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Old 03-08-2008, 09:05 AM   #1
hoodooman
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when updating patches with swaret it leaves the old ones


When using Swaret to update patches in slack 12 new install,ive noticed that it leaves the old versions (at least they appear in pkgtool).Should I manually remove them or leave them in place.Cheers.
 
Old 03-09-2008, 06:53 AM   #2
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Try changing to slackpkg, it deletes the old stuff.

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