slackpkg+ (slackpkgplus) creates glitch with slackpkg installing full package series

Poprocks · 07-06-2018, 01:37 PM

I'm not sure if the author/maintainer of slackpkg+ frequents LQ, but I'm encountering a glitch when I have slackpkg+ installed, whereby slackpkg stops being able to install full package series (a, xap, xfce, etc.). Strangely, I can still remove full package series with slackpkg installed.

I recently noticed this when trying to run slackpkg install xfce; it did not select packages from the 'xfce' series, but rather, only matched packages with the string 'xfce' therein. So, eg, Thunar, etc. were not selected.

Uninstalling slackpkg+ got it to start working again.

Strangely, slackpkg uninstall xfce does select all packages in the 'xfce' package series for removal, with or without slackpkg+ installed.

Here are my config files for ease of reference:

Code:

$ ls /var/log/packages/slackpkg* |cat
/var/log/packages/slackpkg+-1.7.0-noarch-8mt
/var/log/packages/slackpkg-2.83.0-noarch-3

Code:

$ cat /etc/slackpkg/slackpkgplus.conf |grep -v '^#\|^$'
SLACKPKGPLUS=on
VERBOSE=1
ALLOW32BIT=off
USEBL=1
WGETOPTS="--timeout=20 --tries=2"
SEARCH_CLOG_INPARENT=on
CACHEUPDATE=off
GREYLIST=on
SENSITIVE_SEARCH=on
WW_FILE_SEARCH=on
SHOWORDER=package
DETAILED_INFO=none
STRICTGPG=on
PKGS_PRIORITY=( multilib ktown alienbob )
TAG_PRIORITY=off
REPOPLUS=( slackpkgplus multilib alienbob )
MIRRORPLUS['slackpkgplus']=http://slakfinder.org/slackpkg+/
MIRRORPLUS['multilib']=http://bear.alienbase.nl/mirrors/people/alien/multilib/current/
MIRRORPLUS['alienbob']=http://bear.alienbase.nl/mirrors/people/alien/sbrepos/current/x86_64/
MIRRORPLUS['ktown']=http://bear.alienbase.nl/mirrors/alien-kde/current/5/x86_64/

Code:

$ cat /etc/slackpkg/slackpkg.conf |grep -v '^#\|^$'
TEMP=/var/cache/packages
WORKDIR=/var/lib/slackpkg
WGETFLAGS="--passive-ftp"
DELALL=on
CHECKMD5=on
CHECKGPG=on
CHECKSIZE=off
PRIORITY=( patches %PKGMAIN extra pasture testing )
POSTINST=on
ONLY_NEW_DOTNEW=off
ONOFF=on
DOWNLOAD_ALL=on
DIALOG=on
BATCH=off
DEFAULT_ANSWER=n
USE_INCLUDES=on
SPINNING=on
DIALOG_MAXARGS=139000

Code:

$ cat /etc/slackpkg/mirrors |grep -v '^#\|^$'
http://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/slackware/slackware64-current/

phenixia2003 · 07-07-2018, 04:15 AM

Hello,

This is a bug for which I already submitted a patch.

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SeB

Poprocks · 07-08-2018, 10:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by phenixia2003

Hello,

This is a bug for which I already submitted a patch.

--
SeB

It doesn't look like this patch has been committed upstream. I'll try it out though! Thanks.

zerouno · 07-09-2018, 05:15 AM

Thanks for reporting.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Poprocks

I'm not sure if the author/maintainer of slackpkg+ frequents LQ

Yes, I frequent LQ but not all days, so I can delay or miss to read some topic. The best way to report slackpkg+ is to write to the official topic

Quote:

Uninstalling slackpkg+ got it to start working again.

Instead to uninstall you can also try with temporary disable slackpkg+:

Code:

# SLACKPKGPLUS=off slackpkg install ....

Quote:

It doesn't look like this patch has been committed upstream. I'll try it out though! Thanks.

At time I was very busy; after that probably I forgot it.

I will add it in the next release, but I don't know when I will release it

Poprocks · 07-09-2018, 03:15 PM

Thanks so much. Slackpkg+ is a difficult keyword to search for within the LQ infrastructure, plus the official thread is not stickied, so I wasn't aware of its existence.

zerouno · 07-22-2018, 05:47 AM

patch applied