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I have two pcs with slackware: one with slackware13 and one with slack64. So I think, I can compare, that I've configured both pcs quite right in /etc/slackpkg/mirrors...
My problem: while the slackware13-pc can be upgraded with slackpkg update| install-new|upgrade-all the slack64 won't do this task. I get no(!) error message, the messages show me, that there is nothing to do...but this must be wrong as I see the CHANGELOG
here is my output if I try to upgrade my slack64-pc:
Code:
root@slacki64: /home/mro # slackpkg update
Updating the package lists...
Downloading...
Downloading ChangeLog.txt...
--2009-08-16 22:33:27-- ftp://ftp.belnet.be/packages/slackware/slackware64-current/ChangeLog.txt
=> `/tmp/slackpkg.ibEMro/ChangeLog.txt'
Auflösen des Hostnamen »ftp.belnet.be«.... 193.190.67.15, 2001:6a8:a40::21
Verbindungsaufbau zu ftp.belnet.be|193.190.67.15|:21... verbunden.
Anmelden als anonymous ... Angemeldet!
==> SYST ... fertig. ==> PWD ... fertig.
==> TYPE I ... fertig. ==> CWD /packages/slackware/slackware64-current ... fertig.
==> SIZE ChangeLog.txt ... 62406
==> PASV ... fertig. ==> RETR ChangeLog.txt ... fertig.
Länge: 62406 (61K)
100%[======================================>] 62.406 --.-K/s in 0,1s
2009-08-16 22:33:28 (427 KB/s) - »/tmp/slackpkg.ibEMro/ChangeLog.txt« gespeichert [62406]
Dateien /var/lib/slackpkg/ChangeLog.txt und /tmp/slackpkg.ibEMro/ChangeLog.txt sind verschieden.
List of all files
Downloading patches/MANIFEST.bz2...
--2009-08-16 22:33:28-- ftp://ftp.belnet.be/packages/slackware/slackware64-current/patches/MANIFEST.bz2
=> `/tmp/slackpkg.ibEMro/patches-MANIFEST.bz2'
Auflösen des Hostnamen »ftp.belnet.be«.... 193.190.67.15, 2001:6a8:a40::21
Verbindungsaufbau zu ftp.belnet.be|193.190.67.15|:21... verbunden.
Anmelden als anonymous ... Angemeldet!
==> SYST ... fertig. ==> PWD ... fertig.
==> TYPE I ... fertig. ==> CWD /packages/slackware/slackware64-current/patches ...
Das Verzeichnis »packages/slackware/slackware64-current/patches« gibt es nicht.
Downloading slackware/MANIFEST.bz2...
--2009-08-16 22:33:28-- ftp://ftp.belnet.be/packages/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware/MANIFEST.bz2
=> `/tmp/slackpkg.ibEMro/slackware-MANIFEST.bz2'
Auflösen des Hostnamen »ftp.belnet.be«.... 193.190.67.15, 2001:6a8:a40::21
Verbindungsaufbau zu ftp.belnet.be|193.190.67.15|:21... verbunden.
Anmelden als anonymous ... Angemeldet!
==> SYST ... fertig. ==> PWD ... fertig.
==> TYPE I ... fertig. ==> CWD /packages/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware ...
Das Verzeichnis »packages/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware« gibt es nicht.
Downloading extra/MANIFEST.bz2...
--2009-08-16 22:33:29-- ftp://ftp.belnet.be/packages/slackware/slackware64-current/extra/MANIFEST.bz2
=> `/tmp/slackpkg.ibEMro/extra-MANIFEST.bz2'
Auflösen des Hostnamen »ftp.belnet.be«.... 193.190.67.15, 2001:6a8:a40::21
Verbindungsaufbau zu ftp.belnet.be|193.190.67.15|:21... verbunden.
Anmelden als anonymous ... Angemeldet!
==> SYST ... fertig. ==> PWD ... fertig.
==> TYPE I ... fertig. ==> CWD /packages/slackware/slackware64-current/extra ... fertig.
==> SIZE MANIFEST.bz2 ... 256846
==> PASV ... fertig. ==> RETR MANIFEST.bz2 ... fertig.
