down for the count

[Jacob Schmude]

Hi
	Slackware isn't as hard to upgrade now. From 4.0 onward, there's
an upgradepkg utility that will upgrade a package. From 4.0 to 7.0 would
be a bit tricky, simply because of the switch to libc6. The simple way to
do it would be to install the glibc libraries first, then upgrade the
distro. You'd just go into a directory and do upgradepkg *.tgz and it will
upgrade packages and not install any new packages.

On Sat, 30 Sep 2000, Charles Hallenbeck wrote:

> Jacob -
> Those are helpful observations. I have only used Slackware in the past -
> 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, and now 4.0, so I know its structure pretty well and may just
> stick with it. It is the awkwardness of upgrading that tempts me to switch.
> Chuck.
> 
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