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Post#1 by ralcocer » 13 Apr 2020, 10:04

USM is useles in Ver.4 Cannot update database.

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Post#2 by Ed_P » 14 Apr 2020, 06:38

All databases or just one?
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Post#3 by ralcocer » 14 Apr 2020, 12:04

Salix

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Post#4 by donald » 14 Apr 2020, 12:17

2 options
select a different mirror in /etc/usm/mirrors-salix.txt

if this doesn't work too, remove salix from /etc/usm/usm.conf (temporarily)
The relevant line:
DISTROS="slackware slackwarepatches slacky salix alien ponce slackonly"

when done > usm -u all

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Post#5 by ralcocer » 14 Apr 2020, 12:39

Will try it. Thanks

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Post#6 by Ed_P » 14 Apr 2020, 14:54

ralcocer try the sesm.sh script shown in this posting. [INFO & SCRIPT] Slackware Mirror Settings for USM
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Post#7 by ralcocer » 15 Apr 2020, 11:07

I get the message sesm.sh does not exist

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Post#8 by Ed_P » 15 Apr 2020, 14:29

After you created sesm.sh did you run a "chmod +x sesm.sh" for it?
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