Re: Previously Compiled Packages

Dan Espen (daneNO@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) writes:
4:7 Computers <47computers@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

I have a Slackware 10.0 system that I'll be replacing soon with an
updated version. Now, this machine wasn't set up by me, and the
person who set it up only has documentation of what was installed
(Apache, PHP, and MySQL... all of which will also be upgraded), but
not what configure options were passed when each was compiled from
source.

Is there a way for these packages, or for packages in general, to
determine what non-standard options were used based on the current
install? Any help would be much appreciated, thank you.

Most non-standard options would have been passed at configure time.
If you still have the original source you may see those options
in the configure.status file.

I don't know Slackware but you would be better off installing
the binary packages that come with the distro.

That was my immediate reaction, but it leaves one wondering if the
original poster is "worried about nothing", ie the original would
have been compiled nice and straightforwardly, or if he knows something
to believe there was something odd about the compile.

Michael


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