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Old 05-03-2011, 05:44 PM   #1
bigfoot cascadia
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Question Slackware 13.1 -> 13.37/64 Upgrade Errors?


Attempting to upgrade Slackware 13.1 to Slackware64 13.37 on my Thinkpad SL510 Notebook. I have Slackware64 13.37 DVD in /dev/sr0 and have copied packages to /Packages/slackware64 on my HD. I have verified md5 sums on both the DVD and on the HD Packages. All md5 sums are OK.

I am following the Upgrade.TXT instructions exactly. I upgraded pkgtools without problem. When I attempted to upgrade tar, I got the following messages:

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/sbin/installpkg:line 115:/usr/bin/tar: cannot execute binary file
WARNING: pkgtools are unstable with tar > 1.13.
You should provide a "tar 1.13" to your $PATH
Verifying package tar-1.26-x86_64-1.tgz.
Unable to install /Packages/slackware64/a/tar-1.26-x86_64.tgz: tar archive is corrupt (tar returned error code 126)
Package tar-1.23-i486-1 upgraded with new package /Packages/slackware64/a/tar-1.26-x86_64-1.tgz
When I check which version I have, I get the following output

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user@darkstar:~$ tar --version
bash: /usr/bin/tar: cannot execute binary file

This seems contradictory to me. Has the upgrade been successful with a working copy of tar-1.26? I got similar messages when I upgraded xz also.

I do not want to proceed with the upgrade, only to find out that all the upgrades are corrupted and unworkable.

Last edited by bigfoot cascadia; 05-03-2011 at 05:51 PM.
 
Old 05-03-2011, 06:08 PM   #2
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You can't upgrade from a 32 bit slackware to a 64 bit slackware.
 
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Old 05-03-2011, 06:14 PM   #3
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sOLVED

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Originally Posted by XGizzmo View Post
You can't upgrade from a 32 bit slackware to a 64 bit slackware.
Well, that explains it, then. Thank you for the speedy reply. Guess I'll do a fresh install. ( Goes away sulking. )

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