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Re: Updating Slackware

From	"Rinaldi J. Montessi" <rinaldij@alien.free>
Newsgroups	alt.os.linux.slackware
Subject	Re: Updating Slackware
Date	2026-09-10 07:15 -0500
Message-ID	<d0b25bc8-bb79-4e26-af24-83596cf0a1c7@invalid.com> (permalink)
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On 9/10/26 12:51 AM, The Real Bev wrote:
> On 9/8/26 19:58, Rich wrote:
>> The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> He'd been using the actual name of the version and did periodic
>>> updates to the specific release.  He's wondering if switching the
>>> entry to 'curent' would somehow disrupt things when he updates or do
>>> anything else unpleasant.
>>
>> It is likely if this were tried that the various upgradings of packages
>> would not be in the correct order (the upgrade.txt file on a Slackware
>> iso has a specific order in which to upgrade) and the result could very
>> well be a system that no longer works (or boots).
> 
> Hadn't thought the order would make a difference...

In my experience slackpkg takes care of that.

However you access the repository, (switching to 
slackware/slackware64-current/ should be adequate) make sure to run 
"slackpkg clean-system" after slackpkg upgrade-all to remove any 
artifacts.  This would require upgrading any third party packages you 
have installed, but they would likely be broken by the system upgrade 
anyhow.  Library version bumps , etc.

Rinaldi
-- 
Cogito, ergo dubito

Thread

Updating Slackware The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2026-09-08 10:56 -0700
  Re: Updating Slackware "Rinaldi J. Montessi" <rinaldij@alien.free> - 2026-09-08 13:40 -0500
    Re: Updating Slackware The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2026-09-08 12:04 -0700
      Re: Updating Slackware "Rinaldi J. Montessi" <rinaldij@alien.free> - 2026-09-08 19:21 -0500
        Re: Updating Slackware The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2026-09-08 19:07 -0700
          Re: Updating Slackware Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2026-09-09 02:58 +0000
            Re: Updating Slackware The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2026-09-09 22:51 -0700
              Re: Updating Slackware "Rinaldi J. Montessi" <rinaldij@alien.free> - 2026-09-10 07:15 -0500
      Re: Updating Slackware Marco Moock <mm@dorfdsl.de> - 2026-09-09 08:28 +0200
      Re: Updating Slackware Eric Pozharski <apple.universe@posteo.net> - 2026-09-09 09:03 +0000
      Re: Updating Slackware kaukasoina3dore73js4@sci.fi (Petri Kaukasoina) - 2026-09-09 10:19 +0000
    Re: Updating Slackware Jim Diamond <zsd@jdvb.ca> - 2026-09-12 10:16 -0300
      Re: Updating Slackware Marco Moock <mm@dorfdsl.de> - 2026-09-12 15:53 +0200
        Re: Updating Slackware Jim Diamond <zsd@jdvb.ca> - 2026-09-12 14:42 -0300
          Re: Updating Slackware Sylvain Robitaille <syl@therockgarden.ca> - 2026-09-13 14:11 +0000
            Re: Updating Slackware Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2026-09-13 14:56 +0000
              Re: Updating Slackware Sylvain Robitaille <syl@therockgarden.ca> - 2026-09-14 22:40 +0000
            Re: Updating Slackware Jim Diamond <zsd@jdvb.ca> - 2026-09-13 12:29 -0300
              Re: Updating Slackware Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2026-09-14 15:20 +0000
              Re: Updating Slackware Sylvain Robitaille <syl@therockgarden.ca> - 2026-09-14 22:52 +0000
                Re: Updating Slackware "Rinaldi J. Montessi" <rinaldij@alien.free> - 2026-09-14 18:42 -0500
                Re: Updating Slackware Sylvain Robitaille <syl@therockgarden.ca> - 2026-09-15 00:51 +0000
                Re: Updating Slackware "Rinaldi J. Montessi" <rinaldij@alien.free> - 2026-09-14 21:15 -0500
              Re: Updating Slackware Sylvain Robitaille <syl@therockgarden.ca> - 2026-09-14 23:30 +0000
                Re: Updating Slackware jayjwa <jayjwa@atr2.ath.cx.invalid> - 2026-09-14 21:57 -0400
                Re: Updating Slackware Sylvain Robitaille <syl@therockgarden.ca> - 2026-09-16 16:48 +0000
                Re: Updating Slackware Jim Diamond <zsd@jdvb.ca> - 2026-09-27 21:20 -0300
                Re: Updating Slackware Sylvain Robitaille <syl@therockgarden.ca> - 2026-09-28 16:46 +0000
                Re: Updating Slackware Jim Diamond <zsd@jdvb.ca> - 2026-10-02 15:25 -0300
                Re: Updating Slackware Sylvain Robitaille <syl@therockgarden.ca> - 2026-10-02 20:35 +0000
                Re: Updating Slackware jayjwa <jayjwa@atr2.ath.cx.invalid> - 2026-10-03 11:20 -0400
                Re: Updating Slackware Sylvain Robitaille <syl@therockgarden.ca> - 2026-10-03 19:27 +0000
      Re: Updating Slackware "Rinaldi J. Montessi" <rinaldij@alien.free> - 2026-09-12 10:31 -0500
        Re: Updating Slackware Jim Diamond <zsd@jdvb.ca> - 2026-09-12 14:38 -0300
          Re: Updating Slackware "Rinaldi J. Montessi" <rinaldij@alien.free> - 2026-09-12 19:05 -0500
  Re: Updating Slackware Joseph Rosevear <Mail@JoesLife.org> - 2026-09-09 09:29 +0000
    Re: Updating Slackware Joseph Rosevear <Mail@JoesLife.org> - 2026-09-09 09:42 +0000
      Re: Updating Slackware Joseph Rosevear <Mail@JoesLife.org> - 2026-09-09 10:31 +0000

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