[ARMedslack] Package auto? downgrade

[Christophe Lyon]

On Sun, Aug 4, 2013 at 11:22 AM, Stuart Winter <m-lists at biscuit.org.uk> wrote:
>
>> No I am not sure :-)
>> I remember at some I tried to upgraded to 13.37, but changed my mind.
>> So maybe a few packages got upgraded, including mutt, and later reverted...
>>
>> I don't use slackpkg often :-)
>> So I don't master it and I am a bit scared of loosing my data when
>> trying to upgrade cleanly....
>
> When I upgrade a Slackware system, I *always* back up all of my data and
> config files to another machine or media; boot the Slackware installer,
> re-make the file systems and reinstall from scratch.
> I usually find that this is faster than performing a system upgrade and
> also there's no residue from the previous installation.
So you have to keep a list of all the configuration files you have altered?

> You should't use slackpkg to upgrade between distributions, as far as I'm
> concerned unless you read the CHANGES_AND_HINTS doc that Robby puts
> together to make sure you take any necessary manual steps on conjunction
> with slackpkg.  For example, slackpkg has no idea what to do if a package
> has been renamed as the only place it has to look is the ChangeLog.txt.
>
> You could simply take mutt from armedslack-13.37/slackware/n/mutt-*.tgz
> and use upgradepkg on your system.  However, it may not work if you do not
Done, it works, many thankps!

> have any specific versions of libraries it requires.  Since you seem to
> have aborted an upgrade previously, I'd wonder about what state your OS is
> actually in.  To cut a long story short -- back up and reinstall with 14.0 :-)
I have just purchased bigger backup disks :-)
It wasn't the primary reason, but now I'll have room enough for a full
backup of my dockstar :-)

Thanks

Christophe.