From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from ns.pcdesk.net ([65.100.173.137] helo=pcdesk.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1DILNq-0003Uy-00 for ; Mon, 04 Apr 2005 02:48:27 -0400 Received: from merlin.pcdesk.net ([::ffff:192.168.0.13]) (AUTH: LOGIN jbahm@pcdesk.net, TLS: TLSv1/SSLv3,128bits,RC4-MD5) by pcdesk.net with esmtp; Mon, 04 Apr 2005 00:47:54 -0600 id 03800286.4250E31A.0000683F Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2005 00:48:00 -0600 (Mountain Daylight Time) From: "Joseph C. Lininger" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." In-Reply-To: <20050403201401.GA9059@romuald.net.eu.org> Message-ID: References: <20050403201401.GA9059@romuald.net.eu.org> X-X-Sender: jbahm@pcdesk.net@imap.pcdesk.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: upgrading slackware with swaret X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 04 Apr 2005 06:48:27 -0000 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@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@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@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >