[SOLVED] slackpkg on current

moesasji · 08-06-2018, 04:46 PM

I'm trying to automate getting slackware current up and running using ansible.

In doing so I am hitting that slackpkg requires me to confirm that I indeed want to use a current mirror on slackware current. The problem here is that current != 14.2+ according to slackpkg, yet /etc/slackware-version reports 14.2+ for current.

Code:

ok: [192.168.1.18] => {
    "out.stdout_lines": [
        "", 
        "You have selected a mirror for Slackware -current in /etc/slackpkg/mirrors,", 
        "but Slackware version 14.2+ appears to be installed.", 
        "", 
        "Slackware -current is the development (i.e. unstable) tree.", 
        "", 
        "Is this really what you want?", 
        "", 
        "To confirm your choice, press Y, else press N. Then, press Enter: "
    ]
}

Any thoughts how I can get around that prompt as the following doesn't do the trick?

Code:

slackpkg -batch=on -default_answer=y update gpg

phenixia2003 · 08-07-2018, 10:26 AM

Hello,

This patch should do the trick :

Code:

--- core-functions.sh.orig	2018-08-07 17:20:01.144303289 +0200
+++ core-functions.sh	2018-08-07 17:22:24.578309689 +0200
@@ -273,8 +273,10 @@
 Is this really what you want?
 
 To confirm your choice, press Y, else press N. Then, press Enter: "
-		read current
-		if [ "$current" = "Y" ] || [ "$current" = "y" ]; then
+		#read current
+		#if [ "$current" = "Y" ] || [ "$current" = "y" ]; then
+	        answer
+    	        if [ "$ANSWER" = "Y" -o "$ANSWER" = "y" ]; then
 			touch ${ROOT}/${WORKDIR}/current
 			echo -n  "
 Slackpkg will not show this warning again unless you remove the

When applied, you should get this :

Code:

$ slackpkg -batch=on -default_anwser=n update gpg

You have selected a mirror for Slackware -current in /etc/slackpkg/mirrors,
but Slackware version 14.2+ appears to be installed.

Slackware -current is the development (i.e. unstable) tree.

Is this really what you want?

To confirm your choice, press Y, else press N. Then, press Enter: n

$ slackpkg -batch=on -default_anwser=y update gpg

You have selected a mirror for Slackware -current in /etc/slackpkg/mirrors,
but Slackware version 14.2+ appears to be installed.

Slackware -current is the development (i.e. unstable) tree.

Is this really what you want?

To confirm your choice, press Y, else press N. Then, press Enter: y

Slackpkg will not show this warning again unless you remove the
/var/lib/slackpkg/current file. 

			Downloading https://mirrors.slackware.com/slackware/slackware64-current/GPG-KEY...
			Slackware Linux Project's GPG key added

--
SeB

ponce · 08-07-2018, 11:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by moesasji

In doing so I am hitting that slackpkg requires me to confirm that I indeed want to use a current mirror on slackware current.
[...]
Any thoughts how I can get around that prompt

you can also run these commands manually and it won't ask the question at all

Code:

mkdir -p ${ROOT}/var/lib/slackpkg
touch ${ROOT}/var/lib/slackpkg/current

because the whole subroutine that does that check must satisfy this condition first

Code:

if [ "$MIRROR_VERSION" = "current" ] && [ ! -f ${ROOT}/${WORKDIR}/current ]; then

moesasji · 08-08-2018, 12:41 AM

Thanks for that line of thinking Ponce, as creating the /var/lib/slackpkg/current file does the job. The directory already exists in a clean install, so that step is not needed.