slackyd: a simple but efficient package manager

[brokenman]

PPM is also affcted. It will eventually find the right repo (it browses repos until it finds a working one). You can speed things up by opening /etc/ppm/slacky.conf and switching the order of REPO=

[francois]

Slackyd is a great tool. But it does not give sizes of packages it is going to download. Is there any way to know the sizes? Also, can we save the list of required packages to download them later ?

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root@porteus:~# slackyd -w ruby

> ruby-1.9.3_p484-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz
:: ruby (Interpreted object-oriented scripting language)
::
:: Ruby is an interpreted scripting language for quick and easy
:: object-oriented programming.  It has many features to process text
:: files and to do system management tasks (as in Perl).  It is simple,
:: straight-forward, and extensible.
::
:: Visit the Ruby project online at http://www.ruby-lang.org/
::
> Status: Not installed.
> Location: [slackware] ./patches/packages
> Size Compressed: 4552 KB
> Size Decompressed: 36220 KB
> Package conflict with: not available.
> Packages suggest: not available.
> Packages required: not available.

****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
People working regularly with slackyd with deep knowledge or simply with good tricks with this wonderfull tool should give them here. I will then rearange the information in the first post of this thread.

Real thanks.

[francois]

The links to the packages of slackyd have been updated for porteus 3.0. Useful as a crude alternative to usm.

[Bogomips]

Question for Slackyd afficionados.

1. USM made subdirectory for VLC and packages it depends upon:

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   guest@porteus:~$ ls -1  vlc-2.1.4 
   guile-2.0.9-i486-1.txz
   libtasn1-3.6-i486-1_slack14.1.txz
   libunistring-0.9.3-i486-1.txz
   python-2.7.5-i486-1.txz
   tcl-8.6.1-i486-1.txz
   tk-8.6.1-i486-1.txz
   vlc-2.1.4-i486-1alien.txz
   

2. Kate activated and has

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   tcl-8.6.1-i486-1.txz
   tk-8.6.1-i486-1.txz
   

   in xzm. python-2.7.5-i486-1.xzm also activated, and followed by vlc-2.1.4-i486-1alien.xzm activation.
3. slackyd -d reports:

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   Found 6 missing dependencies:
   libgnome-keyring.so.0 required by:
    --> Package: NetworkManager-openvpn-0.9.8.4-i486-1ftm (/usr/libexec/nm-openvpn-auth-dialog)
    --> Package: NetworkManager-pptp-0.9.8.4-i486-1ftm (/usr/libexec/nm-pptp-auth-dialog)
   libaa.so.1 required by:
    --> Package: vlc-2.1.4-i486-1alien (/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/video_output/libaa_plugin.so)
   libcaca.so.0 required by:
    --> Package: vlc-2.1.4-i486-1alien (/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/video_output/libcaca_plugin.so)
   libgnutls.so.28 required by:
    --> Package: vlc-2.1.4-i486-1alien (/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/misc/libgnutls_plugin.so)
    --> Package: vlc-2.1.4-i486-1alien (/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/access/liblibvnc_plugin.so)
   libp11-kit.so.0 required by:
    --> Package: vlc-2.1.4-i486-1alien (/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/misc/libgnutls_plugin.so)
    --> Package: vlc-2.1.4-i486-1alien (/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/access/liblibvnc_plugin.so)
   libsmbclient.so.0 required by:
    --> Package: vlc-2.1.4-i486-1alien (/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/access/libaccess_smb_plugin.so)
   

4. 1. vlc-2.1.4-i486-1alien.xzm deactivated.
   2. Module containing vlc (+ dependencies) with browser plugin npapi (+ dependency gc-7.4.0-i486-1sl.txz) put together and activated:

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      guest@porteus:~$ ls -1 *.txz
      gc-7.4.0-i486-1sl.txz
      guile-2.0.9-i486-1.txz
      libtasn1-3.6-i486-1_slack14.1.txz
      libunistring-0.9.3-i486-1.txz
      npapi-vlc-20140226-i486-1alien.txz
      vlc-2.1.4-i486-1alien.txz
      
      guest@porteus:~$ mkdir kte_vlc
      guest@porteus:~$ ls -1 *.txz|xargs -i tar xJf {} -C kte_vlc
      guest@porteus:~$ du -sh kte_vlc                            
      111M    kte_vlc
      guest@porteus:~$ sudo dir2xzm  kte_vlc kte_vlc.xzm
      

   3. slackyd -d reports:

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      ...
      Checking usm-3.1.0-noarch-2: done.
      Checking utempter-1.1.5-i486-1: done.
      Checking util-linux-2.21.2-i486-6: done.
      Checking v4l-utils-0.9.5-i486-1ftm: done.
      Checking vamps-0.99.2-i486-1ftm: done.
      Checking vo-aacenc-0.1.3-i486-1ftm: done.
      Checking vo-amrwbenc-0.1.3-i486-1ftm: done.
      Checking vorbis-tools-1.4.0-i486-1ftm: done.
      Checking vte-0.28.2-i486-2: done.
      Checking wacomtablet-2.0-i486-1ftm: done.
      Checking wavpack-4.60.1-i486-1: done.
      Checking webfs-1.21-i486-1ftm: done.
      Checking wget-1.14-i486-2: done.
      ...
      
