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02-20-2008, 07:31 PM
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 Swaret I have been using Slackware for a couple of years and I'm no linux whiz; however, using info on the net I've managed to build a reliable web and mail server. The other day, on a test box, I installed Slackware 10.2. From the command line I had created some ISO files of some disks I wanted to back up, downloaded some KDE themes I liked, etc. Just fooling around I downloaded swaret and proceeded to perform a system upgrade (just to see how the thing worked). I had never used swaret previously. Anyway, when my machine rebooted all of the ISO files (which I had intended to store elsewhere on my network) were completely gone. I was, well.....amazed. I updated the database and used locate to try to find a bunch of missing files.... Apparently they had been completely deleted/purged in this upgrade process. I guess my question is this: am I missing something, here, or are those files really completely gone? And, what sort of system upgrade indiscriminately wipes out ISO files, text files, etc.? I assumed that swaret would upgrade various system libraries, KDE, etc. - not delete non-system files.      |
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02-20-2008, 07:31 PM
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| Re: Swaret slackware@guymerritt.org wrote: > > I guess my question is this: am I missing something, here, or are those > files really completely gone? And, what sort of system upgrade > indiscriminately wipes out ISO files, text files, etc.? I assumed that > swaret would upgrade various system libraries, KDE, etc. - not delete > non-system files. swaret does not delete non system files. How had you set up swaret? you did read the readme file first? Ian |
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02-20-2008, 07:31 PM
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| Re: Swaret > I have been using Slackware for a couple of years and I'm no linux > whiz; however, using info on the net I've managed to build a reliable > web and mail server. The other day, on a test box, I installed > Slackware 10.2. From the command line I had created some ISO files of > some disks I wanted to back up, downloaded some KDE themes I liked, > etc. Just fooling around I downloaded swaret and proceeded to perform > a system upgrade (just to see how the thing worked). I had never used > swaret previously. Anyway, when my machine rebooted all of the ISO > files (which I had intended to store elsewhere on my network) were > completely gone. I was, well.....amazed. I updated the database and > used locate to try to find a bunch of missing files.... Apparently > they had been completely deleted/purged in this upgrade process. where your iso was stored ? if you stored they in /var/swaret/ it's normal : this is not the place. Other : which version of swaret ? testing (in perl) or current (in bash) ? > > I guess my question is this: am I missing something, here, or are > those files really completely gone? And, what sort of system upgrade > indiscriminately wipes out ISO files, text files, etc.? I assumed > that swaret would upgrade various system libraries, KDE, etc. - not > delete non-system files. > what swaret do : - use installpkg to install package - use gpg/md5 to check file integrety - use removepkg to remove package - use upgradepkg to upgrade package (crazy isn't no ?  - store source/package/misc in /var/swaret How do you want swaret eat your iso ? Maybe it is an unclassified case ... allo Mulder ?! I think you make an error before using swaret and/or before rebooting, but I do not think swaret is in case. I used it since the Slackware 9.1 (or maybe 10.0) and I got only one matter with : a *glib* update who brake some package : fault is over me, I do not read the warning on the changelog and ftp directory. \o_ |
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