Subj : Slackware 15-ish
To   : Richard Falken
From : Alan Ianson
Date : Fri Feb 19 2021 03:34:11

  Re: Slackware 15-ish
  By: Richard Falken to Alan Ianson on Fri Feb 19 2021 04:58 am

 RF> I bet I am the weirdo in this echo, because I plan to upgrade from the
 RF> DVD? 

I mostly use the DVD if I have it, I don't have an upto date DVD of slcakware-current but I will when 15.0 is released.

 RF> AFAIK the upgrade docs pretty much told you to switch to single user mode
 RF> and apply certain updates in a certain order, else you risk breaking the
 RF> system in funny ways.

The upgrade doc is still for 14.2. Slackware-current is bleeding edge so it has to be handled with care.

Slackware has no idea about dependencies, slackpkg just updates packages as it sees them.

 RF> libc upgrades are a bitch.

Yes. I think 15.0's libc is updated now so smooth sailing from here. I hope!

 Ttyl :-),
         Al

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