PACKAGES.TXT;  Thu Feb 17 14:47:37 EST 2005

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

Total size of all packages (compressed):  21 MB
Total size of all packages (uncompressed):  57 MB


PACKAGE NAME:  bison-1.875d-s390-1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION:  ./extra/bison-1.875d
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed):  316 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed):  890 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
bison: bison (parser generator similar to yacc)
bison:
bison: GNU "Bison" is a general-purpose parser generator that converts a
bison: grammar description for an LALR(1) context-free grammar into a C
bison: program to parse that grammar.
bison:
bison: Bison is upward compatible with Yacc:  all properly-written Yacc
bison: grammars ought to work with Bison with no change.  Anyone familiar
bison: with Yacc should be able to use Bison with little trouble.
bison:
bison:

PACKAGE NAME:  bootshell-1.3-s390-1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION:  ./extra/bootshell
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed):  4 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed):  20 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
bootshell: bootshell
bootshell:
bootshell: bootshell is a very (very!) limited shell intended to run as the boot
bootshell: prompt for a Linux390 system.  The goal here is to allow the VMOPER
bootshell: to halt the Linux390 system without knowing the root password, while
bootshell: still preserving system security.  The assumptions are made that:
bootshell:   a) Your opers are trusted to halt the system
bootshell:   b) Your VM account password is not your root password.
bootshell:
bootshell: bootshell was written by Mike Kershaw of Marist College

PACKAGE NAME:  checkinstall-1.5.3-s390-1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION:  ./extra/checkinstall
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed):  54 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed):  190 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
checkinstall: checkinstall (create a package from "make install")
checkinstall:
checkinstall: Installs a compiled program from the program's source directory using
checkinstall: "make install" or any other command supplied on checkinstall's command
checkinstall: line (such as a Slackware .build script), and create a binary package
checkinstall: at the same time so that you can install and remove the package using
checkinstall: Slackware's package management tools.
checkinstall:
checkinstall: checkinstall was written by Felipe Eduardo Sanchez Diaz Duran, and
checkinstall: uses the installwatch tool by Pancrazio `Ezio' de Mauro to monitor the
checkinstall: installation process.

PACKAGE NAME:  cmsfs-1.1.8-s390-1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION:  ./extra/cmsfs-1.1.8
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed):  41 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed):  200 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
cmsfs: cmsfs (CMS File System)
cmsfs:
cmsfs: This is the cmsfs package developed by Rick Troth.  It is
cmsfs: intended to allow Linux/390 guests running under VM and/or z/VM to
cmsfs: access data on non-SFS CMS minidisks that are attached to the guest.
cmsfs: This access is in read-only mode.
cmsfs:
cmsfs:
cmsfs:
cmsfs:
cmsfs:

PACKAGE NAME:  cpint-1.1.6_2.4.29-s390-1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION:  ./extra/cpint-1.1.6
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed):  14 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed):  50 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
cpint: cpint (CP Interface)
cpint:
cpint: This is the cpint package developed by Neale Ferguson.  It is
cpint: intended to allow Linux/390 guests running under VM and/or z/VM to
cpint: issue CP commands.  The interface checks to make sure the user that
cpint: is invoking it is root before issuing the command to CP.
cpint:
cpint: This version was compiled against a 2.4.26 kernel.
cpint:
cpint:
cpint:

PACKAGE NAME:  dejagnu-1.4.3-s390-1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION:  ./extra/dejagnu-1.4.3
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed):  192 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed):  910 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
dejagnu: DejaGnu
dejagnu:
dejagnu: DejaGnu is a framework for testing other programs. Its purpose is to
dejagnu: provide a single front end for all tests. Think of it as a custom
dejagnu: library of Tcl procedures crafted to support writing a test harness. A
dejagnu: Test Harness is the testing infrastructure that is created to support
dejagnu: a specific program or tool.
dejagnu:
dejagnu: DejaGnu is written in Expect, which in turn uses Tcl -- Tool command
dejagnu: language. There is more information on Tcl at the Tcl web site on
dejagnu: SourceForge, and the Expect web site is at NIST.

