Keeping my system updated
 

Hello all. I am used to RedHats Up2date program which queries a database to see if any of my files need to be updated. I really like this because I can feel confident that my system has the latest patches and or versions.
I realize that SlackWare doesn't have this automatic feature which is ok. I want to learn how to find this information out and do the updates manually anyways.
My question is what is the best way to find out which files on my machine have updates.
I am running Slackware 9.1 and don't know where to begin looking to see if any of my files are outdated.
I went to the http://www.slackware.com/security/ and am not sure how far back in history I need to look.
Should I just find out the release date of 9.1 and only concentrate on updates after that.
Thanks
Jim

You can look on

http://www.slackware.com/pb/

to see what the current package versions are.. and you can check out

http://www.swaret.org

to see into updating/auto-updating, etc

swaret is a really quick and easy way to keep your slack system up to date.

Yes...swaret...there is also now a GUI for swaret called kswaret. Not too bad, although I still prefer the CL.

Thanks very much. I haven't had a chance to look yet but am sure I will like.
Thanks all
Jeempc

swaret
 

I highly suggest using this tool. The biggest problem people have with it is that if the instructions are *NOT*followed exactly as they are written, upgrades won't work. Read the man for swaret a couple of times before attempting the upgrade...read it carefully and you should have no problems.

Thanks. I registered for the swaret forum. There is much help there.
Jim