So the slackware upgrade tool won't upgrade itself? Another reason I guess why I like my favorate distro. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Holmes" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Monday, April 04, 2005 1:26 PM Subject: Re: upgrading slackware with swaret > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: RIPEMD160 > > Where can you find this later version and are the dependencies being > kept up to date? Slackware 10.0 and 10.1 do *NOT* have this utility anymore. > > On Mon, Apr 04, 2005 at 12:48:00AM -0600, Joseph C. Lininger wrote: > > Greg, > > You need a newer version of swaret. The format of the files it reads has > > changed, so that will happen if you aren't using the latest version. > > > > Equal causes can produce very unequal effects. > > Joseph C. Lininger > > jbahm at pcdesk.net > > Verification: 5eab38a77ac40416e075be8f50607ff7 > > > > And so it came to pass that on Sun, 3 Apr 2005, Gregory Nowak said > > > > >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > >Hash: SHA1 > > > > > >Hi all slackers and everyone else. > > > > > >I've got a box running slackware 9.1 here, that I didn't have time to > > >upgrade before, but have gotten around to wanting to upgrade it to > > >slack 10.1 now. I am trying to do this with swaret 1.3.1, which came > > >as an extra package in slack 9.1. My swaret.conf file is fine, since I > > >used it last time to upgrade to slackware 9.1. So, I just changed the > > >slackware version number in there from 9.1, to 10.1, and mounted the > > >first slackware cd under /cdrom, where swaret expects to find all the > > >packages, as I've configured it to do. > > > > > >I run > > > > > >swaret --update > > > > > >, and it compiles all the checksums, file lists, ETC, ETC, ETC, and > > >everything runs just fine. Then, I do > > > > > >swaret --up-all -A > > > > > >, and swaret tells me that all my installed packages are up to date, > > >which is obviously not the case. So, does anyone know what gives? > > >Should I first perhaps upgrade swaret using the standard slackware > > >upgradepkg tool, or is swaret simply not used to upgrade anymore? Any > > >informative input would be appreciated. Thanks in advance. > > > > > >Greg > > > > > > > > >- -- > > >web site: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org > > >gpg public key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc > > >skype: gregn1 > > >(authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) > > > > > >- -- > > >Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager at EU.org > > >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > >Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) > > > > > >iD8DBQFCUE6J7s9z/XlyUyARAmMlAJ9x/txienM2pezwFA/1QEO9D5SpjgCfbhd7 > > >DLqFDfr8EoI/w1HLi3mOZlk= > > >=72LX > > >-----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > >Speakup mailing list > > >Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > - -- > HolmesGrown Solutions > The best solutions for the best price! > http://ld.net/?holmesgrown > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.7 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFCUaLcWSjv55S0LfERA9rBAJ4/4thiQo5eLjJwGARuOqLl9nUikQCfdJn6 > d4UyWJlY2ZKpjYk+gTqLWXo= > =R3Si > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
