There is an update to dhcpcd and fixed the issue that makes it (dhcpcd) exit when a bonded ethernet link loses carrier even when the "-K (--nolink)" option is present. There are also other changes in this update.

See:

http://roy.marples.name/downloads/dh...-6.2.0.tar.bz2

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...on-4175485139/

If you don't want to wait for the official update from Pat V, here's a little trick I learned a while back, and it'll at least get you up to date:

Let's use dhcpcd as an example.

I made a Downloads/ directory under /home, and in the Downloads directory, I made a SlackBuilds. Here I put all of my program subdirectories, either from an official slackware repository (I use http://slackware.osuosl.org), or from http://slackbuilds.org.

Make a 'dhcpcd' subdirectory under 'SlackBuilds', and then go here. If you use Firefox, go down the list (exclude the 'patches/' subdirectory, as the patches are already applied to 6.2.0), right-click on the file, and select 'Save Link As...'. In the dialog box that appears, navigate to the dhcpcd directory, and save it there. Repeat for every file.

Save (or move the file if you've already downloaded the file) to this directory as well. Run the following command to make the dhcpcd.SlackBuild file executable:

Run this command also:

and comment out these commands:

(As you can see, I've already commented them out).

Run the SlackBuild:

and it will compile the new package.

You probably already know this, but for the sake of completeness (and for anyone else reading this post), I'll include it here. Issue this command to upgrade the resulting package:

And now you have the new package.

You can apply this method for any upgrades you wish to perform, and -current doesn't already have.

Hope this helps.

Regards,

Matt

Thanks Matt!

Yes I did this when discussing over this bug with the author of dhcpcd and, as mentioned in the second link in my original post, had the problem solved.

You're welcome. I'm glad I could be of assistance.

Regards,

Matt

That patch was added by rworkman so that dhcpcd-6.0.5 would not start wpa_supplicant. It needs updating to apply cleanly to dhcpcd-6.2.0.

I am also wondering whether there are other hook scripts in dhcpcd-6.2.0 that should not be run by default in Slackware.
Looking at the hook scripts in dhcpcd-5.6.6 (that I am currently using) there is:
and in dhcpcd-6.2.0 (new additions in bold) there is:

You make a good point about wpa_supplicant. Perhaps that's why I couldn't browse the Internet after upgrading to 6.2.0 (and went back to the previous version, 6.0.5).