* myupgradepkg

Usage: ./myupgradepkg [Slackware packages]
e. g. ./myupgradepkg */*.txz

Shows what packages are to be installed or upgraded.
Example output:

upgradepkg /mnt/slack-13.0/slackware/a/pciutils-3.1.3-i486-1.txz # pciutils-2.2.10-i486-2
upgradepkg /mnt/slack-13.0/slackware/a/pcmciautils-015-i486-2.txz # pcmciautils-015-i486-1
installpkg /mnt/slack-13.0/slackware/ap/cupsddk-1.2.3-i486-1.txz
installpkg /mnt/slack-13.0/slackware/ap/dc3dd-6.12.3-i486-1.txz
# /mnt/slack-13.0/slackware/ap/diffstat-1.43-i486-1.txz # same
# /mnt/slack-13.0/slackware/ap/diffutils-2.8.1-i486-3.txz # same
upgradepkg /mnt/slack-13.0/slackware/ap/dmapi-2.2.10-i486-1.txz # dmapi-2.2.8_1-i486-1



* newslack

Python program to help upgrading Slackware

Usage: ./newslack [directory]

Searches for *.new files in the directory (default /etc)
and show the differences with older files.

For example: /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 and /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.new

Can apply partial patches.

Requires:
python 3.13,
pyQt6,
pygments,
find,
gvim,
patch.