UPGRADE.TXT to update

zerouno · 10-03-2021, 04:11 PM

the UPGRADE.TXT is to update due important changes:

Code:

1.  Upgrade your glibc shared libraries.  This is important, or things
    might go haywire during the next part of the upgrade:

    upgradepkg /root/slackware/a/aaa_glibc-solibs-*.txz

this is not correct since aaa_glibc-solibs does not exist in slackware 14.2, also there are other important packages. I suggest

Code:

upgradepkg --install-new  /root/slackware/a/aaa_*

or

Code:

upgradepkg aaa_elflibs%/root/slackware/a/aaa_glibc-solibs-*.txz
upgradepkg aaa_elflibs%/root/slackware/a/aaa_libraries-*.txz

lecho · 01-26-2022, 02:20 AM

Until now (26th Jan) UPGRADE.TXT is not updated. When upgrading to -current I needed only something like

Code:

upgradepkg glibc_solibs%/root/slackware/a/aaa_glibc-solibs-2.33-x86_64-5.txz

I have not checked if aaa_glibc-solibs-*.txz is possible with the above (percent sign syntax). Next steps as described in UPGRADE.TXT went smooth.

willysr · 01-26-2022, 12:15 PM

the normal procedure still apply

Quote:

slackpkg update
slackpkg install-new
slackpkg upgrade-all
slackpkg clean-system

drumz · 01-26-2022, 12:38 PM

I agree UPGRADE.TXT should be updated to add the "--install-new" switch.

Note however that CHANGES_AND_HINTS.TXT (which UPGRADE.TXT references) does list the changes, so a careful reader should be OK:

Code:

*** PACKAGE ADDITIONS SINCE 14.2 ***

a/aaa_glibc-solibs (replaces a/glibc-solibs)
a/aaa_libraries (replaces a/aaa_elflibs)
...

*** PACKAGE REMOVALS SINCE 14.2 ***

a/aaa_elflibs (replaced by a/aaa_libraries)
a/eject (included in a/util-linux)
a/getty-ps (moved to /extra)
a/glibc-solibs (replaced by a/aaa_glibc-solibs)
...

willysr: UPGRADE.TXT and CHANGES_AND_HINTS.TXT make no mention of slackpkg. They are written for users who directly use pkgtools.