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talk:slackware:beginners_guide [2017/11/05 11:41 (UTC)] – [Installing updates using slackpkg] bormanttalk:slackware:beginners_guide [2017/11/05 12:57 (UTC)] – [Installing updates using slackpkg] bormant
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 ====== Installing updates using slackpkg ====== ====== Installing updates using slackpkg ======
 <code>slackpkg install-new</code> installs NEW packages marked with "Added" in ChangeLog.txt, so it only suitable to 1) upgrade between releases (for ex. 14.1 to 14.2) or to 2) update current. This do nothing to update stable release version that doesn't get any NEW packages, only /patches/*. <code>slackpkg install-new</code> installs NEW packages marked with "Added" in ChangeLog.txt, so it only suitable to 1) upgrade between releases (for ex. 14.1 to 14.2) or to 2) update current. This do nothing to update stable release version that doesn't get any NEW packages, only /patches/*.
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 +For slackpkg ''update'', ''install-new'', ''upgrade-all'', ''clean-system'' sequence the ''install-new'' and ''clean-system'' are odd and useless on stable release .
  
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