Following recent concerns about bash security, I have tried to apply the patch but I get the error message below.
Any help with this gratefully received.

root@watt:~# upgradepkg bash-3.1.017-i486-1%bash-3.1.018-i486-1_slack13.0.txz
+==============================================================================
| Upgrading bash-3.1.017-i486-1 package using ./bash-3.1.018-i486-1_slack13.0.txz.tgz
+==============================================================================
Pre-installing package bash-3.1.018-i486-1_slack13.0.txz...
ERROR: Package ./bash-3.1.018-i486-1_slack13.0.txz.tgz did not install correctly. You may need to reinstall your old packageto avoid problems. Make sure the new package is not corrupted.
root@watt:~#

Looks like upgradepkg is confused about the extension.

Dave

Also, when using upgradepkg, the % symbol should only be used when the old and the new packages do not have the same base name.

This is not the case here, so just type

Thanks for the comments received so far.

I just found out that the machine in question is running Slackare12.0 and not Slackware13.0 as I originally thought. There is no patch for bash for Slackware12.0 . I tried fetching the patch for 13.0 again since it has changed from version 018 to 019 in the last few days but when typing

# upgradepkg bash-3.1.019-i486-1_slack13.0.txz

I get the error message

Error: Incoming package ./bash-3.1.019-i486-1_slack13.0.txz.tgz not found

It looks like this older version of upgradepkg is expecting a .tgz file.

Two other machines I have runing Slackware13.0 and Slackware14.1, both 64 bit, upgraded with their respective patches without any problem.

Maybe the only soluion is to upgrade this Slackware12.0 machine to Slackware13.0 ?

Best to upgrade the os as 12 is not supported.

Hi. Check the post I just wrote about getting the latest Bash 3.1 security patches for Slackware 12.0, 12.1, and 12.2.

--mancha

Mancha, thank you, that worked and installed patch 020.

That buys me some time before upgadeing to Slackware13 or higher - I need to resolve some compatability issues with the driver in xawtv which is used with a Conexant 878A based video capture card.