SlackCheck allows users to keep many Slackware machines up to date with the latest packages. All upgrades are performed from single machine though SSH (or RSH). It generates an upgrade script and list of non-standard packages for every machine. https://georgi.unixsol.org/programs/slackcheck/
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  2. # $Id: ChangeLog,v 1.28 2010/03/02 12:30:04 gf Exp $
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  4. v3.91 - 02 March 2010
  5. Added workaround for gmp dependency in coreutils-8.4
  6. v3.90 - 04 January 2010
  7. Fixed libcap check to work on Slackware64
  8. v3.80 - 20 May 2009
  9. Updated to allow upgrade with newer (LZMA) package compression
  10. v3.70 - 10 July 2006
  11. Update file generation is further sped up
  12. Added progress indicator and host status after update file generation
  13. Added log file for each host updates
  14. v3.60 - 06 July 2006
  15. Update file generation was sped up by factor of 3
  16. Added --verbose option to see what packages will be upgraded
  17. A bug was fixed that prevented --gen command from working after --sync
  18. v3.50 - 20 December 2005
  19. Added possibility to use per host package ignore lists
  20. v3.40 - 31 January 2005
  21. Fix check for aaa_elflibs package.
  22. v3.30 - 29 January 2005
  23. Do not try to upgrade aaa_elflibs package. As Patrick says, this package
  24. should be installed initially and then never upgraded. For more info
  25. see Slackware-current ChangeLog from Mon Jan 24 20:41:03 PST 2005
  26. An example has been added on how to use slackcheck to update packages
  27. using Slackware CD (see config.sh)
  28. v3.20 - 02 June 2004
  29. A bug was fixed that was preventing correct checksum validation when two
  30. packages have the same names but are in different directories.
  31. A bug was fixed that prevented updating system that has no modutils
  32. installed.
  33. v3.10 - 06 January 2004
  34. Fix stupid bug that prevents --local from working when slcheck is run from
  35. root account.
  36. v3.00 - 05 January 2004
  37. New option that allows upgrade of local machine only. Help was improved by
  38. adding more examples and better description of available program options.
  39. A workaround has been added for the aaa_elflibs package in -current.
  40. v2.80 - 05 September 2003
  41. A workaround has been added for the module-init-tools package in -current.
  42. v2.70 - 12 June 2003
  43. A workaround has been added for the utempter package in slackware-current.
  44. v2.60 - 25 May 2003
  45. A workaround has been added for the coreutils package in slackware-current.
  46. v2.50 - 18 Apr 2003
  47. Rewritten detection of updated packages. The logic now is less error prone.
  48. v2.40 - 09 Apr 2003
  49. Use CHECKSUMS.md5 from / directory. This allows patches/ directory to be
  50. scanned also. Please update your config.sh file!
  51. Fix wrong md5 sums file generation.
  52. Don't use non-verbose mode for wget. It's broken in the latest wget release.
  53. v2.30 - 16 Mar 2003
  54. Remove checks for program existence if xxx_CHECK features are not used.
  55. Replace hardcoded check for wget with correct check for $DL_PRG.
  56. v2.20 - 11 Mar 2003
  57. Added workaround for sed. Longer explanation: sed was split out of bin
  58. package so upgrading bin package caused pkgtools to stop working. The
  59. workaround prevents this by checking if sed is useful after each upgradepkg.
  60. v2.10 - 10 Mar 2003
  61. Added "smart upgrade". When this function is enabled, slackcheck will run
  62. 'lilo' when lilo or kernel packages are upgraded. Without this your system
  63. can be left unbootable.
  64. Fixes for MD5 and signature checks.
  65. v2.00 - 07 Mar 2003
  66. This version works correctly with Slackware 9.0rc1 and above
  67. Upgrade script is now template. This allows easier customizations
  68. MD5 sums and digital signatures of the packages are checked before upgrading
  69. Important packages (glibc, elflibs) are upgraded first
  70. In case of error (checksum, no free space, etc) upgrade is stopped immediately
  71. List of hosts can be set using --host or --file switches
  72. v1.00 - 05 Jan 2003
  73. Download package list from slackware mirror
  74. Generate "smart" upgrade scripts that download packages
  75. Automatic upgrade mode - this allows easy upgrading of many machines at once
  76. Manual upgrade mode - just copy upgrade scripts to machines