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Hello,

I have just updated Salix in my laptop, the latest being pidgin 2.6.6. So far, so good. I have quite a collection of updates already. (This is a well-behaved, elegant distro and I have yet to encounter any problem in my laptop even after updates.)

Correct me if I'm wrong. Salix stores all the updates and additional programs at /var/slapt-get, right? If so, can I "tar" this directory, keep the resulting file somewhere and transfer it ("untar" it) to another instance of Salix safely, without breaking anything in the target Salix installation? Is there something I should be aware of to do this process correctly?

I figured its a pity to just throw away these updates when they could be used should I need to install Salix again.

Thanks.

Yes you can tar this directory if you want. I see no problem in doing this. You could use this technique to save bandwith for example

Yes, that's possible. You even could share this directory over the network via nfs.
But you have to make sure one thing: Don't mix different architectures (32/64 bit)

That's very good news. Thanks again guys!

Have a nice day everyone.

I share the slapt-get cache between two machines - I use a USB drive for that purpose. All you need to do is edit /etc/slapt-get/slapt-getrc to point to the USB device. In my case, like this:
gets changed to
My USB drive (DataTrans) is formatted xfs. The only problem with doing things this way is remembering to plug the drive in before running a slapt-get or Gslapt update.

Paul.