      Found 1 missing dependencies:
      libgnome-keyring.so.0 required by:
       --> Package: NetworkManager-openvpn-0.9.8.4-i486-1ftm (/usr/libexec/nm-openvpn-auth-dialog)
       --> Package: NetworkManager-pptp-0.9.8.4-i486-1ftm (/usr/libexec/nm-pptp-auth-dialog)
      

      Package vlc-2.1.4-i486-1alien does not feature among those being checked.
   4. Verified thru

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      guest@porteus:~$ ldd /usr/lib/vlc/plugins/video_output/libaa_plugin.so
              linux-gate.so.1 (0xb7772000)
              libvlccore.so.7 => /usr/lib/libvlccore.so.7 (0xb766a000)
              libidn.so.11 => /usr/lib/libidn.so.11 (0xb7638000)
              libdbus-1.so.3 => /usr/lib/libdbus-1.so.3 (0xb75ee000)
              librt.so.1 => /lib/librt.so.1 (0xb75e5000)
              libpthread.so.0 => /lib/libpthread.so.0 (0xb75ca000)
              libSM.so.6 => /usr/lib/libSM.so.6 (0xb75c2000)
              libuuid.so.1 => /lib/libuuid.so.1 (0xb75be000)
              libICE.so.6 => /usr/lib/libICE.so.6 (0xb75a5000)
              libxcb.so.1 => /usr/lib/libxcb.so.1 (0xb7585000)
              libXau.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXau.so.6 (0xb7582000)
              libXdmcp.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXdmcp.so.6 (0xb757b000)
              libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0xb7576000)
              libaa.so.1 => not found
              libslang.so.2 => /usr/lib/libslang.so.2 (0xb7455000)
              libm.so.6 => /lib/libm.so.6 (0xb7413000)
              libX11.so.6 => /usr/lib/libX11.so.6 (0xb72db000)
              libgpm.so.2 => /lib/libgpm.so.2 (0xb72d5000)
              libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0xb714a000)
              /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0xb7773000)
              libncurses.so.5 => /lib/libncurses.so.5 (0xb70fc000)
              
      guest@porteus:~$ ldd /usr/lib/vlc/plugins/video_output/libcaca_plugin.so
              linux-gate.so.1 (0xb76f8000)
              libvlccore.so.7 => /usr/lib/libvlccore.so.7 (0xb75ef000)
              libidn.so.11 => /usr/lib/libidn.so.11 (0xb75bd000)
              libdbus-1.so.3 => /usr/lib/libdbus-1.so.3 (0xb7573000)
              librt.so.1 => /lib/librt.so.1 (0xb756a000)
              libpthread.so.0 => /lib/libpthread.so.0 (0xb754f000)
              libcaca.so.0 => not found
              libslang.so.2 => /usr/lib/libslang.so.2 (0xb742e000)
              libncursesw.so.5 => /lib/libncursesw.so.5 (0xb73cd000)
              ....
              libgcc_s.so.1 => /usr/lib/libgcc_s.so.1 (0xb6d32000)
              libnvidia-tls.so.304.121 => /usr/lib/tls/libnvidia-tls.so.304.121 (0xb6d2e000)
              libnvidia-glcore.so.304.121 => /usr/lib/libnvidia-glcore.so.304.121 (0xb5028000)
      
      guest@porteus:~$ ldd /usr/lib/vlc/plugins/misc/libgnutls_plugin.so
              linux-gate.so.1 (0xb77cf000)
              libvlccore.so.7 => /usr/lib/libvlccore.so.7 (0xb76c4000)
              libidn.so.11 => /usr/lib/libidn.so.11 (0xb7692000)
              libdbus-1.so.3 => /usr/lib/libdbus-1.so.3 (0xb7648000)
              libm.so.6 => /lib/libm.so.6 (0xb7606000)
              libgnutls.so.28 => not found
              librt.so.1 => /lib/librt.so.1 (0xb75fc000)
              libz.so.1 => /lib/libz.so.1 (0xb75e6000)
              libp11-kit.so.0 => not found
              libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0xb75e1000)
              libpthread.so.0 => /lib/libpthread.so.0 (0xb75c6000)
              libnettle.so.4 => /usr/lib/libnettle.so.4 (0xb7595000)
              libhogweed.so.2 => /usr/lib/libhogweed.so.2 (0xb7568000)
              libgmp.so.10 => /usr/lib/libgmp.so.10 (0xb74fb000)
              libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0xb7370000)
              /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0xb77d0000)
      
