Re: Security Updates in Slackware64-14.2

On Tue, 7 Nov 2017 19:42:23 -0400
Ed Fletcher via slackware <[email protected]> wrote:

> I just did an install of Slackware 64 14.2 on a spare box.  I'd
> looked at slackware64-14.2/FILELIST.TXT
> on my local mirror and saw
> mozilla-firefox-52.4.0esr-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz
> as one of the listed files.  So I checked a couple of other security 
> updates and they were included too.  This led me to believe that I
> would have an up-to-date and secure install.
> 
> However, when I finished and fired up Firefox, I found that I had
> 45.2.0 instead of the newer version.  So I checked
> slackware64-14.2/source/FILE_LIST
> and, sure enough, it lists
> mozilla-firefox/firefox-45.2.0esr.source.tar.xz.
> And
> slackware64-14.2/slackware64/FILE_LIST
> says v45 also.
> 
> A bit more checking confirmed that none of the security updates are 
> installed.
> 
> So what is the FILELIST.TXT in the main directory telling me?  And do
> I have to install 16 or 17 months worth of security updates?  Because
> I'd rather switch to Slackware64-current and save myself the work.


Unless you've taken some sort of explicit action to install the
post-release packages, then they're not installed. The installer
doesn't install those when the OS is first installed, even though
one could perhaps argue that it should (at least offer the option
to) do so.

In short, your next move is up to you. I don't think a migration
to -current is the best one at this time, but that's of course
your call. 

I personally use slackpkg to keep the systems for which I'm 
responsible up to date, but there are other options as well.

-RW

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