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Originally Posted by cendryon
I wondered if the installer would directly install the updated packages found in patches/ when it founds them, instead of the original package ?
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No
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Originally Posted by cendryon
If not, is there a way to "streamline" the updated packages inside the tree ?
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You can move them into the same directory as the originals and delete the original version, the installer doesn't care about nor look for a particular version of each package.
eg
patches/packages/php-5.3.8-x86_64-1_slack13.37.txz would be put into
slackware64/n/php-5.3.8-x86_64-1_slack13.37.txz
you would then remove
slackware64/n/php-5.3.6-x86_64-6.txz
Don't forget to also do the .txt and .asc of each package
If you need help working out which disk series (sub directory) each update package belongs to check
slackware64/PACKAGES.TXT and just search the package name without any version number (eg php not php-5.3.6)
Same rules apply to 32bit as they do with the 64bit examples given above.