      guest@porteus:~$ ldd /usr/lib/vlc/plugins/access/liblibvnc_plugin.so
              linux-gate.so.1 (0xb771f000)
              libvlccore.so.7 => /usr/lib/libvlccore.so.7 (0xb7615000)
              libidn.so.11 => /usr/lib/libidn.so.11 (0xb75e3000)
              libdbus-1.so.3 => /usr/lib/libdbus-1.so.3 (0xb7599000)
              libvncclient.so.0 => /usr/lib/libvncclient.so.0 (0xb757e000)
              libnsl.so.1 => /lib/libnsl.so.1 (0xb7562000)
              libpng14.so.14 => /usr/lib/libpng14.so.14 (0xb7537000)
              libm.so.6 => /lib/libm.so.6 (0xb74f5000)
              libjpeg.so.8 => /usr/lib/libjpeg.so.8 (0xb74c0000)
              libresolv.so.2 => /lib/libresolv.so.2 (0xb74a6000)
              libssl.so.1 => /lib/libssl.so.1 (0xb7443000)
              libcrypto.so.1 => /lib/libcrypto.so.1 (0xb7285000)
              libgcrypt.so.11 => /lib/libgcrypt.so.11 (0xb7200000)
              libgpg-error.so.0 => /lib/libgpg-error.so.0 (0xb71fc000)
              libgnutls.so.28 => not found
              librt.so.1 => /lib/librt.so.1 (0xb71f3000)
              libz.so.1 => /lib/libz.so.1 (0xb71dc000)
              libp11-kit.so.0 => not found
              libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0xb71d7000)
              libpthread.so.0 => /lib/libpthread.so.0 (0xb71bd000)
              libnettle.so.4 => /usr/lib/libnettle.so.4 (0xb718c000)
              libhogweed.so.2 => /usr/lib/libhogweed.so.2 (0xb715e000)
              libgmp.so.10 => /usr/lib/libgmp.so.10 (0xb70f1000)
              libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0xb6f66000)
              libcrypt.so.1 => /lib/libcrypt.so.1 (0xb6f33000)
              /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0xb7720000)
      

So, what is it that causes slackyd to lose sight of vlc?

[brokenman]

Could be the deeply buried libraries. Perhaps the slackyd binary has a -maxdepth for finding libraries. Update USM and try the same thing using it. There is no maxdepth.

[Bogomips]

Background

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loop7     7:7    0  38.6M  1 loop /mnt/live/memory/images/kkk.xzm
loop8     7:8    0   3.7M  1 loop /mnt/live/memory/images/kate_070714.xzm
loop9     7:9    0     3M  1 loop /mnt/live/memory/images/kate-4.10.5-i486-1.xzm

common Kate and K3B dependencies in module kkk.xzm.

1. Slackyd hit upon same library as USM.
   1. slackyd -d reported:

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      Found 8 missing dependencies:
      libgnome-keyring.so.0 required by:
       --> Package: NetworkManager-openvpn-0.9.8.4-i486-1ftm (/usr/libexec/nm-openvpn-auth-dialog)
       --> Package: NetworkManager-pptp-0.9.8.4-i486-1ftm (/usr/libexec/nm-pptp-auth-dialog)
      libpython2.7.so.1.0 required by:
       --> Package: alsa-lib-1.0.27.2-i486-1 (/usr/lib/alsa-lib/smixer/smixer-python.so)
       --> Package: kate-4.10.5-i486-1 (/usr/lib/kde4/pateplugin.so)
       --> Package: kate-4.10.5-i486-1 (/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/PyKate4/kate.so)
       --> Package: libxml2-2.9.1-i486-1 (/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/libxml2mod.so)
       --> Package: libxslt-1.1.28-i486-1 (/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/libxsltmod.so)
      libcups.so.2 required by:
       --> Package: gtk+2-2.24.20-i486-1 (/usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/printbackends/libprintbackend-cups.so)
      libnepomukutils.so.4 required by:
       --> Package: kate-4.10.5-i486-1 (/usr/bin/kwrite)
       --> Package: kate-4.10.5-i486-1 (/usr/bin/kate)
      ...
       --> Package: kwrite-4.12.3-i486-1ftm (/usr/bin/kwrite)
       --> Package: kwrite-4.12.3-i486-1ftm (/usr/lib/libkdeinit4_kwrite.so)
      libnepomuk.so.4 required by:
       --> Package: kate-4.10.5-i486-1 (/usr/bin/kwrite)
       --> Package: kate-4.10.5-i486-1 (/usr/bin/kate)
      ...
       --> Package: kwrite-4.12.3-i486-1ftm (/usr/bin/kwrite)
       --> Package: kwrite-4.12.3-i486-1ftm (/usr/lib/libkdeinit4_kwrite.so)
      libsoprano.so.4 required by:
       --> Package: kate-4.10.5-i486-1 (/usr/bin/kwrite)
       --> Package: kate-4.10.5-i486-1 (/usr/bin/kate)
       ...
       --> Package: kwrite-4.12.3-i486-1ftm (/usr/bin/kwrite)
       --> Package: kwrite-4.12.3-i486-1ftm (/usr/lib/libkdeinit4_kwrite.so)
      libspectre.so.1 required by:
       --> Package: okular-4.12.3-i486-1ftm (/usr/lib/kde4/okularGenerator_ghostview.so)
      libltdl.so.7 required by:
       --> Package: redland-1.0.16-i486-1 (/usr/lib/librdf.so.0.0.0)
      

