Hi David,

> hello
> 
> don't know if this of any use, but since I coulnd't find this straight
> away on the net I hacked a little script to generate PACKAGES.TXT and
> CHECKSUMS.md5 from a dir filled with slackware packages

There is one within the FAQ that I use for the jaos.org PACKAGES.TXT/Checksums.md5:

http://software.jaos.org/git/slapt-get/plain/FAQ.html#slgFAQ17


hth,
jason
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Jason Woodward
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