PACKAGE NAME:  emacspeak-20.0-s390-1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION:  ./extra/emacspeak
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed):  1957 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed):  8780 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
emacspeak: emacspeak (Emacs speech interface)
emacspeak:
emacspeak: Emacspeak is a speech interface that allows visually impaired users to
emacspeak: interact independently and efficiently with the computer.  By
emacspeak: seamlessly blending all aspects of the Internet such as Web-surfing
emacspeak: and messaging, Emacspeak speech-enables local and remote information
emacspeak: via a consistent and well-integrated user interface.  Emacspeak has
emacspeak: dramatically changed how the author, T. V. Raman, and hundreds of
emacspeak: blind and visually impaired users around the world interact with the
emacspeak: personal computer and the Internet.
emacspeak:

PACKAGE NAME:  emacspeak-ss-1.9.1-s390-1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION:  ./extra/emacspeak-ss-1.9.1
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed):  38 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed):  240 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
emacspeak-ss: emacspeak-ss (Emacspeak speech servers for several synthesizers)
emacspeak-ss:
emacspeak-ss: The emacspeak-ss package provides Emacspeak servers for several
emacspeak-ss: additional synthesizers:  DoubleTalk PC and AT from R. C. Systems
emacspeak-ss: <http://www.rcsys.com/>, Braille 'n Speak, Type 'n Speak, and Braille
emacspeak-ss: Lite from Blazie Engineering <http://www.blazie.com>, Accent SA,
emacspeak-ss: Apollo 2, JUNO, and JUNO-sp from Dolphin, Spanish ciber 232, Spanish
emacspeak-ss: ciber 232 Plus, and Spanish PC Hablado notebook.  Emacspeak-ss was
emacspeak-ss: written by Jim Van Zandt, and additional servers were contributed by
emacspeak-ss: Jack Chen and Oscar Fernandez.  Original inspiration by Bob Gildea. :)
emacspeak-ss:

PACKAGE NAME:  emu-tools-0.9.4-s390-1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION:  ./extra/emu-tools-0.9.4
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed):  65 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed):  190 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
emu-tools: emu-tools (tools for Creative audio cards)
emu-tools:
emu-tools: These are tools for use with Creative audio cards that use the emu10k1
emu-tools: driver, such as the Soundblaster Live! and Audigy.  The latest version
emu-tools: of both the driver and the emu-tools are available at:
emu-tools:
emu-tools: http://opensource.creative.com
emu-tools:
emu-tools:
emu-tools:
emu-tools:

PACKAGE NAME:  expect-dejagnu-5.41.0-s390-1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION:  ./extra/expect-dejagnu
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed):  550 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed):  1610 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
expect: expect
expect:
expect: Expect is a program that talks to other interactive programs according
expect: to a script.  Following the script, Expect knows what can be expected
expect: from a program and what the correct response should be.  An
expect: interpreted language provides branching and high-level control
expect: structures to direct the dialogue. 
expect:
expect: Expect was written by Don Libes of the National Institute of Standards
expect: and Technology.
expect: This version was patched to fix a problem that shows up in dejagnu.

PACKAGE NAME:  inn-2.4.2-s390-1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION:  ./extra/inn
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed):  4581 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed):  10700 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
inn: inn (InterNetNews news server)
inn:
inn: Rich Salz's InterNetNews news transport system.  The core part of the
inn: package is a single long-running daemon that handles all incoming NNTP
inn: connections.  It files the articles and arranges for them to be 
inn: forwarded to downstream sites.
inn:
inn:
inn:
inn:
inn:

PACKAGE NAME:  k3b-0.11.17-s390-1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION:  ./extra/k3b
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed):  3473 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed):  8770 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
k3b: k3b (The CD Creator)
k3b:
k3b: K3b makes writing cds under Linux easy.  It has an easy to use
k3b: interface and supports CD burning (including on-the-fly), copying,
k3b: erasing, ripping, and more.
k3b:
k3b: K3b was written by Sebastian Trueg, Thomas Froescher,
k3b: Christian Kvasny, and Klaus-Dieter Krannich.
k3b:
k3b: For more information, visit:  http://www.k3b.org
k3b:

