Updated to KDE3.2. Don't know if this included a new release of kpackage.
On tab I1 enabled the use box and entered
file:/var/log/packages/PACKAGES.TXT
in the text box after having copied a PACKAGES.TXT file to the directory. /var/log/packages - didn't know what it was likely to achieve but seemed a good idea at the time
On tab P2 in the top text box entered
ftp://ftp.mirror.ac.uk/sites/ftp.sla...-9.1/slackware
also enabled the use box and entered
tp://ftp.mirror.ac.uk/sites/ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-9.1/patches/PACKAGES.TXT
in the text box.
kpackage now tells me what pacakages are in the mirrors patches folder that I haven't got installed in my machine.
It's a start.
AK