How to 'upgradepkg' following security advisory instrux
by jrch from LinuxQuestions.org on (#50V27)
Please forgive my ignorance. I have asked this before but never got a specific answer, only suggestions for 'upgrading entire system'. That is not what I want to do.
The latest 'security advisory', 3/13/2020 for mozilla-thunderbird-68.6.0-i686-1_slack14.2.txz, for slackware64 14.2, has the following specific instructions:
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Installation instructions:
+------------------------+
Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg mozilla-thunderbird-68.6.0-i686-1_slack14.2.txz
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Rebooted, logged in as root, online, opened cmd window, entered command above: result, nothing. cursor drops to next line, blank.
Before: my thunderbird --version: Thunderbird 60.8.0
After: my thunderbird --version: Thunderbird 60.8.0
My /etc/slackpkg/mirrors has, for US, slackware64 14.2, uncommented:
http:////ftp.osuosl.org/.2/slackware/slackware64-14.2/
Near top of 'mirrors' file, instruction says to use only http, not ftp.
I've followed instructions exactly. What am I missing here?
Is this patch/update ONLY for 32-bit systems maybe? If so, my bad.
Well, maybe I missed the '64' needed to modify instruction line? Again, my bad. Going back to change it.. will report results.
Thanks, jrc


The latest 'security advisory', 3/13/2020 for mozilla-thunderbird-68.6.0-i686-1_slack14.2.txz, for slackware64 14.2, has the following specific instructions:
------------------------------------------------------------
Installation instructions:
+------------------------+
Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg mozilla-thunderbird-68.6.0-i686-1_slack14.2.txz
------------------------------------------------------------
Rebooted, logged in as root, online, opened cmd window, entered command above: result, nothing. cursor drops to next line, blank.
Before: my thunderbird --version: Thunderbird 60.8.0
After: my thunderbird --version: Thunderbird 60.8.0
My /etc/slackpkg/mirrors has, for US, slackware64 14.2, uncommented:
http:////ftp.osuosl.org/.2/slackware/slackware64-14.2/
Near top of 'mirrors' file, instruction says to use only http, not ftp.
I've followed instructions exactly. What am I missing here?
Is this patch/update ONLY for 32-bit systems maybe? If so, my bad.
Well, maybe I missed the '64' needed to modify instruction line? Again, my bad. Going back to change it.. will report results.
Thanks, jrc