      Dependency of interest:

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      libspectre.so.1 required by:
       --> Package: okular-4.12.3-i486-1ftm (/usr/lib/kde4/okularGenerator_ghostview.so)
      
   2. Fixing just Okular
      1. activate libspectre-0.2.7-i486-1.xzm
      2. slackyd -d reported:

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         Found 5 missing dependencies:
         libgnome-keyring.so.0 required by:
          --> Package: NetworkManager-openvpn-0.9.8.4-i486-1ftm (/usr/libexec/nm-openvpn-auth-dialog)
          --> Package: NetworkManager-pptp-0.9.8.4-i486-1ftm (/usr/libexec/nm-pptp-auth-dialog)
         libgs.so.9 required by:
          --> Package: libspectre-0.2.7-i486-1 (/usr/lib/libspectre.so.1.1.7)
         libmysqlclient.so.18 required by:
          --> Package: perl-5.18.1-i486-1 (/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/DBD/mysql/mysql.so)
         libtk8.6.so required by:
          --> Package: python-2.7.5-i486-1 (/usr/lib/python2.7/lib-dynload/_tkinter.so)
         libtcl8.6.so required by:
          --> Package: python-2.7.5-i486-1 (/usr/lib/python2.7/lib-dynload/_tkinter.so)
         

      3. Dependency of interest:

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         libgs.so.9 required by:
          --> Package: libspectre-0.2.7-i486-1 (/usr/lib/libspectre.so.1.1.7)
         

2. Current configuration:

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   loop9     7:9    0  21.1M  1 loop /mnt/live/memory/images/Kate_110714.xzm
   loop10    7:10   0     3M  1 loop /mnt/live/memory/images/kate-4.10.5-i486-1.xzm
   loop11    7:11   0   3.7M  1 loop /mnt/live/memory/images/kate_070714.xzm
   loop12    7:12   0  38.6M  1 loop /mnt/live/memory/images/kkk.xzm
   loop13    7:13   0    12M  1 loop /mnt/live/memory/images/python-2.7.5-i486-1.xzm
   loop14    7:14   0   836K  1 loop /mnt/live/memory/images/spacefm-0.8.2-i486-1dj.xzm
   loop15    7:15   0  33.3M  1 loop /mnt/live/memory/images/kte_vlc.xzm
   

   where libspectre-0.2.7-i486-1.txz contained in module Kate_110714.xzm, and common Kate and K3B dependencies in module kkk.xzm.

3. Could be the deeply buried libraries. Perhaps the slackyd binary has a -maxdepth for finding libraries. Update USM and try the same thing using it. There is no maxdepth.

   Slackyd found earlier unresolved dependency in library but missed the one which USM found for same library.
   

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      root@porteus:/home/guest# usm -u usm
      ...
      WARNING: /etc/usm/usm.conf changed after package installation.
        --> Deleting /etc/usm/usm.conf
      ...
      Generating VLC plugins cache data...
      Package usm-latest-0.0-noarch-1.txz installed.
      

