On Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:34:03 -0400, Ed Wilson wrote:

> Slackbuilds are not needed at all, but they can make life a little
> easier. Sometimes the make file has a make install but lacks an
> uninstall feature. The Slackbuild would make a standard slackware
> package that can be used with installpkg and removepkg. Another
> advantage is if the program requires anything extra, like flags being
> passed to the configure script the creator of the script would have
> likely figured that out, thus saving the step of finding the proper
> options to pass. The last advantage I can think of is ease of
> distribution to multiple computers, because you would not have to
> compile for every machine.

That would make sense! Sorry, but sometimes I forget that I'm a single
user on my machine and have no others running. If I where "back in the
day" admining a network, it would make sense.