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====== Slackware-Current ====== | ====== Slackware-Current ====== | ||
- | Slackware current is essentially the testing branch of Slackware. It is similar in function to the testing branch of other distributions. | ||
+ | ===== Overview ===== | ||
+ | Slackware -Current is the development branch of Slackware that eventually gets released as a stable version when considered ready (and then split again, as the development branch for the next version). It is similar in function to the testing branch of other distributions and the same caveats apply to -Current. | ||
+ | ===== Tracking the Current Branch ===== | ||
+ | To track the '' | ||
+ | - cleanly install or upgrade your installation to the latest stable version first, following the instructions and information in the appropriate '' | ||
+ | - edit the ''/ | ||
+ | - run the command (as root) < | ||
+ | - read the ChangeLog file present in ''/ | ||
+ | - upgrade to the current branch in the normal fashion. See [[slackware: | ||
+ | - keep the current branch up-to-date by following steps 3 to 5 above (you could also automate the update-checking with a [[howtos: | ||
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+ | <note warning> | ||
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+ | ======Sources====== | ||
+ | * Originally written by [[wiki: | ||
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