Hi all,

From: https://slackware.nl/slackware-live/latest/
I used this iso file: slackware64-live-current.iso

For a HD install (setup2hd), to my disk. I reused a /home/user directory previously used in another install. All went fine with this install.

Using slackpkg (no config changes) to upgrade hd install, today and after a very long downloading process, It did not complete the process because slackpkg itself was upgraded and I got this messages:

Is slackg-15.0 a newer version than slackpkg-2.82? If so, why is it upgraded? It's weird..

I am not sure to continue the process with slackpkg version 2.82.1 I currently have.

Any explanation or comments? Thanks in advance.

Check the changelog. There was a recent slackpkg upgrade, that is a normal message when slackpkg is upgraded.

Looks like you were 'upgrading' from an incorrect mirror. In slackware-current we had slackpkg-2.83 on 22 January and 15.0 on 8-February. But the "slackpkg-2.82.1-noarch-3.txz" package is part of Slackware 14.2.

Most likely scenario: you upgraded blindly, accepting all config changes.
When you upgraded to slackpkg-15.0 did you check the /etc/slackpkg/mirrors file? If you allowed your original mirrors file to be overwritten with the mirrors.new file of slackpkg-15.0 then it installs a Slackware 14.2 mirror! You need to edit the mirrors file again and fix that.

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Thanks Eric!

slackpkg upgrade warned about reviewing slackpkg.conf.new for changes and there was no mention to mirrors file. It is true what you pointed and that file is part of changes. Lesson learned. Thanks

I Changed mirror server and after a slackpkg update + upgrade-all, slackpkg came back to version 15.0-noarch-2.

After this I did a: slackpkg update + slackpkg upgrade-all and no packages were detected to process.

I am not sure if is that it or if there is an additional step.

Other option could be reinstall on disk and repeat upgrading packages taking care of mirror file.

Thanks in advance for your comments and advice.

I ran into the same scenario and realized it half-way through the downgrade.
I then edited mirror file and upgraded back to current.
I've had issues with blacklist and the kernels I have installed.
I've kept 5.4.84 and a custom 5.4.88 I compiled. I'm running an old Core2duo and want to wait a while before using 5.10.
Only thing remaining is resolving KDE in the blacklist; slackpkg install-new lists KDE . Is KDE/ correct?
I've tried it and didn't work.
System works fine and reports I'm on Current so I'm hoping the next updates go smoothly.

It never hurts to keep an eye on the documentation: https://docs.slackware.com/howtos:sl...:systemupgrade

frtorres, I do not see you make mention of "slackpkg install-new" which should always be run directly after "slackpkg update" when working with slackware-current.

slackpkg-15 have mirrors for 14.2 , some one report , but ignored , edit your mirror under /etc/slackpkg

Thanks Eric, yes, I did slackpkg install-new directly after slacpkg update, installed several packages. Sorry for not mentioning it.

I updated last night and things went well.
I re-edited the blacklist with kde/
and it works now.