These configuration options are set in slackrepo_SBo.conf or ~/.slackreporc.

For full details, see the manpage slackrepo.conf(5)

Default repo ID and configuration directory

• REPO="SBo" — the default repo ID. This determines the configuration file slackrepo_ID.conf from which other configuration variables will be read. This can be set only in ~/.slackreporc, but can be overridden by the REPO environment variable or by the command line option --repo=ID.
• CONFIGDIR="/etc/slackrepo" — the configuration directory. This specifies an alternative directory to be used instead of /etc/slackrepo to find the configuration files. This can be set only in ~/.slackreporc, but can be overridden by the CONFIGDIR environment variable.

Repository filestore locations

The strings %REPO%, %SLACKVER% and %ARCH% are replaced by the repository ID (e.g. SBo), the Slackware version (e.g. 14.1), and the Slackware ARCH (e.g. i486).

• SBREPO="/var/lib/slackrepo/%REPO%/slackbuilds" — location of SlackBuilds repository
• SRCREPO="/var/lib/slackrepo/%REPO%/source" — location of downloaded source repository
• PKGREPO="/var/lib/slackrepo/%REPO%/packages/%SLACKVER%/%ARCH%" — location of package repository
• PKGBACKUP="/var/lib/slackrepo/%REPO%/backups/%SLACKVER%/%ARCH%" — location of backups
• HINTDIR="/etc/slackrepo/%REPO%/hintfiles" — location of Hintfiles
• DEFAULT_HINTDIR="/etc/slackrepo/%REPO%/default_hintfiles/%SLACKVER%" — location of default hintfiles
• LOGDIR="/var/log/slackrepo/%REPO%" — location of log files
• DATABASE="/var/lib/slackrepo/%REPO%/database_%REPO%.sqlite3" — location of the database
• TMP="/tmp/%REPO%" — directory for temporary files

If you want to run slackrepo as an ordinary user, you can use something like this instead, and save it to .slackreporc in your ordinary user's home directory:

SBREPO=~/slackrepo/%REPO%/slackbuilds
SRCREPO=~/slackrepo/%REPO%/source
PKGREPO=~/slackrepo/%REPO%/packages/%SLACKVER%/%ARCH%
PKGBACKUP=~/slackrepo/%REPO%/backups/%SLACKVER%/%ARCH%
HINTDIR=~/slackrepo/%REPO%/hintfiles
DEFAULT_HINTDIR="/etc/slackrepo/%REPO%/default_hintfiles/%SLACKVER%"
LOGDIR=~/slackrepo/%REPO%/logs
DATABASE=~/slackrepo/%REPO%/database_%REPO%.sqlite3

If you use ~ you should NOT use quotes "...". You also need to create the file /etc/sudoers.d/slackrepo, replacing username with your username:

User_Alias SLACKREPOERS = username
Defaults:SLACKREPOERS !env_reset,!env_delete
SLACKREPOERS ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: /usr/libexec/slackrepo/*

Building packages

• NUMJOBS='' — number of make jobs to set in MAKEFLAGS (e.g., NUMJOBS='-j2'). Leave blank to have this automatically determined as one more than the number of processors on the build host.
• ARCH='' — arch for built packages (normally determined from the build host)
• TAG='_SBo' — tag for built packages (please change this if your packages will be publicly available, see SlackBuilds.org FAQ 20)
• PKGTYPE='tgz' — package compression type. Valid values are: tgz, txz, tbz, tlz

Calling gen_repos_files.sh

• USE_GENREPOS='0' — whether to use gen_repos_files.sh (to enable it, change 0 to 1)

If you enable gen_repos_files.sh, you must set correct values for its configuration options in /etc/slackrepo/slackrepo_SBo.conf. However, if you already use gen_repos_files.sh, it will still read your existing ~/.genreprc file. For details, see the man page slackrepo.conf(5).