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slackpkg+ (slackpkgplus) creates glitch with slackpkg installing full package series

I'm not sure if the author/maintainer of slackpkg+ frequents LQ, but I'm encountering a glitch when I have slackpkg+ installed, whereby slackpkg stops being able to install full package series (a, xap, xfce, etc.). Strangely, I can still remove full package series with slackpkg installed.

I recently noticed this when trying to run slackpkg install xfce; it did not select packages from the 'xfce' series, but rather, only matched packages with the string 'xfce' therein. So, eg, Thunar, etc. were not selected.

Uninstalling slackpkg+ got it to start working again.

Strangely, slackpkg uninstall xfce does select all packages in the 'xfce' package series for removal, with or without slackpkg+ installed.

Here are my config files for ease of reference:

Code:

$ ls /var/log/packages/slackpkg* |cat

/var/log/packages/slackpkg+-1.7.0-noarch-8mt

/var/log/packages/slackpkg-2.83.0-noarch-3

Code:

$ cat /etc/slackpkg/slackpkgplus.conf |grep -v '^#\|^$'

SLACKPKGPLUS=on

VERBOSE=1

ALLOW32BIT=off

USEBL=1

WGETOPTS="--timeout=20 --tries=2"

SEARCH_CLOG_INPARENT=on

CACHEUPDATE=off

GREYLIST=on

SENSITIVE_SEARCH=on

WW_FILE_SEARCH=on

SHOWORDER=package

DETAILED_INFO=none

STRICTGPG=on

PKGS_PRIORITY=( multilib ktown alienbob )

TAG_PRIORITY=off

REPOPLUS=( slackpkgplus multilib alienbob )

MIRRORPLUS['slackpkgplus']=http://slakfinder.org/slackpkg+/

MIRRORPLUS['multilib']=http://bear.alienbase.nl/mirrors/people/alien/multilib/current/

MIRRORPLUS['alienbob']=http://bear.alienbase.nl/mirrors/people/alien/sbrepos/current/x86_64/

MIRRORPLUS['ktown']=http://bear.alienbase.nl/mirrors/alien-kde/current/5/x86_64/

Code:

$ cat /etc/slackpkg/slackpkg.conf |grep -v '^#\|^$'

TEMP=/var/cache/packages

WORKDIR=/var/lib/slackpkg

WGETFLAGS="--passive-ftp"

DELALL=on

CHECKMD5=on

CHECKGPG=on

CHECKSIZE=off

PRIORITY=( patches %PKGMAIN extra pasture testing )

POSTINST=on

ONLY_NEW_DOTNEW=off

ONOFF=on

DOWNLOAD_ALL=on

DIALOG=on

BATCH=off

DEFAULT_ANSWER=n

USE_INCLUDES=on

SPINNING=on

DIALOG_MAXARGS=139000

Code:

$ cat /etc/slackpkg/mirrors |grep -v '^#\|^$'

http://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/slackware/slackware64-current/

Hello,

This is a bug for which I already submitted a patch.

--
SeB

Quote:

Originally Posted by phenixia2003 (Post 5876587)

Hello,

This is a bug for which I already submitted a patch.

--
SeB

It doesn't look like this patch has been committed upstream. I'll try it out though! Thanks.

Thanks for reporting.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Poprocks (Post 5876374)

I'm not sure if the author/maintainer of slackpkg+ frequents LQ

Yes, I frequent LQ but not all days, so I can delay or miss to read some topic. The best way to report slackpkg+ is to write to the official topic

Quote:

Uninstalling slackpkg+ got it to start working again.

Instead to uninstall you can also try with temporary disable slackpkg+:

Code:

# SLACKPKGPLUS=off slackpkg install ....

Quote:

It doesn't look like this patch has been committed upstream. I'll try it out though! Thanks.

At time I was very busy; after that probably I forgot it.

I will add it in the next release, but I don't know when I will release it ;)

Thanks so much. Slackpkg+ is a difficult keyword to search for within the LQ infrastructure, plus the official thread is not stickied, so I wasn't aware of its existence.