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      root@porteus:/home/guest# vi /etc/usm/usm.conf
      root@porteus:/home/guest# usm -u all
      root@porteus:/home/guest# usm -d
      Processing: ConsoleKit-0.4.5-i486-1
      Processing: MPlayer-r36573-i486-1ftm
      Processing: ModemManager-1.0.0-i486-2
      Processing: NetworkManager-0.9.8.8-i486-1
      ...
      Processing: usm-latest-0.0-noarch-1
      Processing: utempter-1.1.5-i486-1
      Processing: util-linux-2.21.2-i486-6
      Processing: v4l-utils-0.9.5-i486-1ftm
      Processing: vamps-0.99.2-i486-1ftm
      Processing: vo-aacenc-0.1.3-i486-1ftm
      Processing: vo-amrwbenc-0.1.3-i486-1ftm
      Processing: vorbis-tools-1.4.0-i486-1ftm
      Processing: vte-0.28.2-i486-2
      Processing: wacomtablet-2.0-i486-1ftm
      Processing: wavpack-4.60.1-i486-1
      Processing: webfs-1.21-i486-1ftm
      Processing: wget-1.14-i486-2
      ...
      Processing: zlib-1.2.8-i486-1
      ####################################
      libgs.so.9 => not found
      Required by: okular-4.12.3-i486-1ftm (/usr/lib/kde4/okularGenerator_ghostview.so)
      ####################################
      Searching  libgs.so.9:  found 2 packages.
      Choose a package to download or choose 'None' to neglect
      1) ghostscript-9.07-i486-2.txz  3) None
      2) ghostscript-9.07-i486-2.txz
      #? 2
       The following packages are ready to download: 
      ghostscript-9.07-i486-2.txz [12.71 MB]
      
       Press [r] to remove packages, [q] to quit, or enter to start downloading.
      
   3. On the other hand slackyd -d reports:

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      Found 1 missing dependencies:
      libgnome-keyring.so.0 required by:
       --> Package: NetworkManager-openvpn-0.9.8.4-i486-1ftm (/usr/libexec/nm-openvpn-auth-dialog)
       --> Package: NetworkManager-pptp-0.9.8.4-i486-1ftm (/usr/libexec/nm-pptp-auth-dialog)
      
      Searching libgnome-keyring.so.0: found 1 package.
      
      Download libgnome-keyring-3.8.0-i486-1.txz [from slackware] ? [y/N] 
      
      Nothing was choosed.
      

4. 1. Slackyd found libspectre dependency but missed libgs, the one that USM found.

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      guest@porteus:~$ ldd /usr/lib/kde4/okularGenerator_ghostview.so
              linux-gate.so.1 (0xb77d5000)
              libokularcore.so.3 => /usr/lib/libokularcore.so.3 (0xb771d000)
              libspectre.so.1 => /usr/lib/libspectre.so.1 (0xb7706000)
              libkdeui.so.5 => /usr/lib/libkdeui.so.5 (0xb738c000)
              libQtXml.so.4 => /usr/lib/libQtXml.so.4 (0xb735d000)
              libQtGui.so.4 => /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4 (0xb6ba1000)
      	...
              libQtNetwork.so.4 => /usr/lib/libQtNetwork.so.4 (0xb617e000)
              libm.so.6 => /lib/libm.so.6 (0xb613c000)
              libgcc_s.so.1 => /usr/lib/libgcc_s.so.1 (0xb6120000)
              libgs.so.9 => not found
              libSM.so.6 => /usr/lib/libSM.so.6 (0xb6117000)
              libICE.so.6 => /usr/lib/libICE.so.6 (0xb60fe000)
              libX11.so.6 => /usr/lib/libX11.so.6 (0xb5fc7000)
      	...
              libexpat.so.1 => /usr/lib/libexpat.so.1 (0xb56d4000)
              libstreams.so.0 => /usr/lib/libstreams.so.0 (0xb569a000)
              libxml2.so.2 => /usr/lib/libxml2.so.2 (0xb5541000)
              libudev.so.0 => /lib/libudev.so.0 (0xb5532000)
              libpcre.so.1 => /usr/lib/libpcre.so.1 (0xb54ef000)
      
   2. Both Slackyd & USM did not scrutinise package vlc-2.1.4-i486-1alien:

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      guest@porteus:~$ ldd /usr/lib/vlc/plugins/video_output/libaa_plugin.so
      	  ...
              libaa.so.1 => not found
              ...
      guest@porteus:~$ ldd /usr/lib/vlc/plugins/video_output/libcaca_plugin.so
              ...
              libcaca.so.0 => not found
              ...
      guest@porteus:~$ ldd /usr/lib/vlc/plugins/access/libaccess_smb_plugin.so
              linux-gate.so.1 (0xb7742000)
              libvlccore.so.7 => /usr/lib/libvlccore.so.7 (0xb764f000)
              libidn.so.11 => /usr/lib/libidn.so.11 (0xb761d000)
              libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0xb7603000)
              libdbus-1.so.3 => /usr/lib/libdbus-1.so.3 (0xb75b9000)
              librt.so.1 => /lib/librt.so.1 (0xb75af000)
              libm.so.6 => /lib/libm.so.6 (0xb756d000)
              libpthread.so.0 => /lib/libpthread.so.0 (0xb7553000)
              libsmbclient.so.0 => not found
              libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0xb73c8000)
              /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0xb7743000)
      

      (Previous dependency requirements for vlc/plugins/misc/libgnutls_plugin.so and vlc/plugins/access/liblibvnc_plugin.so, being already satisfied in module kte_vlc.xzm.)

