Hello all,
for the first time i'm using slapt-get.
[HTML]installed it properly.
Downloaded slapt-get...........tgz
Did the following as root

# installpkg slapt-...tgz[/HTML]

[HTML]# cat slapt-getrc

WORKINGDIR=/root/Desktop/MyComputer/winD/Slapt-get/
EXCLUDE=^kernel-.*,^alsa-.*,^glibc.*,.*-[0-9]dl$,^devs$,^udev$,aaa_elflibs,x86_64
SOURCE=ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.0/
SOURCE=http://software.jaos.org/slackpacks/10.0/
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But now while updating i'm getting the following errors
[HTML]# slapt-get --update
Retrieving package data [ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.0/].lackware.com#pub#slackware#slackware-10.0#PACKAGES.TXT.head
.ftp:##ftp.slackware.com#pub#slackware#slackware-10.0#PACKAGES.TXT.head: Invalid
root@bond:/# slapt-get --simulate --update
Retrieving package data [ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.0/]...Failed to open .ftp:##ftp.slackware.com#pub#slackware#slackware-10.0#PACKAGES.TXT.head
.ftp:##ftp.slackware.com#pub#slackware#slackware-10.0#PACKAGES.TXT.head: Invalid argument
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where is the problem now ???

regards

I see nothing wrong there, the only thing that differs from my config file is the last / on WORKINGDIR and the empty line at the beggining of the file (at least, it seems there's one here in the forum).
I would suggest you to try another mirror, since Slackware's one is used to syncronize the mirrors so it gets a huge load of data.

Hello gbonvehi,
I amended both the things which you pointed in your post.
But problem still persisted.
I even tried by switching to some other mirrors.
By hit-n-trial i found the error.

the source last time was
so u see......the problem is with the URL.
Could any one explain it a bit more...

regards

What sort of filesystem is "/root/Desktop/MyComputer/winD/Slapt-get/" ?

Is that an NTFS or FAT partition? Have you tried setting WORKINGDIR to /var/slapt-get ?


take care,
jason

Hello jason,
File system is FAT.
I changed the setting of WORKINGDIR to /var/slapt-get.........and it worked.
I also tried with /slapt-get.......this time also worked.

So what could be the problem ???
It seems that this folder has to reside only on linux file system and not on windows.
Any suggestions ???

regard

FAT partitions have a filename length limit. slapt-get is attempting to cache the downloaded package information using a filename similar to the package source url. This filename is being truncated by the filesystem layer.


take care,
jason