Slackware 13.0slackware-13.0

Wed Aug 26 10:00:38 CDT 2009
Slackware 13.0 x86_64 is released as stable!  Thanks to everyone who
helped make this release possible -- see the RELEASE_NOTES for the
credits.  The ISOs are off to the replicator.  This time it will be a
6 CD-ROM 32-bit set and a dual-sided 32-bit/64-bit x86/x86_64 DVD.
We're taking pre-orders now at store.slackware.com.  Please consider
picking up a copy to help support the project.  Once again, thanks to
the entire Slackware community for all the help testing and fixing
things and offering suggestions during this development cycle.
As always, have fun and enjoy!  -P.

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+.\" -*- nroff -*-
+.ds g \" empty
+.ds G \" empty
+.\" Like TP, but if specified indent is more than half
+.\" the current line-length - indent, use the default indent.
+.de Tp
+.ie \\n(.$=0:((0\\$1)*2u>(\\n(.lu-\\n(.iu)) .TP
+.el .TP "\\$1"
+..
+.TH UPGRADEPKG 8 "31 May 2002" "Slackware Version 8.1.0"
+.SH NAME
+upgradepkg \- upgrade Slackware packages.
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B upgradepkg
+[
+.B --dry-run
+]
+[
+.B --install-new
+]
+[
+.B --reinstall
+]
+[
+.B --verbose
+]
+.BI newpackagename
+.BI [ newpackagename2 ]
+.LP
+.B upgradepkg
+[
+.B --dry-run
+]
+[
+.B --install-new
+]
+[
+.B --reinstall
+]
+[
+.B --verbose
+]
+.BI oldpackagename%newpackagename
+.BI [ old2%new2 ]
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.B upgradepkg
+upgrades a Slackware package from an older version to a
+newer one.  It does this by
+.B INSTALLING
+the new package onto the system, and then
+.B REMOVING 
+any files from the old package that aren't in the new package.
+If the old and new packages have the same name, a single argument is all that
+is required.  If the packages have different names, supply the name of the
+old package followed by a percent symbol (%), then the name of the new package.
+Do not add any extra whitespace between pairs of old/new package names.
+
+If upgradepkg finds more than one installed package matching the old package's
+name, it will remove them all.
+.TP
+To upgrade in a directory other than / (such as /mnt):
+.TP
+ROOT=/mnt upgradepkg package.tgz (or .tbz, .tlz, .txz)
+.SH OPTIONS
+.TP
+.B \--dry-run
+Output a report about which packages would be installed or upgraded
+but don't actually perform the upgrades.
+.TP
+.B \--install-new
+Normally upgradepkg only upgrades packages that are already installed on the system, and
+will skip any packages that do not already have a version installed.
+If
+.B --install-new
+is specified, the behavior is modified to install new packages in addition to upgrading
+existing ones.
+.TP
+.B \--reinstall
+Upgradepkg usually skips packages if the exact same package
+(matching name, version, arch, and build number) is already installed on the system.
+Use the --reinstall option if you want to upgrade all packages even if the same
+version is already installed.
+.TP
+.B \--verbose
+Show all the gory details of the upgrade.
+.SH BUGS
+Before upgrading a package, save any configuration files (such as in /etc)
+that you wish to keep.  Sometimes these will be preserved, but it depends on
+the package structure.  If you want to force new versions of the config files
+to be installed, remove the old ones manually prior to running upgradepkg.
+.SH AUTHOR
+Patrick J. Volkerding <volkerdi@slackware.com>
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+.BR makepkg(8),
+.BR installpkg(8),
+.BR removepkg(8),
+.BR explodepkg(8),
+.BR pkgtool(8)