Länge: 256846 (251K)
100%[======================================>] 256.846 964K/s in 0,3s
2009-08-16 22:33:29 (964 KB/s) - »/tmp/slackpkg.ibEMro/extra-MANIFEST.bz2« gespeichert [256846]
Downloading pasture/MANIFEST.bz2...
--2009-08-16 22:33:29-- ftp://ftp.belnet.be/packages/slackware/slackware64-current/pasture/MANIFEST.bz2
=> `/tmp/slackpkg.ibEMro/pasture-MANIFEST.bz2'
Auflösen des Hostnamen »ftp.belnet.be«.... 193.190.67.15, 2001:6a8:a40::21
Verbindungsaufbau zu ftp.belnet.be|193.190.67.15|:21... verbunden.
Anmelden als anonymous ... Angemeldet!
==> SYST ... fertig. ==> PWD ... fertig.
==> TYPE I ... fertig. ==> CWD /packages/slackware/slackware64-current/pasture ... fertig.
==> SIZE MANIFEST.bz2 ... fertig.
==> PASV ... fertig. ==> RETR MANIFEST.bz2 ...
Die Datei »MANIFEST.bz2« gibt es nicht.
Downloading testing/MANIFEST.bz2...
--2009-08-16 22:33:30-- ftp://ftp.belnet.be/packages/slackware/slackware64-current/testing/MANIFEST.bz2
=> `/tmp/slackpkg.ibEMro/testing-MANIFEST.bz2'
Auflösen des Hostnamen »ftp.belnet.be«.... 193.190.67.15, 2001:6a8:a40::21
Verbindungsaufbau zu ftp.belnet.be|193.190.67.15|:21... verbunden.
Anmelden als anonymous ... Angemeldet!
==> SYST ... fertig. ==> PWD ... fertig.
==> TYPE I ... fertig. ==> CWD /packages/slackware/slackware64-current/testing ... fertig.
==> SIZE MANIFEST.bz2 ... 11759
==> PASV ... fertig. ==> RETR MANIFEST.bz2 ... fertig.
Länge: 11759 (11K)
100%[======================================>] 11.759 --.-K/s in 0,06s
2009-08-16 22:33:31 (189 KB/s) - »/tmp/slackpkg.ibEMro/testing-MANIFEST.bz2« gespeichert [11759]
Checksums
Downloading CHECKSUMS.md5...
--2009-08-16 22:33:31-- ftp://ftp.belnet.be/packages/slackware/slackware64-current/CHECKSUMS.md5
=> `/tmp/slackpkg.ibEMro/CHECKSUMS.md5'
Auflösen des Hostnamen »ftp.belnet.be«.... 193.190.67.15, 2001:6a8:a40::21
Verbindungsaufbau zu ftp.belnet.be|193.190.67.15|:21... verbunden.
Anmelden als anonymous ... Angemeldet!
==> SYST ... fertig. ==> PWD ... fertig.
==> TYPE I ... fertig. ==> CWD /packages/slackware/slackware64-current ... fertig.
==> SIZE CHECKSUMS.md5 ... 624657
==> PASV ... fertig. ==> RETR CHECKSUMS.md5 ... fertig.
Länge: 624657 (610K)
100%[======================================>] 624.657 1,27M/s in 0,5s
2009-08-16 22:33:32 (1,27 MB/s) - »/tmp/slackpkg.ibEMro/CHECKSUMS.md5« gespeichert [624657]
Downloading CHECKSUMS.md5.asc...
--2009-08-16 22:33:32-- ftp://ftp.belnet.be/packages/slackware/slackware64-current/CHECKSUMS.md5.asc
=> `/tmp/slackpkg.ibEMro/CHECKSUMS.md5.asc'
Auflösen des Hostnamen »ftp.belnet.be«.... 193.190.67.15, 2001:6a8:a40::21
Verbindungsaufbau zu ftp.belnet.be|193.190.67.15|:21... verbunden.
Anmelden als anonymous ... Angemeldet!
==> SYST ... fertig. ==> PWD ... fertig.
==> TYPE I ... fertig. ==> CWD /packages/slackware/slackware64-current ... fertig.
==> SIZE CHECKSUMS.md5.asc ... 197
==> PASV ... fertig. ==> RETR CHECKSUMS.md5.asc ... fertig.
Länge: 197
100%[======================================>] 197 --.-K/s in 0,01s
2009-08-16 22:33:32 (13,6 KB/s) - »/tmp/slackpkg.ibEMro/CHECKSUMS.md5.asc« gespeichert [197]
Package List
Downloading FILELIST.TXT...
