How to upgrade from stable to current?

agropec · 04-15-2015, 02:56 AM

Hello

I am using Slackware 14.1, and i would like to upgrade to current. I read current/UPGRADE.TXT, but it is related to 14.0 to 14.1

Could you please give me some ideas?
thanks.

solarfields · 04-15-2015, 04:19 AM

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...5/#post4676576

ReaperX7 · 04-15-2015, 04:27 AM

Go to your /etc/slackpkg/mirrors file and switch the 14.1 URL to one for -Current on the list, then run as such:

Code:

slackpkg update
slackpkg update gpg
slackpkg install-new
slackpkg upgrade-all
slackpkg clean-system

You will want to run clean-system to remove any old SBo packages so they can be rebuilt against the -Current system libraries as well as remove deprecated packages sent to /pasture, especially any kernel module packages. Make certain you comment out the SBo exclusion in /etc/slackpkg/blacklist before running this.

hitest · 04-15-2015, 08:39 AM

slackpkg update gpg, then slackpkg update, followed by the remaining commands in your list.

rkelsen · 04-16-2015, 10:59 PM

Any of the above will work, but you should consider that Slackware-current is not intended to be used in production.

hitest · 04-16-2015, 11:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rkelsen

Any of the above will work, but you should consider that Slackware-current is not intended to be used in production.

Exactly! As a rule we will offer help and support for patched full installations of Slackware-stable. If you choose to run Slackware-current then you are expected to do some of your own trouble shooting if things go awry. In my experience Slackware-current is very stable, but, breakage does occur from time to time.

agropec · 04-20-2015, 02:46 AM

Thanks for the answers.

fu9ar · 04-20-2015, 05:09 AM

I just had some fun with slackpkg (I didn't do it right) and a bit of a retro moment using links and bash in a vertically segmented screen session. After some futzing around after a blind upgrade that broke X... slackpkg ended up segfaulting and I nuked my install from orbit and reinstalled from optical media.

ReaperX7 · 04-20-2015, 12:24 PM

Breaks do occur, but because -Current isn't a true rolling release, the breaks are fewer because there is some level of quality in -Current.

T3slider · 04-20-2015, 08:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fu9ar

slackpkg ended up segfaulting

If you can make a shell script segfault you have a special kind of talent.