[CLUE-Talk] Slackup

[Chris Scheller]

i recommend everyone do this at least once. i completed an earlier
version of the howto sometime ago and it is now a production server
and quite stable. one learns a great deal from building a linux sytem
from the ground up.


On Wed, 21 Mar 2001, Brandon N wrote:

> Hardcore guys don't use distro's anymore.
>
> www.linuxfromscratch.com
>
>
> --- Ed Young <ejy at techangle.com> wrote:
> >
> > Is nothing sacred?
> >
> > I always thought Slackware was cool because it was a "Tough Guy"
> > distribution where you had to manhandle tarballs into a useable
> > system.
> > Upgrading was not for the faint of heart and if you couln't upgrade
> > libc
> > without breaking you system, you couldn't hang out with the big boys.
> >
> >
> > Now it sounds like it's turning into a chick distro with auto updates
> > and all the fancy schmancy packaging utilities the other distos have.
> >
> >
> > I'll bet hardcore Slackers like Jeff Cann would never be caught dead
> > running some "Hold your hand" upgrade nanny...
> >
> >
> > Chris Scheller wrote:
> > >
> > > the slack team already has a tool very similar but with more
> > functionality.
> > > go get autoslack-1.7, and it can be had at
> > > ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/unsupported/autoslack
> > > allows for update of existing packages, installing new packages,
> > can be
> > > automated, or done manualy, checks packages against and MD5
> > checksum for
> > > installing as well.
> > >
> > > also while in their cd up 1 dir and go into protopkg. it is a very
> > cool way
> > > for building slackware packages.
> > >
> > > On Wed, 21 Mar 2001, Don Collier wrote:
> > >
> > > > I just ran across this in a Slackware news group.  Sorry if you
> > have
> > > > heard about this before.  If not, here you go.
> > > >
> > > > slackUp is a Slackware upgrade utility. It's main function is to
> > check
> > > > the current packages that exist on the system, and then to
> > download any
> > > > updates to them. slackUp has the option to just download, or to
> > download
> > > > and automatically install the packages once the download is
> > complete.
> > > > This allows for upgrading on the fly. Aside from upgrading
> > packages,
> > > > slackUp also has an additional feature which allows you to
> > download and
> > > > install third party Slackware packages, simply by providing the
> > name and
> > > > version number of the package. To demonstrate the ease of use,
> > here are
> > > > a couple of examples:
> > > > The following options to slackUp will download all updates to the
> > > > packages installed on the system and auto-install them:
> > > > slackUp -a -u
> > > >
> > > > The following options to slackUp will download foo-2.4 and
> > install it on
> > > > the system:
> > > > slackUp -a -g foo-2.4
> > > >
> > > > You can even specify which server you want to download your
> > packages
> > > > from:
> > > > slackUp -aul ftp://ftp.somesite.org/slackware-current/slakware
> > > >
> > > > The slackUp project was started because of the lack of an
> > auto-upgrade
> > > > utility for Slackware Linux. Slackware is an awesome distribution
> > but
> > > > because of it's unability to provide a quick and easy upgrade
> > solution,
> > > > many people are being turned off by it. This is a shame, and so
> > > > hopefully the Slackware team is working on an official release.
> > Until
> > > > then, slackUp will hopefully fill in for it.
> > > >
> > > > Here is the link to the website.  I am still at work, but I am
> > going to
> > > > try this as soon as I get home.  I will let you know how it works
> > out.
> > > >
> > > > http://xfactor.itec.yorku.ca/~xconsole/download.html
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Don Collier
> > > > collierd at email.com
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> > >
> > > Chris Scheller
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Chris Scheller
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