--2009-08-16 22:33:32-- ftp://ftp.belnet.be/packages/slackware/slackware64-current/FILELIST.TXT
=> `/tmp/slackpkg.ibEMro/FILELIST.TXT'
Auflösen des Hostnamen »ftp.belnet.be«.... 193.190.67.15, 2001:6a8:a40::21
Verbindungsaufbau zu ftp.belnet.be|193.190.67.15|:21... verbunden.
Anmelden als anonymous ... Angemeldet!
==> SYST ... fertig. ==> PWD ... fertig.
==> TYPE I ... fertig. ==> CWD /packages/slackware/slackware64-current ... fertig.
==> SIZE FILELIST.TXT ... 815318
==> PASV ... fertig. ==> RETR FILELIST.TXT ... fertig.
Länge: 815318 (796K)
100%[======================================>] 815.318 1,18M/s in 0,7s
2009-08-16 22:33:33 (1,18 MB/s) - »/tmp/slackpkg.ibEMro/FILELIST.TXT« gespeichert [815318]
Package descriptions
Downloading extra/PACKAGES.TXT...
--2009-08-16 22:33:33-- ftp://ftp.belnet.be/packages/slackware/slackware64-current/extra/PACKAGES.TXT
=> `/tmp/slackpkg.ibEMro/extra-PACKAGES.TXT'
Auflösen des Hostnamen »ftp.belnet.be«.... 193.190.67.15, 2001:6a8:a40::21
Verbindungsaufbau zu ftp.belnet.be|193.190.67.15|:21... verbunden.
Anmelden als anonymous ... Angemeldet!
==> SYST ... fertig. ==> PWD ... fertig.
==> TYPE I ... fertig. ==> CWD /packages/slackware/slackware64-current/extra ... fertig.
==> SIZE PACKAGES.TXT ... 36134
==> PASV ... fertig. ==> RETR PACKAGES.TXT ... fertig.
Länge: 36134 (35K)
100%[======================================>] 36.134 --.-K/s in 0,1s
2009-08-16 22:33:34 (316 KB/s) - »/tmp/slackpkg.ibEMro/extra-PACKAGES.TXT« gespeichert [36134]
Downloading testing/PACKAGES.TXT...
--2009-08-16 22:33:34-- ftp://ftp.belnet.be/packages/slackware/slackware64-current/testing/PACKAGES.TXT
=> `/tmp/slackpkg.ibEMro/testing-PACKAGES.TXT'
Auflösen des Hostnamen »ftp.belnet.be«.... 193.190.67.15, 2001:6a8:a40::21
Verbindungsaufbau zu ftp.belnet.be|193.190.67.15|:21... verbunden.
Anmelden als anonymous ... Angemeldet!
==> SYST ... fertig. ==> PWD ... fertig.
==> TYPE I ... fertig. ==> CWD /packages/slackware/slackware64-current/testing ... fertig.
==> SIZE PACKAGES.TXT ... 916
==> PASV ... fertig. ==> RETR PACKAGES.TXT ... fertig.
Länge: 916
100%[======================================>] 916 --.-K/s in 0,03s
2009-08-16 22:33:35 (27,7 KB/s) - »/tmp/slackpkg.ibEMro/testing-PACKAGES.TXT« gespeichert [916]
Formatting lists to slackpkg style...
Package List: using CHECKSUMS.md5 as source
Package descriptions
root@slacki64: /home/mro # slackpkg install-new
Looking for NEW packages to install. Please wait... DONE
No packages match the pattern for install. Try:
/usr/sbin/slackpkg upgrade|reinstall
root@slacki64: /home/mro # slackpkg upgrade-all
Looking for packages to upgrade. Please wait... DONE
No packages match the pattern for upgrade. Try:
/usr/sbin/slackpkg install|reinstall
root@slacki64: /home/mro #
Can anyone explain me what to do to upgrade the slack64-pc like my slackware13-pc???
probably you already have the latest version of the packages?
Use the changelog to verify it manually
Have done it. The system is definitely not "-current", a spot test shows me, that -as a example- my system has httpd-2.2.11-x86_64-1 installed while since Aug. 2 it should be httpd-2.2.12-x86_64
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