No updates shown in -current with slackpkg/slackpkg+

rpedrica · 03-03-2021, 03:42 PM

I've got a -current installation updated to the recent big rebuild (about a week ago?). I use slackpkg with slackpkg+, and update slackware itself from a local mirror, as well as other repos like multilib and alienbob from their respective URLs.

Even though my local mirror for slackware has recent updates in it from yesterday, slackpkg update/upgrade-all is showing no updates.

There's a couple of other threads here about these 2 packages but I couldn't quite figure out the issues they were indicating. In any case, I switched to the dev slackpkg+ and have the following installed.

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1525 Mar 3 23:03 /var/log/packages/slackpkg+-1.7.4-noarch-1mt
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3528 Feb 19 08:51 /var/log/packages/slackpkg-15.0-noarch-3

No significant errors are shown during slackpkg update, but upgrade-all remains empty. I cleared out my /var/cache/slackpkg to start from fresh but it made no diff. With slackpkg+ set to VERBOSE=3, I get the final output:

Quote:

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
INFO! Debug informations
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
http://slakfinder.org/slackpkg+dev/CHECKSUMS.md5.asc --> OK
http://bear.alienbase.nl/mirrors/peo...CKSUMS.md5.asc --> OK
http://bear.alienbase.nl/mirrors/peo...CKSUMS.md5.asc --> OK
http://slakfinder.org/slackpkg+dev/ChangeLog.txt --> OK
http://bear.alienbase.nl/mirrors/peo.../ChangeLog.txt --> OK
http://bear.alienbase.nl/mirrors/peo.../ChangeLog.txt --> OK
http://slakfinder.org/slackpkg+dev/MANIFEST.bz2 --> OK
http://bear.alienbase.nl/mirrors/peo...4/MANIFEST.bz2 --> OK
http://bear.alienbase.nl/mirrors/peo...4/MANIFEST.bz2 --> OK
http://slakfinder.org/slackpkg+dev/CHECKSUMS.md5 --> OK
http://bear.alienbase.nl/mirrors/peo.../CHECKSUMS.md5 --> OK
http://bear.alienbase.nl/mirrors/peo.../CHECKSUMS.md5 --> OK
http://slakfinder.org/slackpkg+dev/PACKAGES.TXT --> OK
http://bear.alienbase.nl/mirrors/peo...4/PACKAGES.TXT --> OK
http://bear.alienbase.nl/mirrors/peo...4/PACKAGES.TXT --> OK
The temp directory /tmp/slackpkg.jl0dL1 will NOT be removed!
==============================================================================

So in this final output section, it doesn't show anything about my local slackware64 mirror. There are items relating to the local mirror in general output though.

slackpkg info <package> shows info but slackpkg search <package> does not.

Any help appreciated.

chrisretusn · 03-04-2021, 01:14 AM

What does 'slackpkg check-updates' show.

What is the contents of your slackpkgplus.conf? 'grep -v "^$\|^\s*\#" /etc/slackpkg/slackpkgplus.conf'

rpedrica · 03-04-2021, 01:26 AM

Hi @chrisretusn

This morning, an update/upgrade-all shows a single package available for update:

kernel-firmware

check-update shows:

Quote:

Slackpkg: No updated packages since last check.

I know for sure that there are lots of updates waiting ...

SLACKPKG.CONF shows:

Quote:

SLACKPKGPLUS=on
VERBOSE=1
USETERSE=on
ALLOW32BIT=off
USEBL=on
WGETOPTS="--timeout=20 --tries=2"
SEARCH_CLOG_INPARENT=on
CACHEUPDATE=off
GREYLIST=on
SENSITIVE_SEARCH=off
WW_FILE_SEARCH=off
SHOWORDER=package
DETAILED_INFO=basic
STRICTGPG=on
PKGS_PRIORITY=( testing restricted alienbob multilib )
TAG_PRIORITY=off
REPOPLUS=( slackpkgplus multilib alienbob restricted )
MIRRORPLUS['slackpkgplus']=http://slakfinder.org/slackpkg+dev/
MIRRORPLUS['multilib']=file://data/multilib/current/
MIRRORPLUS['alienbob']=http://bear.alienbase.nl/mirrors/people/alien/sbrepos/current/x86_64/
MIRRORPLUS['restricted']=http://bear.alienbase.nl/mirrors/people/alien/restricted_sbrepos/current/x86_64/

install-new shows

Quote:

Looking for NEW packages to install. Please wait... DONE

No packages match the pattern for install.