Points in Question

1. It is interesting to note that USM in 3.b, like slackyd previously, omits processing package vlc-2.1.4-i486-1alien. Surprise surprise both USM and Slackyd scrutinise 528 identical files and packages, verified by diff u s, where u and s are usm_srch.txt and slk_srch.txt stripped down to the bare lists respectively:

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   usm -d > usm_srch.txt
   slackyd -d > slk_srch.txt
2. None of the packages making up kte_vlc.xzm are scrutinised:

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     kte_vlc.txt
   p11-kit-0.16.4-i486-1.txz
   gnutls-3.2.15-i486-1.txz
   gc-7.4.0-i486-1sl.txz
   guile-2.0.9-i486-1.txz
   libtasn1-3.6-i486-1_slack14.1.txz
   libunistring-0.9.3-i486-1.txz
   npapi-vlc-20140226-i486-1alien.txz
   vlc-2.1.4-i486-1alien.txz
   
   cat kte_vlc.txt|xargs -i tar xJf {} -C kte_vlc
   sudo dir2xzm  kte_vlc kte_vlc.xzm
   root@porteus:/home/guest# activate p4/tmp/vlc_mod/kte_vlc.xzm
   
   loop13    7:13   0    12M  1 loop /mnt/live/memory/images/python-2.7.5-i486-1.xzm
   loop14    7:14   0   836K  1 loop /mnt/live/memory/images/spacefm-0.8.2-i486-1dj.xzm
   loop15    7:15   0  33.3M  1 loop /mnt/live/memory/images/kte_vlc.xzm
   

   although however vlc and npapi browser plugin running as normal.
   
   One could speculate that packages bundled into a module somehow or other resist scrutiny. But then Okular is bundled into the 003-kde.xzm module. Or maybe a home-made module is missing out on something?

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   root@porteus:/home/guest# usm -u usm
   Downloading: vercheck.txt  DONE
   
    An update is available for the usm database files.
    Please run:  usm -u all 
   
    A new version of USM is available.
    Would you like to download it now? [y/n]
   Downloading: usm-latest-0.0-noarch-1.txz  DONE
    Would you like to install it now? [y/n]
   
   Removing package /var/log/packages/usm-3.1.0-noarch-2...
   ...
   WARNING: /etc/usm/usm.conf changed after package installation.
     --> Deleting /etc/usm/usm.conf

   Does this mean usm.conf gets trashed over an update?

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   root@porteus:/home/guest# usm -d > t
   1) ghostscript-9.07-i486-2.txz  3) None
   2) ghostscript-9.07-i486-2.txz
   #? 3
    Press [r] to remove packages, [q] to quit, or enter to start downloading.root@porteus:/home/guest# ls -l t
   -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 19881 Jul 27 15:12 t
   

   Would it be viable or would it work to put the process list on stdout, doing the results and interactive stuff on stderr? Would facilitate in providing a record.
5. /var/log/packages contains 526 files, so seems clear both Slackyd and USM iterate through these items. It comes as no surprise that packages bundled into kte_vlc.xzm (See ii) are not among the items in this folder.

[brokenman]

None of the packages making up kte_vlc.xzm are scrutinised:

Please check the contents of var/log/packages in this merged module.

When I ran USM (on a bare bones system) to get Alien's vlc just now it found all dependencies required including libcaca etc.

