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#1 2004-03-05 12:28:14
- Martillo1
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- From: My kabila in Lavapiés
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I do not understand what ABS is nor the way it works
So that is the question. Any help is welcome for I am completely clueless.
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#2 2004-03-05 12:40:21
- andy
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Re: I do not understand what ABS is nor the way it works
Did you read http://www.archlinux.org/docs/en/guide/ … .html#SEC5 ?
Some more simple points :
- ABS is completely optional. You can run Arch w/o ABS.
- ABS is what the arch developers use to create and maintain the distribution.
- ABS is for you if you want to change how some packages are compiled.
- ABS is for you if you want to add software "the Arch way", i.e. put it under pacman's control instead of the "./configure && make install" routine which would put "stray files" into /usr/local
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#3 2004-03-05 12:40:22
- calexico
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Re: I do not understand what ABS is nor the way it works
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#4 2004-03-07 13:14:01
- Martillo1
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Re: I do not understand what ABS is nor the way it works
Thanks! 
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#5 2004-03-07 14:03:50
- morphus
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Re: I do not understand what ABS is nor the way it works
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#6 2004-03-07 17:51:47
- calexico
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Re: I do not understand what ABS is nor the way it works
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?t=3059
If there are things you still do not understand, tell it there, so that I can put answers directly in the wiki (easier to access for everybody).
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