updating

[ats1080]

i tried to update my flashdrive install of BT2 and got the following errors

bt ~ # slapt-get --dist-upgrade
Reading Package Lists... Done
The following packages have been EXCLUDED:
devs glibc-zoneinfo kernel-ide kernel-modules glibc kernel-headers python ruby
The following NEW packages will be installed:
apmd genpower hotplug loadlin mkinitrd pcmcia-cs sharutils syslinux
The following packages will be upgraded:
minicom tar tcsh autoconf bind curl cvs fluxbox gd gdb gdbm gettext-tools gftp
hicolor-icon-theme jre kdebase kdelibs kdenetwork kdeutils kdewebdev libpng
ncftp nfs-utils pkgconfig qt readline samba screen slang stunnel x11-devel
xchat xpdf
33 upgraded, 8 newly installed, 0 to remove and 8 not upgraded.
Need to get 155.8MB/158.9MB of archives.
After unpacking 17.0MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [y/N] y
Get http://slackware.mirrors.tds.net/pub...lackware-11.0/ bind 9.3.4-i486-1_slack11.0 [1MB]...Failed to download: The requested URL returned error: 404
bt ~ # slapt-get --upgrade
Reading Package Lists... Done
The following packages have been EXCLUDED:
glibc glibc-zoneinfo kernel-headers python ruby
The following packages will be upgraded:
autoconf bind cvs fluxbox gdbm gettext-tools gftp hicolor-icon-theme jre
kdebase kdelibs kdenetwork kdeutils libpng minicom ncftp nfs-utils pkgconfig
qt samba screen slang stunnel tar tcsh x11-devel xchat xpdf
28 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 5 not upgraded.
Need to get 146.5MB/148.5MB of archives.
After unpacking 23.1MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [y/N] y
Get http://slackware.mirrors.tds.net/pub...lackware-11.0/ bind 9.3.4-i486-1_slack11.0 [1MB]...Failed to download: The requested URL returned error: 404
bt ~ #


sounds to me like one of the packages got deleted, is there any way to exclude that and do all the other ones?

[imported_blackfoot]

Looks fine to me

Kernel is normally a positive upgrade experience and is excluded in the slapt getrc to protect you from unexpected updates. Probably the same for glibc so they don't break any packages.

Slapt-get does not resolve dependencies.

Search slapt-get in a text search engine.

[ats1080]

Get http://slackware.mirrors.tds.net/pub...lackware-11.0/ bind 9.3.4-i486-1_slack11.0 [1MB]...Failed to download: The requested URL returned error: 404

this is the problem im referring to. doesnt seem to like downloading that file

[imported_blackfoot]

specifically exclude the file
http://www.slackersbible.org/?q=node/98

[ats1080]

i had to do the slapt-get --update first. but it didnt work very well. pretty much killed my installation.

[balding_parrot]

You should always do

slapt-get --update

before

slapt-get --dist-upgrade


That will tell slapt-get all of the new packages available, and all of the files that have newer versions or different filenames, which will solve the problem you got.