User:Picobyte

script to update slackware patches during boot. Save this script as root as /etc/rc.d/rc.updateslack

#!/bin/bash
# copyright GPL v2.0 by Roel Kluin 2007

#specify the user authorized for downloading and storage of packages
PKGUSR="<your username here>"

#specify your favorite mirror
RSYNCHOST="<your favorite rsync host>"

#is equal to VERSION="12.0"
VERSION="`cat /etc/slackware-version | cut -b 11-14`"

# where you want to install these packages
DESTDIR="/home/$PKGUSR/dnld/slackware/slackware-$VERSION"


RSYNC="$RSYNCHOST::slackware/slackware-$VERSION/patches"
BEFORE=`date +%Y%m%d%M%S`
echo checking for updated slackware-$VERSION patches...
su - $PKGUSR -c "mkdir -p $DESTDIR"
su - $PKGUSR -c "rsync -q --exclude=patches/source -v --progress \
-az --delete --log-file=$DESTDIR/rsync.log $RSYNC $DESTDIR/"

cd $DESTDIR/patches
cat CHECKSUMS.md5 | grep -e ".tgz$" | while read sum file; do
  # only updated files should are checked and installed
  if [ `date -r $file +%Y%m%d%M%S` -ge $BEFORE ]; then
    if [ "`openssl md5 $file | cut -d" " -f 2-`" = "$sum" ]; then
      if [ "`gpg --verify $file.asc 2>&1 | grep Slackware | cut -d" " -f2`" = "Good" ]; then
        upgradepkg --install-new $file
      else
        echo ERROR: SIGN of $file is not OK!
      fi
    else
      echo ERROR: MD5 sum of $file is not OK!
    fi
  fi
done

dont forget to chmod a+x /etc/rc.d/rc.updateslack

add these lines to your /etc/rc.d/rc.local file

if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.updateslack ]; then
  /etc/rc.d/rc.updateslack
fi