... and I know that at minimum, the 'poke' package needs to be installed as a newly added package.

Thanks, Robby

Tonus · 03-04-2021, 01:46 AM

Could you try with

Code:

SLACKPKGPLUS=on

There's nothing about your local mirror in slackpkg+ config, so let's check the slackpkg config....

rpedrica · 03-04-2021, 01:56 AM

I've tested with

SLACKPKGPLUS=off slackpkg update/upgrade-all

Shows a couple of gcc packages (I think due to multilib repo now off) but nothing else besides the kernle-firmware from earlier.

SLACKPKGPLUS=off slackpkg check-updates still shows:

Quote:

Slackpkg: No updated packages since last check.

So I'm starting to think this is some base issue in the slackpkg.conf file - going to start with a new conf file ...

UPDATE:

Going back to the std slackpkg.conf makes no difference.

rpedrica · 03-04-2021, 02:21 AM

Ok I started with a fresh slackpkgplus.conf file now as well.

I'm getting old updates from alienbob's repo (eg. I have libreoffice 7.1 installed but slackpkg update is showing me 7.0.4), and still no slackware64 updates.

UPDATE: /var/lib/slackpkg/pkglist is showing current up-to-date info for slackware64 but stale info for the alienbob repo. This after a slackpkg update run.

chrisretusn · 03-04-2021, 05:32 AM

What does 'slackpkg search kernel-firmware' show
'slackpkg search poke' show

What is the contents of /etc/slackpkg/blacklist?
'grep -v "^$\|^\s*\#" /etc/slackpkg/blacklist'

This is my slackpkgplus.conf

Code:

SLACKPKGPLUS=on
VERBOSE=0
USETERSE=off
ALLOW32BIT=on
USEBL=on
WGETOPTS="--timeout=20 --tries=2"
SEARCH_CLOG_INPARENT=on
CACHEUPDATE=on
ENABLENOTIFY=on
GREYLIST=on
SENSITIVE_SEARCH=off
WW_FILE_SEARCH=off
SHOWORDER=package
DETAILED_INFO=basic
STRICTGPG=on
PKGS_PRIORITY=( slackware64:id3lib ) # 2018-01-09, also in alienbob
PKGS_PRIORITY+=( slackware64:gcc ) # 2020-09-17, give slackware packages priority over multilib.
PKGS_PRIORITY+=( nonslack )
PKGS_PRIORITY+=( slackpkgplus multilib restricted alienbob )
TAG_PRIORITY=off
REPOPLUS=( nonslack )
REPOPLUS+=( slackpkgplus multilib restricted alienbob )
MIRRORPLUS['slackpkgplus']=http://slakfinder.org/slackpkg+dev/
MIRRORPLUS['nonslack']=file://home/non-slack/slackbuilds/
MIRRORPLUS['multilib']=file://home/non-slack/multilib/current/
MIRRORPLUS['alienbob']=file://home/non-slack/alienbob/current/x86_64/
MIRRORPLUS['restricted']=file://home/non-slack/alienbob_restricted/current/x86_64/

rpedrica · 03-04-2021, 06:17 AM

I found the issue with the alienbob repo - it was still ref'ing the 14.2 repo rather than current. This was after I used the default slackpkgplus.conf file. So it's

slackware64 -current package updates are still not shown.

Quote:

slackpkg search kernel-firmware

Looking for kernel-firmware in package list. Please wait... DONE

The list below shows all packages with name matching "kernel-firmware".

