I actually used excludes for now in my /etc/slapt-get/slapt-getrc: EXCLUDE=openssl.*powerpc64.*,-powerpc64.*,pcmcia,gpm ,^kernel-.* When I simulate the dist-upgrade though I still get the following package trying to upgrade: openssl-solibs-0.9.8b-powerpc64-1 is to be upgraded to version 0.9.8d-powerpc-1 I'm trying to manually upgrade this package, this is what I currently have installed; $ ls -1 /var/log/packages/openssl-* /var/log/packages/openssl-0.9.8b-powerpc64-1 /var/log/packages/openssl-solibs-0.9.8b-powerpc-1 /var/log/packages/openssl-solibs-0.9.8b-powerpc64-1 When I test an upgradepkg I get the following: $ upgradepkg --dry-run \ openssl-solibs-0.9.8b-powerpc-1%openssl-0.9.8d-powerpc-1.tgz openssl-0.9.8d-powerpc-1 would upgrade: openssl-solibs-0.9.8b-powerpc-1 openssl-solibs-0.9.8b-powerpc64-1 For now would the best solution would be to remove the existing openssl-solibs-ppc package and install the new openssl-solibs-ppc package? On Thu, Oct 12, 2006 at 09:41:06AM -0700, Naveen Nathan wrote: > Sweet, found a slightly older version on the site nonetheless. > > I'm curious how the upgrade should be performed for the biarch > slackintosh. > > I haven't done an upgrade yet, but theres a few packages that > slapt-get seems to get plain wrong. I guess slapt-get has some > is not too intelligent when it comes to upgrading the packages. > > $ sudo slapt-get --dist-upgrade -s --ignore-exclude | egrep \ > "powerpc64.*powerpc[^6]*|powerpc.*ppc" > > glibc-solibs-2.3.6-powerpc-7 is to be upgraded to version 2.3.6-ppc-8 > openssl-solibs-0.9.8b-powerpc64-1 is to be upgraded to version > 0.9.8d-powerpc-1 > glibc-2.3.6-powerpc-7 is to be upgraded to version 2.3.6-ppc-8 > glibc-debug-2.3.6-powerpc-7 is to be upgraded to version 2.3.6-ppc-8 > rsync-2.6.8-powerpc64-1 is to be upgraded to version 2.6.8-powerpc-1 > openssl-0.9.8b-powerpc64-1 is to be upgraded to version 0.9.8d-powerpc-1 > wget-1.10.2-powerpc64-3 is to be upgraded to version 1.10.2-powerpc-3 > glibc-profile-2.3.6-powerpc-7 is to be upgraded to version 2.3.6-ppc-8 > popt-1.7-powerpc64-1 is to be upgraded to version 1.7-powerpc-1 > kernel-headers-2.4.33.3-powerpc64-1 is to be upgraded to version > 2.4.33.3-powerpc-1 > > The glibc stuff appears to be correct. Is there a reason why the > architecture for those packages are now 'ppc'? All the powerpc64 > packages appear to be upgraded to the powerpc counterpart. >