1 files changed, 73 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/source/ap/slackpkg/0001-Fix-for-var_log_packages-being-a-symlink.patch b/source/ap/slackpkg/0001-Fix-for-var_log_packages-being-a-symlink.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5a81e7ab4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/source/ap/slackpkg/0001-Fix-for-var_log_packages-being-a-symlink.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+From 10b2f7d493a7ded620cdc20ab582b25f58e45c62 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Robby Workman <rworkman@slackware.com>
+Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2018 23:00:02 -0500
+Subject: Fix for /var/log/packages/ possibly being a symlink to elsewhere
+
+---
+ files/core-functions.sh   | 12 ++++++------
+ files/dialog-functions.sh |  2 +-
+ 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
+
+--- ./core-functions.sh.orig	2018-01-06 23:23:14.000000000 -0600
++++ ./core-functions.sh	2018-06-14 16:34:51.741000083 -0500
+@@ -805,7 +805,7 @@
+ 	    # First is the package already installed?
+ 	    # Amazing what a little sleep will do
+ 	    # exclusion is so much nicer :)
+-	    INSTPKG=$(ls -1 $ROOT/var/log/packages | \
++	    INSTPKG=$(ls -1 $ROOT/var/log/packages/ | \
+ 		grep -e "^${BASENAME}-[^-]\+-\(${ARCH}\|fw\|noarch\)-[^-]\+")
+ 
+ 		# INSTPKG is local version
+@@ -1172,14 +1172,14 @@
+ 
+ 	[ "$SPINNING" = "off" ] || spinning ${TMPDIR}/waiting &
+ 
+-	for i in $(ls -1 $ROOT/var/log/packages | \
++	for i in $(ls -1 $ROOT/var/log/packages/ | \
+ 		egrep -- "^.*-(${ARCH}|fw|noarch)-[^-]+-upgraded"); do
+ 		REVNAME=$(echo ${i} | awk -F'-upgraded' '{ print $1 }')
+ 		mv $ROOT/var/log/packages/${i} $ROOT/var/log/packages/${REVNAME}
+ 		mv $ROOT/var/log/scripts/${i} $ROOT/var/log/scripts/${REVNAME}
+ 	done
+ 	
+-	ls -1 $ROOT/var/log/packages | egrep "^.*-(${ARCH}|fw|noarch)-[^-]+$" | \
++	ls -1 $ROOT/var/log/packages/ | egrep "^.*-(${ARCH}|fw|noarch)-[^-]+$" | \
+ 				  batchcutpkg | sort > $TMPDIR/list1 
+ 	cat $TMPDIR/list1 | uniq > $TMPDIR/list2
+ 	FILES="$(diff $TMPDIR/list1 $TMPDIR/list2 | grep '<' | cut -f2 -d\ )"
+@@ -1196,12 +1196,12 @@
+ 
+ 	if [ "$DOUBLEFILES" != "" ]; then
+ 		echo -e "\
+-You have a broken $ROOT/var/log/packages - with two versions of the same package.\n\
++You have a broken $ROOT/var/log/packages/ - with two versions of the same package.\n\
+ The list of packages duplicated in your machine are shown below, but don't\n\
+ worry about this list - when you select your action, slackpkg will show a\n\
+ better list:\n"
+ 		for i in $DOUBLEFILES ; do
+-			ls -1 $ROOT/var/log/packages |\
++			ls -1 $ROOT/var/log/packages/ |\
+ 				egrep -i -- "^${i}-[^-]+-(${ARCH}|fw|noarch)-"
+ 		done
+ 		echo -ne "\n\
+@@ -1216,7 +1216,7 @@
+ 			;;
+ 			R|r)
+ 				for i in $DOUBLEFILES ; do
+-					FILE=$(ls -1 $ROOT/var/log/packages |\
++					FILE=$(ls -1 $ROOT/var/log/packages/ |\
+ 						egrep -i -- "^${i}-[^-]+-(${ARCH}|fw|noarch)-")
+ 					FILES="$FILES $FILE"
+ 				done
+--- ./functions.d/dialog-functions.sh.orig	2014-07-10 17:41:29.000000000 -0500
++++ ./functions.d/dialog-functions.sh	2018-06-14 16:34:59.185000084 -0500
+@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
+ 		rm -f $TMPDIR/dialog.tmp
+ 		
+ 		if [ "$2" = "upgrade" ]; then
+-			ls -1 $ROOT/var/log/packages > $TMPDIR/tmplist
++			ls -1 $ROOT/var/log/packages/ > $TMPDIR/tmplist
+ 			for i in $1; do
+ 				BASENAME=$(cutpkg $i)
+ 				PKGFOUND=$(grep -m1 -e "^${BASENAME}-[^-]\+-\(noarch\|fw\|${ARCH}\)" $TMPDIR/tmplist)