[SOLVED] Where does slackware keep its updated sources?

kq6up · 12-21-2023, 03:00 PM

If I go to a mirror, and dive into the directory for slackware64-15, I can find the sources (they no longer come with the install DVD). They do live on the mirror directory. However, if I pull the sources for that application, they are not the current version. They are the original release version. Where do I find the current version with the current Slackbuild script?

Thanks,
Chris

dugan · 12-21-2023, 03:30 PM

In the slackware64-current/source directory.

E.g.:

https://slackware.osuosl.org/slackwa...urrent/source/

GazL · 12-21-2023, 03:43 PM

patches/packages/ contains updated packages.
patches/source/ contains build scripts and sources for the above.

As dugan says, you can "borrow" the builds from the "slackware-current" tree, but sometimes they may not work on an older release. Sometimes you get lucky and they do.

kq6up · 12-22-2023, 09:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GazL

patches/packages/ contains updated packages.
patches/source/ contains build scripts and sources for the above.

As dugan says, you can "borrow" the builds from the "slackware-current" tree, but sometimes they may not work on an older release. Sometimes you get lucky and they do.

Thank you. That is what I needed. Turns out there may be a bug in mariadb-installdb as it seems to install a corrupted db. I manually inniatiated the user db and got it working. I thought there was an issue with the binary, but found the failure was with the configuration.

Thank you,
I can use that for future reference if I need to rebuild something.

bitfuzzy · 12-27-2023, 11:10 AM

Quote:

Turns out there may be a bug in mariadb-installdb as it seems to install a corrupted db

?? I've never seen any issues such as you describe

Did you run

Code:

mariadb-installdb

or (Which you should have)

Code:

mysql_install_db --user=mysql

??

kq6up · 12-27-2023, 12:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bitfuzzy

?? I've never seen any issues such as you describe

Did you run

Code:

mariadb-installdb

or (Which you should have)

Code:

mysql_install_db --user=mysql

??

I did both. The first one screwed it up, but deleted /var/mysql and reinstalled mariadb
then ran:

Code:

mysql_install_db --user=mysql