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The following packages are required. 
aalib-1.4rc5-x86_64-5.txz [156K]
dbus-python-1.2.0-x86_64-1.txz [124K]
dnspython-1.10.0-x86_64-1alien.tgz [232K]
foomatic-filters-4.0.12-x86_64-1.txz [80K]
gc-7.2d-x86_64-1.txz [236K]
ghostscript-9.07-x86_64-2.txz [13108K]
gnutls-3.1.25-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz [2020K]
gst-plugins-base-0.10.36-x86_64-2.txz [1304K]
gstreamer-0.10.36-x86_64-2.txz [1332K]
guile-2.0.9-x86_64-1.txz [3068K]
gutenprint-5.2.9-x86_64-1.txz [2232K]
libaio-0.3.109-x86_64-1.txz [16K]
libcaca-0.99.beta18-x86_64-2.txz [528K]
libiodbc-3.52.8-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz [260K]
libmtp-1.1.6-x86_64-1.txz [188K]
libunistring-0.9.3-x86_64-1.txz [400K]
libvisual-0.4.0-x86_64-3.txz [128K]
libvncserver-0.9.9-x86_64-2.txz [232K]
mariadb-5.5.37-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz [21660K]
notify-python-0.1.1-x86_64-3.txz [20K]
pycairo-1.8.10-x86_64-2.txz [48K]
pycups-1.9.61-x86_64-1.txz [64K]
pycurl-7.19.0-x86_64-2.txz [52K]
pygobject-2.28.6-x86_64-2.txz [404K]
pygtk-2.24.0-x86_64-1.txz [1708K]
python-2.7.5-x86_64-1.txz [11868K]
qt-4.8.5-x86_64-2.txz [28204K]
samba-4.1.9-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz [9924K]
tcl-8.6.1-x86_64-1.txz [2500K]
tk-8.6.1-x86_64-1.txz [1700K]
vlc-2.1.4-x86_64-1alien.txz [23660K]
xcb-util-keysyms-0.3.9-x86_64-1.txz [16K]

Total size: 127 MB

Since the GUI relies on STDOUT in many areas switching this would be a large job. Interesting idea nonetheless.
If you want to log output try using tee: usm -d | tee /tmp/output 2>>/tmp/output

[brokenman]

Bogomips ... thank you and sorry. Today I had some time and went poking through the code to make sense out of what you said. It lead me to find a flaw in which system libraries were not being reported correctly. I saw that you thoroughly tested this and believed there must be something awry in the code. Your post was very complicated but I got my head around it eventually.

I installed openjre and then ran a dep check and it simply was not seeing this library. I found the reason and will push an update that addresses several bugs tonight or tomorrow. Thanks for testing.

[Bogomips]

None of the packages making up kte_vlc.xzm are scrutinised:

Please check the contents of var/log/packages in this merged module.

Suppose owe it to any novice newbies reading this thread to furnish the reply.

On further examination, using tar to explode the packages and untar all into the same directory, was just overwriting the previous inst.sh install script with the next. At the end, one was left with just the install script of the last package. On top of this dir2xzm, it became clear, was not invoking installpkg.

So, back to dimly remembered tutorial [HOWTO] Understanding Module Creation and Manipulation: Two Case Studies, second case and use of fakeroot directory.

Lo Maintenance Module Creation

Text File of Java Packages:

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Jav_310814.txt:
openjre-7u65_b32-i486-1alien.txz
rhino-1_7R4-i486-3sl.txz
icedtea-web-1.5.1-i486-1alien.txz

Create Temporary Fakeroot Directory and Install:

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guest@porteus:~$ mkdir tmp.$$
guest@porteus:~$ ls -ld tmp.$$
drwxr-xr-x 2 guest guest 4096 Sep  3 20:11 tmp.2767/

root@porteus:/home/guest# xargs -a Jav_310814.txt  -i installpkg --root tmp.2767 --terse {}                                                 
openjre-7u65_b32-i486-1alien: JavaTM Platform Standard Edition Runtime E [74M] 
rhino-1_7R4-i486-3sl: javascript library for java                        [9.2M]
icedtea-web-1.5.1-i486-1alien: Java Web Start browser plugin             [2.3M]

Create Module and Activate:

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root@porteus:/home/guest# dir2xzm  tmp.2767  Jav_310814.xzm
Parallel mksquashfs: Using 1 processor
Creating 4.0 filesystem on Jav_310814.xzm, block size 262144.
[=========================================================================|] 1183/1183 100%
Exportable Squashfs 4.0 filesystem, xz compressed, data block size 262144
        compressed data, compressed metadata, compressed fragments, compressed xattrs
        duplicates are removed
Filesystem size 47229.73 Kbytes (46.12 Mbytes)
        53.77% of uncompressed filesystem size (87832.04 Kbytes)
Inode table size 8546 bytes (8.35 Kbytes)
        25.43% of uncompressed inode table size (33603 bytes)
Directory table size 10298 bytes (10.06 Kbytes)
        49.12% of uncompressed directory table size (20964 bytes)
...
root@porteus:/home/guest# activate Jav_310814.xzm
Updating shared library links:  /sbin/ldconfig
Updating KDE menu: kbuildsycoca4
root@porteus:/home/guest# rm -r tmp.2767
loop13    7:13   0  46.1M  1 loop /mnt/live/memory/images/Jav_310814.xzm

guest@porteus:~$ ls -lh /var/log/packages/icedtea-web-1.5.1-i486-1alien
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1.5K Sep  3 16:48 /var/log/packages/icedtea-web-1.5.1-i486-1alien

guest@porteus:~$ ls -lh /var/log/packages/openjre-7u65_b32-i486-1alien
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 26K Sep  3 16:48 /var/log/packages/openjre-7u65_b32-i486-1alien

