[PLUG] Slackware upgrade trouble...

[Brent Jones]

On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 4:24 PM, Michael C. Robinson
<plug_1 at robinson-west.com> wrote:
> I'm trying to upgrade Slackware 10.1 to Slackware 13.
>
> So far, I have determined that upgrading to Slackware 11's glibc is
> necessary.  Maybe now xz will work?
>
> I'm getting an error that external command xz cannot be found even
> though I can see it under /bin and /usr/bin no problem.  How do I
> get pkgtool which I have upgraded to the Slackware 13 version to
> see it?  I have also upgraded tar, had to downgrade it first.  I'm
> trying to follow UPGRADE.txt and I'm stuck trying to install
> findutils.
>
> _______________________________________________
> PLUG mailing list
> PLUG at lists.pdxlinux.org
> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
>

Welcome to Linux, and an unstable ABI between versions  ;)

For example, Solaris has binary compatibility from Solaris 2.3 to 9.0,
no such luck with Linux.

I suggest you upgrade in steps as recommended by the release notes,
major upgrades are rarely supported in big jumps like you're
attempting.

-- 
Brent Jones
brent at servuhome.net