PACKAGE NAME:  kfiresaver3d-0.6-s390-1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION:  ./extra/kfiresaver3d
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed):  69 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed):  230 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
kfiresaver3d: kfiresaver3d
kfiresaver3d:
kfiresaver3d: An amazing GL fireworks display screensaver for KDE 3.1!
kfiresaver3d:
kfiresaver3d: This KDE screensaver module was produced by Enrico Ros, based on the
kfiresaver3d: great work of David Sansome on kfiresaver, and is released under the
kfiresaver3d: GNU Public License.
kfiresaver3d:
kfiresaver3d:
kfiresaver3d:
kfiresaver3d:

PACKAGE NAME:  openmotif-2.2.2-s390-1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION:  ./extra/openmotif-2.2.2
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed):  4397 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed):  11020 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
openmotif: openmotif (Open Motif graphical toolkit)
openmotif:
openmotif: The Open Motif toolkit and Motif clients, such as the Motif Window
openmotif: Manager.
openmotif:
openmotif: Open Motif is only free on free operating systems such as Linux, BSD,
openmotif: and GNU HURD.  Please see the LICENSE in this directory.
openmotif:
openmotif:
openmotif:
openmotif:

PACKAGE NAME:  regina-3.3-s390-1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION:  ./extra/regina
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed):  483 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed):  1150 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
regina: regina (Rexx Language interpreter)
regina:
regina: Regina is an implementation of the the ANSI Standard REXX Programming
regina: Language, that has been ported to most Unix platforms as well as many
regina: others.  Rexx is a programming language that was designed to be easy
regina: to use for inexperienced programmers yet powerful enough for
regina: experienced users.  It is also a language ideally suited as a macro
regina: language for other applications.
regina:

PACKAGE NAME:  slacktrack-1.21-s390-1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION:  ./extra/slacktrack
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed):  98 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed):  320 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
slacktrack: slacktrack and altertrack (Slackware package building utilities)
slacktrack:
slacktrack: slacktrack is a script that launches a package build script via the
slacktrack: installwatch library so that the program's contents may be tracked
slacktrack: and turned into a Slackware .tgz package.
slacktrack: slacktrack is written by Stuart Winter but is based on the idea behind
slacktrack: CheckInstall and includes its 'installwatch' module.  
slacktrack:
slacktrack: This package also contains 'altertrack', a version of slacktrack that
slacktrack: is similar to protopkg and does not use installwatch.
slacktrack:

PACKAGE NAME:  the-3.1-s390-1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION:  ./extra/the
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed):  309 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed):  750 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
the: the
the:
the: The Hessling Editor (THE) is a cross-platform text editor.  It is
the: based on the IBM mainframe editor XEDIT, and includes many features of
the: Kedit.  All of THE is configurable, including syntax highlighting.
the: THE uses Rexx as its macro language, which means that if you install
the: this package, you must also install the regina package in /extra.
the:


PACKAGE NAME:  ucd-snmp-4.2.6-s390-1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION:  ./extra/ucd-snmp-4.2.6
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed):  3221 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed):  9040 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
ucd-snmp: ucd-snmp
ucd-snmp:
ucd-snmp: ucd-snmp provides tools and libraries relating to the Simple Network
ucd-snmp: Management Protocol including: An extensible agent, An SNMP library,
ucd-snmp: tools to request or set information from SNMP agents, tools to generate
ucd-snmp: and handle SNMP traps, etc.

PACKAGE NAME:  xcdroast-0.98alpha15-s390-1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION:  ./extra/xcdroast
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed):  1817 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed):  4320 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
xcdroast: xcdroast (Graphical frontend for cdrtools)
xcdroast:
xcdroast: X-CD-Roast is a graphical frontend for the command line cdrtools.
xcdroast: You can do anything X-CD-Roast does yourself using the command line
xcdroast: tools - but it's nicer and easier with the frontend.  The cdrtools
xcdroast: contain "cdrecord" (which does the actual writing of CDs), "readcd"
xcdroast: (reads data tracks of CDs"), "mkisofs" (masters CD images), and
xcdroast: "cdda2wav" (reads audio tracks).  Cdrecord, readcd and mkisofs are
xcdroast: maintained by Joerg Schilling, cdda2wav by Heiko Eissfeldt, and
xcdroast: X-CD-Roast by Thomas Niederreiter.
xcdroast: