h2sammo3 wrote:if i boot without savefile i can use wpa suplicant from the app in the taskbar as intended. if i boot from my savefile i cannot anymore.
Ok, that means the update broke it. And this is probably the cause, because during alpha/beta we'd probably make breaking changes (unintentionally) as we continue to fix things.
does the beta release that i have currently installed merge by itself into the official 800 release? or do i have to install the 800 official release independently?
Yes, if will update if you use the proper method (=fatdog-updater and update via ISO or SFS --- but bear in mind in alpha/beta this tools is broken so you can't use it). But you cannot do it by updating using gslapt or slapt-get.
The reason why I asked about updating so often is; if you come here from either Windows/Mac world, or from mainstream Linux distros like Debian or Ubuntu or even Slackware; is that they do feature regular updates and some even support "whole distro upgrade" - you can upgrade your installation all the way to the latest version; so you may be used to the idea of "continuous update" and "always run the latest".
That is not the philosophy for Fatdog and Puppy Linux. I won't delve too much about it since this subject has been discussed many times over. Doing a blind bulk update is considered harmful.
In our case, sometimes our repo contains "test" packages with new version numbers; that if you just do a blind update it will install this test package and breaks the system (this is especially true during alpha/beta/rc stages where we test various versions of the packages to see what's best).
If you do want to update, choose the package that you want to update and do it individually. Don't do bulk update. Which then leads you to the question - how do I know which package to update? Well then, the answer is this: don't update unless you have a reason too. Things not working in current version? gslapt offers new version? Then update. You've read about security issues? gslapt as a new version? Then update. Otherwise, don't fix what ain't broken.
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