slackpkg does not upgrade properly
by igadoter from LinuxQuestions.org on (#5DH9B)
I just installed -current with help AlienBob Liveslak. I have local mirror. I wanted to fully update system, update + install all new packages. Just full Slackware -current installation. I did this
Code:# slackpkg update
# slackpkg upgrade
# slackpkg install-newProblem is many packages are missing. For example fluxbox was not installed. If I explicitly require
Code:# slackpkg install fluxboxthen slackpkg finds that package. So at this point I need to find all missing packages and install by other means. slackpkg tells that nothing new is to install or to upgrade. Some new packages were installed: KDE, motif. What may cause such behavior? Install only some part of new packages and omit others. I thought perhaps some files are not accessible. But fluxbox is not present on system, so I think it should be installed with install-new command. However apparently not - yet it can be installed directly. And the same for many more packages.
Code:# slackpkg update
# slackpkg upgrade
# slackpkg install-newProblem is many packages are missing. For example fluxbox was not installed. If I explicitly require
Code:# slackpkg install fluxboxthen slackpkg finds that package. So at this point I need to find all missing packages and install by other means. slackpkg tells that nothing new is to install or to upgrade. Some new packages were installed: KDE, motif. What may cause such behavior? Install only some part of new packages and omit others. I thought perhaps some files are not accessible. But fluxbox is not present on system, so I think it should be installed with install-new command. However apparently not - yet it can be installed directly. And the same for many more packages.