Do I just select a mirror that is -current in /etc/slackpkg/mirrors, and just update after?
I know this sounds stupid but I'm afraid I might break something ...

Clarification:
I should of posted that I installed
Slackware64-current DVD ISO
Kernel: 2.6.38.7

I want a mirror for my system. I also want to go multilib. In what order do I do this? Do I go multilib and then select a multi lib mirror or?

From man slackpkg:
Slackpkg can be used to upgrade the whole distribution.
The usual way is to do:

# slackpkg update
# slackpkg install-new
# slackpkg upgrade-all
# slackpkg clean-system

Change the mirror to a -current mirror, then doAfter that you should be running -current.
Don't forget to adapt your lilo configuration file for the new kernel and to run lilo after that.

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I might be wrong, but I think the order of the commands matters and install-new should go before upgrade-all.

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Yes. The order should be:

# slackpkg update
# slackpkg install-new
# slackpkg upgrade-all

Also, it is a good idea to run # slackpkg clean-system and see if you have any things that need removing.

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indeed.

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Sorry, but I don't understand that. Why does the order of the commands matter?

It's because new packages are usually introduced for a specific reason (ie. new dependency of some other upgraded package) and if you run upgrade-all first, it might complain about unsatisfied dependencies. At least that's how I understand it.

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Sometimes new programs are added that need to be installed before you do a system upgrade. Better safe than sorry.

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That makes sense, thanks for clarifying that.

That is how i did my upgrade to current, but if your running multilib you will need to also switch to -current in alienbobs multilib instructions. I had warnings about glibc not being correct before i updated my multilib.

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I should of posted that I installed
Slackware64-current DVD ISO
Kernel: 2.6.38.7

I want a mirror for my system. I also want to go multilib. In what order do I do this? Do I go multilib and then select a multi lib mirror or?

From man slackpkg:
Slackpkg can be used to upgrade the whole distribution.
The usual way is to do:

# slackpkg update
# slackpkg install-new
# slackpkg upgrade-all
# slackpkg clean-system

First uncomment one of the mirrors in "Slackware64 current" part of /etc/slackpkg/mirrors . After that you can upgrade your system with:


# slackpkg update
# slackpkg install-new
# slackpkg upgrade-all


Then, if you want multilib, you should go here, and read the instructions:

http://connie.slackware.com/~alien/multilib/

I feel Andersen has the right approach. I only wanted to point out something not to forget if you were already multilib. It would be better to go current first then multilib.

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Yes, generally, first you'd upgrade to -current and then go multilib.

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I won't have to update lilo right? I'm using 2.6.38.7