Re: slackpkg blacklist

Noel Butler via slackware <[email protected]> Thu, 14 Jan 2021 21:51:05 +1000
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On 22/12/2020 09:13, Robby Workman wrote:

> On Sat, 21 Nov 2020 18:38:03 +1000
> Noel Butler via slackware <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> Hey All,
>> 
>> Hope we are all surviving life ok...
>> 
>> Usually I do upgrades using slapt-get to do all the magic, but want
>> to try -current on a server (dont worry any daily update checks will
>> be run manually, im using my personal server as guinea pig before I
>> even contemplate using it near a production box) now I need to
>> exclude gui, so after install, to keep up to date with -current I
>> realise its different and need to use install-new upgrade, clean etc
>> etc which will pull in kde X kdei and whatever - I guess.
>> 
>> So the question, how do I exclude everything X related for the
>> install-new, I read on reddit to use "kde", does that mean the full
>> section, or only files with kde in names, how about "x"  if I use "x"
>> will it ignore x/ or ignore any file with x in its name, for example
>> and fictitious guessing sake without searching for actual files, how
>> about file name sendmailx would it still install that, or do we need
>> the slash, i'm afraid web examples I've read are not that
>> informative, nor is slacks wiki
> 
> Late on this, but I think you'll find that the 2.84.0 beta
> slackpkg will handle what you want better:
> 
> https://slackpkg.org/beta/
> 
> -RW

Thanks Robby, will give it a try.

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<p id=3D"reply-intro">On 22/12/2020 09:13, Robby Workman wrote:</p>
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On Sat, 21 Nov 2020 18:38:03 +1000<br />Noel Butler via slackware &lt;<a hr=
ef=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>=
&gt; wrote:<br /><br />
<blockquote type=3D"cite" style=3D"padding: 0 0.4em; border-left: #1010ff 2=
px solid; margin: 0">Hey All,<br /><br />Hope we are all surviving life ok=
=2E..<br /><br />Usually I do upgrades using slapt-get to do all the magic,=
 but want<br />to try -current on a server (dont worry any daily update che=
cks will<br />be run manually, im using my personal server as guinea pig be=
fore I<br />even contemplate using it near a production box) now I need to<=
br />exclude gui, so after install, to keep up to date with -current I<br /=
>realise its different and need to use install-new upgrade, clean etc<br />=
etc which will pull in kde X kdei and whatever - I guess.<br /><br />So the=
 question, how do I exclude everything X related for the <br />install-new,=
 I read on reddit to use "kde", does that mean the full <br />section, or o=
nly files with kde in names, how about "x" &nbsp;if I use "x" <br />will it=
 ignore x/ or ignore any file with x in its name, for example<br />and fict=
itious guessing sake without searching for actual files, how<br />about fil=
e name sendmailx would it still install that, or do we need<br />the slash,=
 i'm afraid web examples I've read are not that<br />informative, nor is sl=
acks wiki</blockquote>
<br /><br />Late on this, but I think you'll find that the 2.84.0 beta<br /=
>slackpkg will handle what you want better:<br /><br /><a href=3D"https://s=
lackpkg.org/beta/" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noopener noreferrer">https://sl=
ackpkg.org/beta/</a><br /><br />-RW</div>
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<p>Thanks Robby, will give it a try.</p>
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