how do I use a copy of slack mirror on hdd to update system?
 

I am using this mirror-slackware-current.sh To keep my iso up to date just in case I ever need to reinstall Slack it will (should) cut down on having to update it after finishing Installing Slack. I already have the current on my hdd so why download it again when I can use what I already have, but

how do I write it in the mirrors file to use it to update my OS on my laptop?

this is what I added to the mirrors file but it didn't take.

The 2nd-dary drive is mounted in fstab so it is always there and mounted. the file structure is this.

This is the error message I get when I have the file://media/slack-mirror/slackware64-current uncommeneted and comment out the web mirror addess. then run this.

From /etc/slackpkg/mirrors:

#
# Slackpkg only needs to point to the directory that contains
# "ChangeLog.txt", and don't forget the trailing slash.
#

I half fixed that - got a go back and do that part better the shell changes the name of the ChangeLog.txt but it don't make sense how does it know where the software is at if all it points to is the changelog.txt?

it fails says it cannot find file so I got a visual check it to see if it is actually there.

It is not changing the name, read my previous post again.

mirror-slackware-current_slackware64-current_ChangeLog.txt <-- that is the name of the changelog which I now deem stupid on ground it looks for the name ChangeLog.txt.

I get this error running slackpkg install-new
it is there
the .asc file (2nd file) I have no idea where it is.

Your link should be pointing to:

/media/slack-mirror/slackware64-current/ChangeLog.txt

and should be formatted as such:

file://media/slack-mirror/slackware64-current/

Notice the trailing slash.

sudo slackpkg update

Updating the package lists...
Downloading...
Linking /media/slack-mirror/ChangeLog.txt...
grep: /tmp/slackpkg.4ZstY9/ChangeLog.txt: No such file or directory

Error downloading from /media/slack-mirror/.
Please, check your mirror and try again.


mirror-slackware-current_slackware64-current_ChangeLog.txt <-- that is the name of the changelog which I now deem stupid on ground it looks for the name ChangeLog.txt.

this is where I am having the shell script put the change log and mirrors look to
if I change that file to just ChangeLog.txt I get the error in post #7

and I just seen that the mirror-slackware-current_slackware64-current_ChangeLog.txt goes way when that script is done running.

You have something screwed up. My local mirror does not have "mirror-slackware-current_slackware64-current_ChangeLog.txt".

I think that you have made some edits to the config for mirror-slackware-current.sh that are strange to say the least.

This is how mine looks, and how I have been updating from:

Ok I got it .. I was trying to use the temp change log that script makes. if you look in the script you'll find it
I looked further into the dir structure and found that actual ChangeLog.txt and it installed-new now to try update-all

Not sure if you got this figured out yet, but you need to make sure your Slackware version is there as well. You can have all of the Slackware versions, both 32bit and 64bit in that directory, so slackpkg needs to know what version you want.

I believe the big boo boo was I didn't have that / at the end, and when I posted this I went to trying to use the temp path_verson_changelog.txt and it was outside the current64 dir then after all of that doing it the wrong way I finally figured it out.

so yeah it is working now, thanks for your decisive input though