[ Status ] [ Repository ] [ Package ]
upgrade slackware64 kernel-firmware-20210211_f7915a0-noarch-1 --> kernel-firmware-20210303_5ecd13f-noarch-1

You can search specific files using "slackpkg file-search file".

And a search for poke:

Quote:

slackpkg search poke

Looking for poke in package list. Please wait... DONE

No package name matches the pattern.

If I disabled slackpkgplus, then an update shows:

Quote:

slackpkg update

Updating the package lists...
Downloading...
Linking /slackware64/slackware64-current/CHECKSUMS.md5.asc...
Files //var/lib/slackpkg/CHECKSUMS.md5.asc and /tmp/slackpkg.bYTtKf/CHECKSUMS.md5.asc differ

Downloading...
Linking /slackware64/slackware64-current/ChangeLog.txt...
List of all files
Linking /slackware64/slackware64-current/patches/MANIFEST.bz2...
Linking /slackware64/slackware64-current/slackware64/MANIFEST.bz2...
Linking /slackware64/slackware64-current/extra/MANIFEST.bz2...
Linking /slackware64/slackware64-current/pasture/MANIFEST.bz2...
Linking /slackware64/slackware64-current/testing/MANIFEST.bz2...
Checksums
Linking /slackware64/slackware64-current/CHECKSUMS.md5...
Linking /slackware64/slackware64-current/CHECKSUMS.md5.asc...
Package List
Linking /slackware64/slackware64-current/FILELIST.TXT...
Package descriptions
Linking /slackware64/slackware64-current/patches/PACKAGES.TXT...
Linking /slackware64/slackware64-current/slackware64/PACKAGES.TXT...
Linking /slackware64/slackware64-current/extra/PACKAGES.TXT...
Linking /slackware64/slackware64-current/pasture/PACKAGES.TXT...
Linking /slackware64/slackware64-current/testing/PACKAGES.TXT...
Formatting lists to slackpkg style...
Package List: using CHECKSUMS.md5 as source
Package descriptions

The output from blacklist file is:

Quote:

kernel-generic
kernel-generic-smp
kernel-headers
kernel-huge
kernel-huge-smp
kernel-modules
kernel-modules-smp
kernel-source
openconnect
audacity
unrar
*4.14*
kdevplatform-1.7.4*
darktable
keepassx
lynis
mozilla-firefox
nodejs
x264
xvidcore
pyopenssl
wxGTK3
freerdp
latte-dock
mkvtoolnix
qbittorrent
veracrypt
libtorrent-rasterbar

rpedrica · 03-04-2021, 06:22 AM

Ok @chrisretusn

Your prompting has set the correct direction: the *.4.14* entry in the blacklist was causing the issue. I saw something vaguely related to different parsing of the blacklist file in a different thread but ... you live and learn.

Thanks for all the help.

Robby

chrisretusn · 03-04-2021, 06:31 AM

If you are using slackpkg+, then what are all those entries in the blacklist for?

My blacklist only contains the kernel.

rpedrica · 03-04-2021, 07:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chrisretusn

If you are using slackpkg+, then what are all those entries in the blacklist for?

My blacklist only contains the kernel.

These are for any packages that I compile/maintain for myself that I don't want overwritten by repo-provided versions.

chrisretusn · 03-04-2021, 10:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rpedrica

These are for any packages that I compile/maintain for myself that I don't want overwritten by repo-provided versions.

Yeah, should have guessed that. Been awhile since I've done that. I created my own repository for those packages (currently 109 of them) so they are handled by slackpkg+. That the 'nonslack' repository in my slackpkgplus.conf. Comes in handy as I have more that one system.

Check out Alien Bob's gen_repos_files.sh located here:
http://www.slackware.com/~alien/tools/

rpedrica · 03-04-2021, 12:20 PM

Thanks @chrisretusn that's very useful to know - guess I'll be creating a repo on the weekend : )