diff -Naur slackpkg.orig/usr/libexec/slackpkg/core-functions.sh slackpkg/usr/libexec/slackpkg/core-functions.sh
--- slackpkg.orig/usr/libexec/slackpkg/core-functions.sh	2011-04-05 07:54:23.000000000 +0200
+++ slackpkg/usr/libexec/slackpkg/core-functions.sh	2013-02-10 08:16:55.586203612 +0100
@@ -549,9 +549,9 @@
 
 	grep -vE "(^#|^[[:blank:]]*$)" ${CONF}/blacklist > ${TMPDIR}/blacklist
 	if echo $CMD | grep -q install ; then
-		ls -1 /var/log/packages/* | awk -f /usr/libexec/slackpkg/pkglist.awk > ${TMPDIR}/tmplist
+		ls -1 $ROOT/var/log/packages/* | awk -f /usr/libexec/slackpkg/pkglist.awk > ${TMPDIR}/tmplist
 	else
-		ls -1 /var/log/packages/* | awk -f /usr/libexec/slackpkg/pkglist.awk | applyblacklist > ${TMPDIR}/tmplist
+		ls -1 $ROOT/var/log/packages/* | awk -f /usr/libexec/slackpkg/pkglist.awk | applyblacklist > ${TMPDIR}/tmplist
 	fi
 	cat ${WORKDIR}/pkglist | applyblacklist > ${TMPDIR}/pkglist
 
@@ -763,7 +763,7 @@
 	    # First is the package already installed?
 	    # Amazing what a little sleep will do
 	    # exclusion is so much nicer :)
-	    INSTPKG=$(ls -1 /var/log/packages | \
+	    INSTPKG=$(ls -1 $ROOT/var/log/packages | \
 		grep -e "^${BASENAME}-[^-]\+-\(${ARCH}\|fw\|noarch\)-[^-]\+")
 
 		# INSTPKG is local version
@@ -1130,14 +1130,14 @@
 
 	[ "$SPINNING" = "off" ] || spinning ${TMPDIR}/waiting &
 
-	for i in $(ls -1 /var/log/packages | \
+	for i in $(ls -1 $ROOT/var/log/packages | \
 		egrep -- "^.*-(${ARCH}|fw|noarch)-[^-]+-upgraded"); do
 		REVNAME=$(echo ${i} | awk -F'-upgraded' '{ print $1 }')
-		mv /var/log/packages/${i} /var/log/packages/${REVNAME}
-		mv /var/log/scripts/${i} /var/log/scripts/${REVNAME}
+		mv $ROOT/var/log/packages/${i} $ROOT/var/log/packages/${REVNAME}
+		mv $ROOT/var/log/scripts/${i} $ROOT/var/log/scripts/${REVNAME}
 	done
 	
-	ls -1 /var/log/packages | egrep "^.*-(${ARCH}|fw|noarch)-[^-]+$" | \
+	ls -1 $ROOT/var/log/packages | egrep "^.*-(${ARCH}|fw|noarch)-[^-]+$" | \
 				  batchcutpkg | sort > $TMPDIR/list1 
 	cat $TMPDIR/list1 | uniq > $TMPDIR/list2
 	FILES="$(diff $TMPDIR/list1 $TMPDIR/list2 | grep '<' | cut -f2 -d\ )"
@@ -1154,12 +1154,12 @@
 
 	if [ "$DOUBLEFILES" != "" ]; then
 		echo -e "\
-You have a broken /var/log/packages - with two versions of the same package.\n\
+You have a broken $ROOT/var/log/packages - with two versions of the same package.\n\
 The list of packages duplicated in your machine are shown below, but don't\n\
 worry about this list - when you select your action, slackpkg will show a\n\
 better list:\n"
 		for i in $DOUBLEFILES ; do
-			ls -1 /var/log/packages |\
+			ls -1 $ROOT/var/log/packages |\
 				egrep -i -- "^${i}-[^-]+-(${ARCH}|fw|noarch)-"
 		done
 		echo -ne "\n\
@@ -1174,7 +1174,7 @@
 			;;
 			R|r)
 				for i in $DOUBLEFILES ; do
-					FILE=$(ls -1 /var/log/packages |\
+					FILE=$(ls -1 $ROOT/var/log/packages |\
 						egrep -i -- "^${i}-[^-]+-(${ARCH}|fw|noarch)-")
 					FILES="$FILES $FILE"
 				done
@@ -1294,7 +1294,7 @@
 	touch $TMPDIR/waiting
 	echo -e "\tGenerating slackware installed package list (this may take a while) \c"
 	[ "$SPINNING" = "off" ] || spinning ${TMPDIR}/waiting &
-	for i in /var/log/packages/* ; do 
+	for i in $ROOT/var/log/packages/* ; do 
 		PKGNAME=$( cutpkg $(basename $i))
 		grep -q " $PKGNAME " ${WORKDIR}/pkglist && \
 			echo $PKGNAME >> $TMPDIR/$TEMPLATE.work
diff -Naur slackpkg.orig/usr/libexec/slackpkg/functions.d/dialog-functions.sh slackpkg/usr/libexec/slackpkg/functions.d/dialog-functions.sh
--- slackpkg.orig/usr/libexec/slackpkg/functions.d/dialog-functions.sh	2010-05-02 01:10:33.000000000 +0200
+++ slackpkg/usr/libexec/slackpkg/functions.d/dialog-functions.sh	2013-02-10 08:17:39.883770621 +0100
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 		rm -f $TMPDIR/dialog.tmp
 		
 		if [ "$2" = "upgrade" ]; then
-			ls -1 /var/log/packages > $TMPDIR/tmplist
+			ls -1 $ROOT/var/log/packages > $TMPDIR/tmplist
 			for i in $1; do
 				BASENAME=$(cutpkg $i)
 				PKGFOUND=$(grep -m1 -e "^${BASENAME}-[^-]\+-\(noarch\|fw\|${ARCH}\)" $TMPDIR/tmplist)
diff -Naur slackpkg.orig/usr/sbin/slackpkg slackpkg/usr/sbin/slackpkg
--- slackpkg.orig/usr/sbin/slackpkg	2011-03-25 03:42:10.000000000 +0100
+++ slackpkg/usr/sbin/slackpkg	2013-02-10 08:15:25.823054758 +0100
@@ -30,12 +30,12 @@
 
 #
 # CONF = configuration directory
-# SOURCE = A mirror of Slackware. Source can be sett by editing $CONF/mirrors
+# SOURCE = A mirror of Slackware. Source can be set by editing $CONF/mirrors
 #
-VERSION=2.81.1
+VERSION=2.82.0
 PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin
 SLACKWARE_VERSION=$(cat /etc/slackware-version | cut -f2 -d\ )
-CONF=/etc/slackpkg
+CONF=${CONF:-/etc/slackpkg}
 SOURCE=$(sed -e 's/^[[:blank:]]*//' $CONF/mirrors | grep -m1 -e "^\([a-z]\)")
 . $CONF/slackpkg.conf
 ERROR=""