[SOLVED] Possible to find an old firmware package?

STDOUBT · 11-13-2016, 08:20 PM

Greetings all!

For a reason (edge case?, unconfirmed bug I think I'm experiencing),
I would like to revert to kernel-firmware-20160924git-noarch-1.txz.
I can no longer find this package on the mirrors since it was upgraded in -Current.
What happens to these "interim" packages?

Foolishly, I allowed slackpkg to upgrade this thing which has been the best I've used so far.
While using kernel-firmware-20160924git-noarch-1.txz, I never once experienced the dreaded "black screen" upon resume from suspend. Since the upgrade I've seen it twice and it's a serious buzzkill.

CTM · 11-13-2016, 08:52 PM

They get deleted from mirrors, so your only option is to find a mirror that hasn't synced with OSUOSL yet (unlikely) or build the package yourself from the kernel-firmware SlackBuild, which is actually quite easy because it just clones and repackages the kernel-firmware Git repository. In the SlackBuild, after cloning the repository, you can roll back to a commit of your choice with:

Code:

git checkout <commit_hash> .

This one should put you back to the state of that package on 2016-09-24:

Code:

git checkout 42ad5367dd38371b2a1bb263b6efa85f9b92fc93 .

allend · 11-13-2016, 08:54 PM

Uploaded from my personal cache. http://expirebox.com/download/b55fe1...07051ce9e.html
Contents of kernel-firmware-20160924git-noarch-1.txz.asc

Code:

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Our BDFL does not keep 'stinking old packages'

CTM · 11-13-2016, 09:08 PM

Clearly I spoke too soon

Actually, there used to be a guy who maintained a mirror of slackware[64]-current as a git repository in which the commits were ChangeLog entries, which was quite convenient for digging out old stuff. I wonder if I can find that link...

allend · 11-13-2016, 09:26 PM

Just a long standing practice of mine to run slackpkg with the option to retain files. After using slackpkg, I do 'mv /var/cache/packages /var/cache/packages<date>'. When following -current, it is occasionally useful to be able to easily revert to an old package.

STDOUBT · 11-13-2016, 10:32 PM

You've all given me a lot to go on.

It is greatly appreciated!

ponce · 11-14-2016, 02:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CTM

Actually, there used to be a guy who maintained a mirror of slackware[64]-current as a git repository in which the commits were ChangeLog entries, which was quite convenient for digging out old stuff. I wonder if I can find that link...

http://cgit.notk.org/adrien/slackwar...rrent.ext.git/

but he doesn't archive tarballs, there are just their hashes...