1) The rsync server is back in service for the SPARC port. The only module
you can rsync is "slackware-sparc". The ISO modules were removed, as
there is now a mini ISO in the main slackware-sparc tree. Just exclude
that in your rsync command if you don't want it. Same username and
password as before.
2) Upgraded tcpdump. It was segfaulting and that was annoying me.
3) Patched installpkg, removepkg, and upgradepkg to work with the long
package names more easily. The general idea is that the first part of
the package name is the package base name (everything before the first
-). And you can work with packages just using the basename. So if
you get a new fileutils package and download it to /tmp, you can use
this command to upgrade it:
upgradepkg fileutils
Collisions are detected in case you have multiple versions or builds
of the same package. A dialog screen is presented asking you which
package you want to use. You can avoid that by specifying the full
package filename.
Hopefully these new package commands will make working with the longer
names a bit more easy. Let me know of any bugs you find.
4) The NVRAM order left the San Bruno UPS facility at 11:15 PM today, so
it should arrive tomorrow. Once it gets here, I can fix the IPC and
get to working on those TFTP problems people keep having.
--
David Cantrell | david@slackware.com
KG6CII | Slackware Linux Project
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