[Porteus 5.0's USM replacement] getmod: A wrapper for slapt-get to build modules

[Rava]

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slapt-get -u https://docs.salixos.org/wiki/Repository_mirrors

there was not a change made in /etc/slapt-get/slapt-getrc

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root@porteus:/mnt/live/memory/images/011-slapt-get-0.11.6-x86_64-2gv.xzm/etc/slapt-get# l /etc/slapt-get/slapt-getrc 
-rw-r--r-- 1 root 830 2022-07-23 04:27 /etc/slapt-get/slapt-getrc
root@porteus:/mnt/live/memory/images/011-slapt-get-0.11.6-x86_64-2gv.xzm/etc/slapt-get# diff /etc/slapt-get/slapt-getrc slapt-getrc 
root@porteus:/mnt/live/memory/images/011-slapt-get-0.11.6-x86_64-2gv.xzm/etc/slapt-get# 

[Ed_P]

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slapt-get -u https://docs.salixos.org/wiki/Repository_mirrors
Retrieving package data [http://slackware.uk/salix/x86_64/slackware-15.0/]...Cached

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root@porteus:/var/lib/pkgtools/packages# slapt-get --update
Retrieving package data [http://slackware.uk/salix/x86_64/slackware-15.0/]...  0Done

Are -u and --update different commands? One returns Cached and one returns 0Done. Both reference the same mirror.

In opening the /var/slapt-get/package_date file with xed I get:

There was a problem opening the file /var/slapt-get/package_data.
The file you opened has some invalid characters. If you continue editing this file you could corrupt this document.
You can also choose another character encoding and try again.

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Any plans to include Jason's GSlapt app?

[Rava]

Are -u and --update different commands? One returns Cached and one returns 0Done. Both reference the same mirror.

according to slapt-get the command should be the very same

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root@porteus:/# slapt-get |grep MIRROR
-u, --update   retrieve pkg data from MIRROR

Did you run the command ending in "0Done" first and the one resulting in "Cached" after that?

[rych]

(just a sanity check on my system both update commands work well, no need for mirrors:

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getmod -u
pmod -u

[ncmprhnsbl]

pretty sure "https://docs.salixos.org/wiki/Repository_mirrors" ain't a mirror .. . .it's a wiki page with links to various mirrors...to be added to your config or used individually with slapt-get -u MIRROR(one of)... you can't just point slapt-get at it..

[Rava]

you can't just point slapt-get at it..

For me it worked, though.
Maybe slapt-get is clever enough to understand what's on that URL.

[ncmprhnsbl]

For me it worked, though.
Maybe slapt-get is clever enough to understand what's on that URL.

not a chance.. read the output.. it's ignoring the nonsensical "mirror" and simply updating from the default config.. that it didn't fail like the first time is coincidental.
as it says on the wiki page at the top:

The following mirrors are available for the Salix repositories. Individual directories for every Salix architecture and version are under the following URLs. Users can pick the one that is closest/fastest for them and edit their /etc/slapt-get/slapt-getrc and /etc/slapt-get/slapt-srcrc mirror settings accordingly.

[Rava]

not a chance.. read the output.. it's ignoring the nonsensical "mirror" and simply updating from the default config.. that it didn't fail like the first time is coincidental.

Oh my bad then.

So, when it's not about the URL then, could one of the mirrors on it used in its config file, or does one just choose one at random and hope it works this time?

[beny]

hi Rava take a look at this config salix takes precedence over all repositories but you can have other....

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 :# Working directory for local storage/cache.
WORKINGDIR=/var/slapt-get

# Exclude package names and expressions.
# To exclude pre and beta packages, add this to the exclude: 
#   [0-9\_\.\-]{1}pre[0-9\-\.\-]{1}
EXCLUDE=^aaa_elflibs,^aaa_base,^devs,^glibc.*,^kernel-.*,^rootuser-settings,^zzz-settings.*,-i?86-

# The Slackware repositories, including dependency information
SOURCE=http://slackware.uk/salix/x86_64/slackware-15.0/:OFFICIAL
SOURCE=http://slackware.uk/salix/x86_64/slackware-15.0/extra/:OFFICIAL

# The Salix repository
SOURCE=http://slackware.uk/salix/x86_64/15.0/:PREFERRED
# And the Salix extra repository
SOURCE=http://slackware.uk/salix/x86_64/extra-15.0/:OFFICIAL

# The Slakfinder repository
SOURCE=https://slakfinder.org/sbomt64-15.0/:DEFAULT

SOURCE=http://ponce.cc/slackware/slackware64-15.0/packages/

SOURCE=https://slackware.nl/people/alien/sbrepos/15.0/x86_64

# Local repositories
# SOURCE=file:///var/www/packages/:CUSTOM
                                                                             

[ncmprhnsbl]

does one just choose one at random and hope it works this time?

generally, with mirrors, you choose one geographically closest, though this doesn't necessarily mean fastest or most up to date(not too import since these repos don't change that often)
you could possibly use ping to test for speed i guess..<SEE EDIT
and as beny^ points out, there are lot's of repos other than salix that can be used, as well..

EDIT: or better maybe use what our script: fastest-mirror does:

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curl --max-time 4 --silent --output /dev/null --write-out %{time_total} $URL

or adapt that script to scrape the urls from the wiki page to automate the process..

[Rava]

Aside from the speed…

most up to date(not too import since these repos don't change that often)
[…]
and as beny^ points out, there are lot's of repos other than salix that can be used, as well..

is there some experience from the past which of the repos is the most up-to-date?

Or in other words - can slapt-get only use one single repo? Is it not possible to use more and slapt-get realizes by itself on which repo the looked-after package has the highest version number? (like our deceased usm did)?

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curl --max-time 4 --silent --output /dev/null --write-out %{time_total} $URL

or adapt that script to scrape the urls from the wiki page to automate the process..

Good tips.

[beny]

hi Rava,as i have told you the apt-get software is linked to salix repositories all the search that you have done are processed by salix, after if salix do not has the software that you need slackfinder maybe aid you in this search,and if you want to see the list of the software in all the repos that you have in terminal /usr/sbin/slapt-get -l.

[Rava]

Let us bring this discussion between us three in the moderator's section. And clean up the lasts few comments of ours.

Please do so.

[Rava]

According to https://github.com/wjaguar/mtpaint_handbook

Slackware users can install the handbook with the relevant TGZ package from the Sourceforge site.

Neither https://slakfinder.org/index.php?act=se ... e=#results nor https://pkgs.org/search/?q=mtpaint_handbook give any results, and nor does slapt-get

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root@porteus:/# slapt-get --search mtpaint_handbook
root@porteus:/# 

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root@porteus:/# slapt-get --search mtpaint
mtpaint-3.50-x86_64-1salix15.0 [inst=no]: mtpaint (Mark Tyler's Painting Program)
mtpaint-3.49.32-x86_64-3_ncm [inst=yes]: mtpaint (Mark Tyler's Painting Program)

Any ideas why that is?
The newest that exists should be mtpaint_handbook-3.50.zip - but there are also (outdated) Linux-like-versions
e.g. mtpaint_handbook-3.21.tar.gz or mtpaint_handbook_3_40_alt2_1.rpm

Why do I find no mtpaint_handbook-3.50 Linux tar archive or package - not even on https://pkgs.org/ (I find not even outdated mtpaint_handbook on pkgs.org ) ?

[beny]

check this link seem that it is a tgz package of mtpaint_handbook, that isn't a repository package:
http://mtpaint.sourceforge.net/docs.html