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It depends, if you configured slackpkg+ so that 'ktown' packages always have precendence over stock Slackware packages, then the 'ktown' version of sip will not be downgraded to the Slackware version.
It looks like that is what's happening on your computer, works as advertized.
Probably doing something wrong again... but can't figure out what
When search for ffmpeg, I get this:
Code:
bash-4.2# slackpkg search ffmpeg
DONE
The list below shows all packages with name matching "ffmpeg".
[ Status ] [ Repository ] [ Package ]
uninstalled restricted ffmpeg-1.2-x86_64-1alien
uninstalled alienbob ffmpeg-1.2-x86_64-1alien
uninstalled alienbob gst-plugins-ffmpeg-0.10.13-x86_64-2alien
uninstalled slacky ffmpeg-1.2-x86_64-3sl
uninstalled slacky gst-ffmpeg-0.10.13-x86_64-2sl
You can search specific files using "slackpkg file-search file".
But when I try to install it it only offers gst-plugins-ffmpeg-0.10.13-x86_64-2alien and gst-ffmpeg-0.10.13-x86_64-2sl
The weird thing is that if I type "slackpkg download ffmpeg", then it offers the list of packages I get from the search command (except the duplicate ffmpeg from the non-restricted repo due to my priority options).
In other words, I can't install the ffmpeg package, but I can download it
Found the problem: a stale package named ffmpeg-0.11.2-i486-1alien that was not being picked up by slackpkg.
I installed it manually a long time ago for testing something then forgot about it.
After uninstalling it, slackpkg performed as advertised (once again).
Yeah... experimenting with multilib
This is my test VM and I should know better than testing stuff in this "unclean" environment, but it is the only I have at this location.
bash-4.2# slackpkg search ffmpeg
DONE
The list below shows all packages with name matching "ffmpeg".
[ Status ] [ Repository ] [ Package ]
installed restricted ffmpeg-1.2-x86_64-1alien
installed alienbob ffmpeg-1.2-x86_64-1alien
uninstalled alienbob gst-plugins-ffmpeg-0.10.13-x86_64-2alien
upgrade slacky ffmpeg-1.2-x86_64-1alien --> ffmpeg-1.2-x86_64-3sl
uninstalled slacky gst-ffmpeg-0.10.13-x86_64-2sl
You can search specific files using "slackpkg file-search file".
slackpkg show only the packages with -noarch- -fw- and -${ARCH}-, and if you have a -i486- package in /var/log/packages you will NOT able to replace it with a 64bit version.
This does not solve slackpkg install problem, but allow to notify the upgrade in slackpkg search:
Code:
# slackpkg search ffmpeg
DONE
The list below shows all packages with name matching "ffmpeg".
[ Status ] [ Repository ] [ Package ]
upgrade restricted ffmpeg-1.1-i486-1alien --> ffmpeg-1.2-x86_64-1alien
upgrade alienbob ffmpeg-1.1-i486-1alien --> ffmpeg-1.2-x86_64-1alien
uninstalled alienbob gst-plugins-ffmpeg-0.10.13-x86_64-2alien
upgrade slacky ffmpeg-1.1-i486-1alien --> ffmpeg-1.2-x86_64-3sl
uninstalled slacky gst-ffmpeg-0.10.13-x86_64-2sl
You can search specific files using "slackpkg file-search file".
Also I added the flag "VERBOSE" in slackpkgplus.conf:
Code:
# set to '0' to never show the download progress bar
# set to '1' to show the bar only in download packages (default)
# set to '2' to show always show the download bar
VERBOSE=1
When you download a package is useful the wget progress bar, but in the slackpkg update process you can't see if there is an error, so you can disable it.
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