Slackware system utilities

Utilities for Slackware GNU/Linux distribution: building, packaging, administration.

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slackbuilder

(Not released)
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A builder for Slackware packages.

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slackdesc

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Formats a slack-desc file for Slackware package.

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slackupgrade

Version: 2.3  —  2022-04-30
* Support for Slackware 15.0
	  
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Upgrades the Slackware installation to a new release. Two upgrade types are supported. In normal upgrade only packages already installed on the system are upgraded. In full upgrade, all packages from the new release are installed. A combination of the two can be achieved by supplying a list of additional Slackware series when running the normal upgrade.