter <mozes@slackware.com> + |