After using swaret in a recent update of Slackware current I recieve a message about missing packages:

Listing missing Packages...
Search for (libXau.so.6), needed by 'kdebase-3.5.1-i486-1'!
Search for (libXdmcp.so.6), needed by 'kdebase-3.5.1-i486-1'!
Search for (liblber-2.3.so.0), needed by 'php-4.4.2-i486-2'!
Search for (libldap-2.3.so.0), needed by 'php-4.4.2-i486-2'!

Does anybody know which packages I have to install to fix the problem?

I think those are the packages.......

libXau.so.6
libXdmcp.so.6

etc

The question should have been..

Does anybody know where I can find these missing packages?

on my setup (current):

x11-6.9.0-i486-1
has
libXau.so.6.0
libXdmcp.so.6.0

and
openldap-client-2.3.17-i486-1
has
liblber-2.3.so.0
libldap-2.3.so.0

tobyl

You can find which official Slackware package contains a file by using the package browser.
You find it at http://slackware.it/en/pb/ or at http://www.slackware.com/pb (the latter will redirect you to the first address).

Oddly enough I had x11-6.9.0-i486-1 installed but had to revert back to x11-6.7.0 because of issues with my VIA-chipset.
The missing files message must refer to 'orphan' files from 6.9.0.

That is:
libXau.so.6.0
libXdmcp.so.6.0

I've installed openldap-client-2.3.17-i486-1, which took care of the missing liblber-2.3.so.0 and libldap-2.3.so.0.

The message has nothing to do with orphan files. You installed the newest kdebase. It is compiled against the libraries from x11-6.9.0.

Your kde install is broken. You may never notice it, or it might just decide not to work.

Although KDE seems OK, would a re-install of kdebase fix the problem.?

Not if you are just going to re-install kdebase-3.5.1-i486-1. You can use ldd yourself against the binaries installed by kdebase-3.5.1-i486-1 to verify this.

You are trying to run packages from two versions of Slackware at once. The old kdebase was compiled against the old x11 package. The new kdebase is compiled against the new x11 package.

Possible SOlutions:

Upgrade to the new x11 and resolve the issues with the VIA chipset.

Downgrade KDE.

Leave it how it is. Just know that something isn't working right. May get some strange crashes in the future. You never know.

Sorry, man. I thought maybe there was one guy in the whole world of linux who knew less than me and that I was actually clarifying something. Wrong again!