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to: Benny Pedersen
from: Richard Falken
date: 2021-07-07 08:59:00
subject: glibc libcrypt

  Re: glibc libcrypt
  By: Benny Pedersen to Richard Falken on Tue Jul 06 2021 04:07 pm

 > Hello Richard!
 > 
 > 06 Jul 2021 02:56, Richard Falken wrote to Benny Pedersen:
 > 
 >  RF> Aaaaaand that is why you use Stable for actual work, and Current for  playing or development.
 > 
 > what to i do in /etc/slackware/mirrors ?
 > 
 > and what config is needed in slackpkg.conf ?
 > 
 >  RF> If you are stressed, think of the people who use rolling releases.
 >  RF> That is the usual state of being for them :-)
 > 
 > gentoo havde always being default stable, unless users want pr pkg unstable, if slackware did use portage management it would not be any problem with slackware at all
 > 
 > 
 >  Regards Benny
 > 
 > ... too late to die young :)

If you want to follow Stable with slackpkg, you just uncomment some mirror you like in /etc/slackware/mirrors and that is it. There is no dwongrading from CUrrent to Stable btw.

slackpkg.conf is self-explanatory. YOu may have a loot at it but afaik the default should work fine.

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