Re: dist upgrade question coz 14 rocks

> I note that in upgrade Pat always offers the quick 'n dirty how to
> upgrade everything, but never shows a quick basic way for bare bones,
> like servers
>
> So, If I use a cut downed version of his example, like
>
>     #!/bin/sh
>     for dir in a ap d  f l n t tcl  y ; do
>       ( cd $dir ; upgradepkg --install-new *.t?z )
>     done
>
>
> removing kde  kdei , x , xapp, and xfce  and E (since emacs is built
> with X and not before)
> and I know the L will include some X libraries I'll need to check and
> remove if I feel energetic enough,   will this upgrade everything?
> the risk of breaking things is low ?
>
> and yes, I know I'll need to go over and find obsoletes manually :)

Why not using slackpkg?
point /etc/slackpkg/mirrors to slackware version you would like to upgrade
slackpkg update gpg
slackpkg update
slackpkg install-new
slackpkg upgrade-all
slackpkg clean-system

using these method, i was able to upgrade my server from Slackware
12.2 to Slackware 14.0, but step by step (12.2 to 13.0, 13.1, 13.37,
and then 14.0)
Don't ever jump a release unless you have a good documentation on
every changes happening on each release :)


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