What's New With autoslack 1.7? ============================== Aside from various bug fixes, the following new features have been added to autoslack: * autoslack is now autoconf'ed. It has a configure script and then you type make ; make install to install it. The installer has been removed. * The CHECKSUMS.md5 files that used to be stored in /var/log/packages are now stored in the "local state directory", which is set by the configure script. If you are using the Slackware package for autoslack, this directory is /var/state/autoslack. * Support for multiple source locations. These are defined in the autoslack.sources file. You can specify HTTP, FTP, NFS, or DIR sources. See the man page for more information. * The ability to specify a set of packages to work on. This is done with the --packages option and basically does the same thing as the --select method, but removes the need for the interactive screens. * Added a PERL-MODULES that explains how to install Perl modules. This is only necessary if you don't have the required modules for autoslack. * An offline mode via the --offline option. Doesn't download anything and forces the --verify option. I know this release will present some bugs, so please send in reports and/or patches. -David Cantrell