I've read the "upgrade.txt" and "changes and hints" but still have a few questions.

I'm running a quad boot system: Slackware 12.2 (32bit), Slackware64 (current), and two Windows OS's. I'd like to upgrade both Slackware versions.

In Slackware64-13.0 Changes and Hints:

My question is: Can I upgrade the Slackware64-current to Slackware64-13.0?

My Slackware version from /etc/slackware-version reports:

It seems there are two different version 13.0's availble...here's a screen shot of one of the official repositories:

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...1&d=1253899365

I am using the Slackware64-current. Are there any changes from *64-current to *64-13.0?

My second issue is just being a bit afraid of upgrading. Installation was fun and relatively easy. Even though I've searched and read on upgrading, I would like some "hand-holding" through the process. My plan was to download the necessary directory's (a-y*) and proceed from there. I want the process to be as painless as possible. I don't know if using slapt-get, slackpkg, pkgtool, or other would be the best way to accomplish the task. I'll have a printed copy of Upgrade.txt at my side, and hopefully a few useful comments from members who reply here

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The most recent stable release of Slackware is 13.0 - this is available for 32bit (i486) and 64bit (x86_64) architectures.

Then there is the "-current" tree as well. Slackware-current will start afresh after the release of an official Slackware stable version.

At this moment in time, slackware64-current deviates only a little from the stable slackware64-13.0, but as time goes by, there will be functional and intrusive changes in the package collection for -current, whereas 13.0 will only receive updates in the form of patches that address software vulnerabilities.

To address your question - yes it will be easy to upgrade from your (outdated) version of "slackware64-current" to the stable slackware64-13.0. The easiest way to do this is use slackpkg. First, upgrade slackpkg to the version which is contained in slackware64-current. Then, point slackpkg's "mirrors" file to one of the 13.0 mirrors and let it bring your computer up to date.

Eric

All came out well. I used the upgrade.txt as a guide. I haven't found anything that is broken accept KDE's network configuration util, but it was broken before (not that I used it ). As far as I can tell, ONLY the things that NEEDED upgrading got upgraded. I monitored the text as it flew by and saw many files that were skipped (already current). A log of 49 (20 + 29) removed packages and scripts was created during the process. I didn't see a "changes and hints" file for the specifics on upgrading from *64-current to *64-13.0 so I don't have a reference to compare to. So far, all my configs remain unchanged. Thanks for the vote of confidence Alien Bob!