Problems with upgrading via swaret

Anomander · 06-23-2006, 07:16 AM

Hi,

I am trying to upgrade my Slackware 9.1 box to Slackware 10.2 via swaret, but it fails. I installed the swaret package en adapted the /etc/swaret.conf to reflect my settings. I have copied CDROM1 from the 10.2 set to disk. I have *no* internet connection on this system, so I can't use the URL's.

My apologies for not being able to show the real output as this machine has no possibilities (yet) to get data on a USB stick.

So, first I run a "swaret --update" to fetch the lists. This all goes well, except for the extra packages, this one failed. I assumed that these extra packages were not necesary, so I decided to continue.

Then I run a "swaret --upgrade -a"

Then it starts fething /checking wat to upgrade This all goes well. Then, when the real upgrading begins,
It starts and states that it will upgrade the aaa_base package from 0.1 to 10.2 The first time, this fails, the second time, it goed well.
After that it does the same for at, atk, autoconf, automake and bash, all the rest only fails. When ready, I get a system rendered useless, as the new bash requires some glibc funtionality, which isn't installed (yet)

Below are the parts of the /etc/swaret/conf which I modified:

# Define Slackware (8.1 or Higher or Current) Linux Mirrors.
# (Used for Official Slackware Linux Packages)
# (Slackware Linux Mirrors available at http://www.slackware.com)
#
# Syntax: ROOT=PROTOCOL:URL
#
# NOTE: swaret will use the order of the specified ROOT URL's.
#
#ROOT=file:/mnt/cdrom
#ROOT=file:/mnt/dvdrom
#ROOT=file:/mnt/usbmemstick
#ROOT=ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/os/Linux/distr/slackware/slackware-$VERSION
#ROOT=http://sunsite.cnlab-switch.ch/ftp/mirror/slackware/slackware-$VERSION
#ROOT=ftp://ftp.slackware.no/pub/linux/slackware/slackware-$VERSION
#ROOT=http://www.slackware.no/slackware/slackware-$VERSION
#ROOT=ftp://ftp.slackware.at/slackware-$VERSION
#ROOT=http://www.slackware.at/data/slackware-$VERSION
#ROOT=ftp://ftp.planetmirror.com/pub/slackware/slackware-$VERSION
#ROOT=http://ftp.planetmirror.com/pub/slackware/slackware-$VERSION
#ROOT=rsync://rsync.slackware.no/slackware/slackware-$VERSION
#ROOT=rsync://rsync.slackware.at/slackware/slackware-$VERSION
#ROOT=file:/pub/slackware
#ROOT=file:/mnt/nfsshare/slackware
#ROOT=file:/mnt/sambashare/slackware
ROOT=file:/data/cdrom

#REPOS_ROOT=LinuxPackagesDOTNET%ftp://ftp.linuxpackages.net/pub/Slackware-9.1
#
#REPOS_ROOT=My_Slackware_Packages_On_CD-ROM%file:/mnt/cdrom
#REPOS_ROOT=My_Slackware_Packages_On_DVD-ROM%file:/mnt/dvdrom
#REPOS_ROOT=My_Slackware_Packages_On_USB_Memory_Stick%file:/mnt/usbmemstick
#REPOS_ROOT=SomeRemoteRepository%ftp://ftp.someremoterepository.net/s.../slackware-9.1
#REPOS_ROOT=SomeRemoteRepository%http://www.someremoterepository.net/.../slackware-9.1
#REPOS_ROOT=SomeRemoteRepository%rsync://rsync.someremoterepository.net/slackware/slackware-9.1
#REPOS_ROOT=MyLocalRepository%file:/pub/myrepos"
#REPOS_ROOT=MyRemoteRepository_Using_NFS-Share%file:/mnt/nfsshare/slackware
#REPOS_ROOT=MyRemoteRepository_Using_Samba-Share%file:/mnt/sambashare/slackware
REPOS_ROOT=MyLocalRepository%file:/data/cdrom

# NOTE: swaret will use the order of the specified DEP_ROOT URL's.
#
DEP_ROOT=file:/data/cdrom
#DEP_ROOT=file:/mnt/dvdrom
#DEP_ROOT=file:/mnt/usbmemstick
#DEP_ROOT=http://www.swaret.org/swaret
#DEP_ROOT=ftp://ftp.swaret.org/swaret
#DEP_ROOT=rsync://rsync.swaret.org/swaret
#DEP_ROOT=file:/pub/swaret
#DEP_ROOT=file:/mnt/nfsshare/swaret
#DEP_ROOT=file:/mnt/sambashare/swaret
#

The rest I left default.

Best regards,
Andy Kannberg

multios · 06-24-2006, 10:12 AM

What version do you have listed in your swaret.conf file? It should be 10.2

Anomander · 06-26-2006, 02:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by multios

What version do you have listed in your swaret.conf file? It should be 10.2

I have version 10.2 set in the /etc/swaret.conf

Anomander · 07-03-2006, 03:47 AM

*kick*

Isn't there anyone out there who can help me on this ??

Quote:

Originally Posted by Anomander

I have version 10.2 set in the /etc/swaret.conf

theoffset · 07-03-2006, 11:36 PM

Well, I've used slackpkg to upgrade from 10.0 to 10.2 using the CD-ROM:

Install it (it comes in the Slack 10.2 2nd CD, under extras/), and open the /etc/slackpkg/mirrors file and uncomment the line which says
cdrom://mnt/cdrom (change the path if necesary).

You may want to exclude some packages (like kernel and stuff) under /etc/slackpkg/blacklist

mount the CD 1 under /mnt/cdrom (or whatever...)

Then you can issue (as root, of course)

Code:

# slackpkg update
# slackpkg upgrade glibc-solibs
# slackpkg upgrade pkgtools
# slackpkg upgrade sed
# slackpkg upgrade-all

It will *not* resolve dependencies, and will not uninstall removed packages (unless you run "slackpkg clean-system", but it will also remove *any* *non-Slackware* package), so you may have to do some ChangeLog reading/system testing to make sure the new packages which you need are indeed installed.

EDIT: If you want to upgrade anything from CD2, you'll have to mount it (under /mnt/cdrom or ...) and run "slackpkg update" again, then you can "slackpkg upgrade <pkg-name>")

It's been a while since I did this, so I can't remember the *exact* steps I took, but that was the general outline.

Hope it helps.

EDIT: I seem to remember that I upgraded some packages before the others (glibc-solibs, sed, pkgtools) because UPGRADE.TXT recommended to.