[Slapt-get-devel] I fell missing an option and cache bug.

[Jason Woodward]

Hi Michel,

> It would be great to have an option to clean files that are outside of the packages lists.
> This would allow to not have to delete the old/obsolete ones by hand (can be very handy if
you follow slack-current or any pkg provider).

There is a FAQ entry covering this (#42):

42. How do I remove obsoleted packages?

 If you are tracking current or are dist-upgrading to a new release, you will
 encounter packages that you have installed that are no longer required or
 part of the basic slackware install.  If you only have the official slackware
 package sources in your slapt-getrc file, then you can use the following
 as either a command or a script to remove those obsoleted packages:

  for pkg in `slapt-get --installed|awk '{print $1}'`;do if [ -z "`slapt-get --search ${pkg}`"
]; then slapt-get --remove ${pkg};fi;done

 or as a script:

  #!/bin/sh
  # this script uses slapt-get to remove obsoleted packages
  # slapt-getrc must only have official package sources for the
  # current release you are tracking
  for pkg in `./slapt-get --installed|awk '{print $1}'`
  do
    if [ -z "`./slapt-get --search ${pkg}`" ]
    then
      echo ./slapt-get --remove ${pkg}
    fi
  done


> I also found a quite annoying cache bug.
> If for what ever reason you abort or the download is stoppped durring a "slapt-get --update",
the cache system because broken.
> The next time you try to download the files infos, the file is still tagged as cached even if
incomplete, unless there is an update (because the .*.head file is still correct).

What version are you using?  The past few versions have fixed this by only writing the .head*
files after the download completes successfully.

For example:

# rm -r /var/slapt-get
# slapt-get --update
Retrieving package data [http://www.slackware.at/data/slackware-9.0/]... 37%
^C
# slapt-get --update
Retrieving package data [http://www.slackware.at/data/slackware-9.0/]...100%
^C
# slapt-get --update
Retrieving package data [http://www.slackware.at/data/slackware-9.0/]... 59%
^C
# slapt-get --update
Retrieving package data [http://www.slackware.at/data/slackware-9.0/]...Done
Retrieving patch list [http://www.slackware.at/data/slackware-9.0/]...Done
Retrieving checksum list [http://www.slackware.at/data/slackware-9.0/]...Done
Reading Package Lists...Done


take care,
jason

--
Jason Woodward
woodwardj at jaos.org

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