AN UPDATE SCENARIO

Updating icedtea using usm:

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root@porteus:/home/guest# usm -g iced

1) icedtea-web-1.4.1-i486-1alien.txz
2) icedtea-web-1.5.1-i486-1alien.txz
#? 2
Processing:   icedtea-web-1.5.1-i486-1alien.txz 
Ignored libraries: 

Libraries required:  11
Libraries found in system: 11
Libraries to resolve: 0

The following packages are required. 
icedtea-web-1.5.1-i486-1alien.txz [1352K]
Total size: 1 MB
 Press [r] to remove packages, [q] to quit, or enter to start downloading.

but using slackyd:

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guest@porteus:~$ slackyd -c p10/Por/slackyd.conf -g iced

Searching iced: found 1 package.

icedtea-web-1.5.1-i486-1alien.txz [from alien]

*** icedtea-web-1.5.1-i486-1alien.txz: already installed.

All packages available are installed.

Package is made available for download by usm, while slackyd informs that package already installed, but neither are able to say that package is up-to-date. Looks like usm doesn't check to see if package installed, while slackyd doesn't give option of downloading package. It would be good to be informed package installed and up-to-date, but all the same be left with option of downloading package.

[francois]

Bogomips you are doing a real good job with your comparative study of slackyd and usm. This a great way to improve usm. Thanks.

[francois]

Trying to get slackyd going to retreive some packages, I get:

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bash-4.3# /usr/bin/slackyd -u all
Repository: slackware [www.slackware.at]
`- Downloading FILELIST.TXT [Connection timed out]       
Warning: cannot retreive all file (0/8). Trying next: nothing

Suggestions appreciated.

[Jack]

I just install this one "slackyd-1.0.20110808-x86_64-2sl.xzm" and type slackyd -u all here is the output.

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root@porteus:/home/guest/Downloads# slackyd -u all

Warning: package `LibreOffice_5.1.0.3_x86-64_en-US' isn't standard. Skipping.
Warning: package `LibreOffice_5.1.0.3_x86-64_helppack_en-US' isn't standard. Skipping.
Repository: slackware [ftp.nluug.nl]
`- Downloading FILELIST.TXT [100 % @ 478.8 KB/s]         
`- Downloading CHECKSUMS.md5 [100 % @ 335.8 KB/s]         
`- Downloading PACKAGES.TXT [100 % @ 285.9 KB/s]         
`- Downloading MANIFEST.bz2 [100 % @ 668.0 KB/s]         
>> Uncompressing MANIFEST.bz2: done.
`- Downloading patches PACKAGES.TXT [100 % @ 113.7 KB/s]         
`- Downloading patches MANIFEST.bz2 [100 % @ 643.4 KB/s]         
>> Uncompressing patches MANIFEST.bz2: done.
`- Downloading extra PACKAGES.TXT [100 % @ 31.6 KB/s]          
`- Downloading extra MANIFEST.bz2 [100 % @ 77.0 KB/s]          
>> Uncompressing extra MANIFEST.bz2: done.
Repository: slacky [darkstar.ist.utl.pt]
`- Downloading FILELIST.TXT [No route to host]           

root@porteus:/home/guest/Downloads# 

Don't know if this will help you.

[francois]

@jack:
I should have mentioned that I was in slackware current. I have to change /etc/slackyd/slackyd.conf and add # before the following line and additional repos after:

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# Official mirror is too slow...
#repository ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.1/

#repository = http://www.slackware.at/data/slackware64-current/
repository = ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/os/Linux/distr/s ... re64-14.1/
repository = http://sunsite.cnlab-switch.ch/ftp/mirr ... re64-14.1/
repository = ftp://ftp.slackware.no/pub/linux/slackw ... re64-14.1/
repository = ftp://ftp.slackware.at/slackware64-14.1/
repository = http://www.slackware.at/data/slackware64-14.1/

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# Official mirror is too slow...
repository = http://ftp.heanet.ie/mirrors/slackware/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/

#Extra repositories:
# Slacky.eu
repository slacky = http://repository.slacky.eu/slackware64-14.1/

It works now.

[francois]

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# Official mirror is too slow...
repository = http://ftp.heanet.ie/mirrors/slackware/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/

#Extra repositories:
# Slacky.eu
repository slacky = http://repository.slacky.eu/slackware64-14.1/

It works now.

[francois]

Updated first post for 14.2 or current mirrors.

If usm goes of this is the spare tire. 8)

If anyone can propose a better job on repositories, I'll take it.