PACKAGES.TXT;  Fri Feb 23 04:25:28 UTC 2007

This file provides details on the Slackware packages found
in the ./testing/ directory.

Total size of all packages (compressed):  94 MB
Total size of all packages (uncompressed):  364 MB


PACKAGE NAME:  alsa-driver-1.0.5a_2.6.7-i486-1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION:  ./testing/packages/linux-2.6.7
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed):  1444 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed):  4590 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
alsa-driver: alsa-driver (Advanced Linux Sound Architecture drivers) 
alsa-driver:
alsa-driver: The Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) provides audio and MIDI
alsa-driver: functionality to the Linux operating system.  This package contains
alsa-driver: drivers in the form of kernel modules and include files for all of
alsa-driver: the sound cards supported by ALSA.
alsa-driver:
alsa-driver: For more information, see http://alsa-project.org
alsa-driver:

PACKAGE NAME:  device-mapper-1.00.17-i486-2.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION:  ./testing/packages/lvm2
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed):  233 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed):  590 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
device-mapper: device-mapper (device-mapper for logical volume management)
device-mapper:
device-mapper: The goal of device-mapper is to support volume management.  The
device-mapper: driver enables the definition of new block devices composed of
device-mapper: ranges of sectors of existing devices.  This can be used to define
device-mapper: disk partitions or logical volumes.
device-mapper:
device-mapper: device-mapper is required by LVM2, the Logical Volume Manager.
device-mapper:

PACKAGE NAME:  gcc-3.4.0-i486-1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION:  ./testing/packages/gcc-3.4.0
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed):  4791 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed):  9820 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
gcc: gcc (Base GCC package with C support)
gcc:
gcc: GCC is the GNU Compiler Collection.
gcc:
gcc: This package contains those parts of the compiler collection needed to
gcc: compile C code.  Other packages add C++, Fortran, Objective-C, and
gcc: Java support to the compiler core.
gcc:

PACKAGE NAME:  gcc-g++-3.4.0-i486-1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION:  ./testing/packages/gcc-3.4.0
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed):  10016 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed):  46020 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
gcc-g++: gcc-g++ (C++ for GCC)
gcc-g++:
gcc-g++: C++ support for the GNU Compiler Collection.
gcc-g++:
gcc-g++: This package contains those parts of the compiler collection needed to
gcc-g++: compile C++ code.  The base gcc package is also required.
gcc-g++:

PACKAGE NAME:  gcc-g77-3.4.0-i486-1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION:  ./testing/packages/gcc-3.4.0
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed):  2017 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed):  4440 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
gcc-g77: gcc-g77 (Fortran support for GCC)
gcc-g77:
gcc-g77: This package contains those parts of the compiler collection needed to
gcc-g77: compile Fortran code.  The base gcc package is also required.  GNU
gcc-g77: Fortran supports a variety of extensions to, and dialects of, the
gcc-g77: Fortran language.  Its primary base is the ANSI FORTRAN 77 standard,
gcc-g77: with some some extensions popularized by the 'f77' and 'f2c' compilers,
gcc-g77: other compilers (such as Digital products), and the Fortran 90
gcc-g77: standard.
gcc-g77:

PACKAGE NAME:  gcc-gnat-3.4.0-i486-1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION:  ./testing/packages/gcc-3.4.0
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed):  8066 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed):  25960 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
gcc-gnat: gcc-gnat (Ada support for GCC)
gcc-gnat:
gcc-gnat: Ada 95 support for the GNU Compiler Collection.
gcc-gnat:
gcc-gnat: This package contains those parts of the compiler collection needed to
gcc-gnat: compile Ada 95 code.  Ada95 is the object oriented successor to the
gcc-gnat: Ada83 language. 
gcc-gnat:

PACKAGE NAME:  gcc-java-3.4.0-i486-1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION:  ./testing/packages/gcc-3.4.0
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed):  11968 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed):  45450 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
gcc-java: gcc-java (Java support for GCC)
gcc-java:
gcc-java: Java support for the GNU Compiler Collection.
gcc-java:
gcc-java: This package contains those parts of the compiler collection needed to
gcc-java: compile programs written in the Java programming language.  The base
gcc-java: gcc package is also required.
gcc-java:

PACKAGE NAME:  gcc-objc-3.4.0-i486-1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION:  ./testing/packages/gcc-3.4.0
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed):  1588 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed):  3610 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
gcc-objc: gcc-objc (Objective-C support for GCC)
gcc-objc:
gcc-objc: Objective-C support for the GNU Compiler Collection.
gcc-objc:
gcc-objc: This package contains those parts of the compiler collection needed to
gcc-objc: compile code written in Objective-C.  Objective-C was originally
gcc-objc: developed to add object-oriented extensions to the C language, and is
gcc-objc: best known as the native language of the NeXT computer.
gcc-objc:

PACKAGE NAME:  kernel-generic-2.6.7-i486-1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION:  ./testing/packages/linux-2.6.7
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed):  1519 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed):  2130 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
kernel-generic: kernel-generic (a general purpose Linux kernel)
kernel-generic:
kernel-generic: This is a Linux kernel with built-in support for most IDE controllers
kernel-generic: and the ext2 filesystem.  If you need more advanced filesystems, or
kernel-generic: need to load support for a SCSI or other controller, then you'll need
kernel-generic: to load one or more kernel modules using an initial ramdisk, or
kernel-generic: initrd.  For more information about creating an initrd, see the
kernel-generic: README.initrd file in the /boot directory.
kernel-generic:

PACKAGE NAME:  kernel-headers-2.6.7-i386-1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION:  ./testing/packages/linux-2.6.7
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed):  1369 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed):  5540 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
kernel-headers: kernel-headers (Linux kernel include files)
kernel-headers:
kernel-headers: These are the include files from the Linux kernel.
kernel-headers:
kernel-headers: You'll need these to compile most system software for Linux.
kernel-headers:

PACKAGE NAME:  kernel-modules-2.6.7-i486-2.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION:  ./testing/packages/linux-2.6.7
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed):  10461 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed):  27470 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
kernel-modules: kernel-modules (Linux kernel modules)
kernel-modules:
kernel-modules: A kernel module is a piece of object code that can be dynamically
kernel-modules: loaded into the Linux kernel to provide new kernel functions.  Most of
kernel-modules: these modules provide support for devices such as CD-ROM drives, tape
kernel-modules: drives, and ethernet cards.  You can choose which modules to load by
kernel-modules: editing /etc/rc.d/rc.modules.
kernel-modules:

PACKAGE NAME:  kernel-source-2.6.7-noarch-1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION:  ./testing/packages/linux-2.6.7
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed):  43053 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed):  196480 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
kernel-source: kernel-source (Linux kernel source)
kernel-source:
kernel-source: Source code for Linus Torvalds' Linux kernel.
kernel-source:
kernel-source: This is the complete and unmodified source code for the Linux kernel.
kernel-source:

PACKAGE NAME:  lvm2-2.00.15-i486-2.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION:  ./testing/packages/lvm2
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed):  555 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed):  1320 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
lvm2: lvm2 (Logical Volume Manager version 2)
lvm2:
lvm2: Heinz Mauelshagen's LVM (Logical Volume Manager) for Linux.
lvm2: LVM adds an additional layer between the physical peripherals and the
lvm2: low-level I/O interface to get a logical view of disks.  This allows
lvm2: the concatenation of several disks (so-called physical volumes or PVs)
lvm2: to form a storage pool (so-called Volume Group or VG) with allocation
lvm2: units called physical extents (called PE).  With LVM, you can extend,
lvm2: resize, or relocate storage dynamically.
lvm2: