Many Puppy user knows Slack better than Arch? so maybe it is possible to get some tip from the Vector Devs?
http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=vector
Robert Lange has announced the availability of the second (and final) release candidate for VectorLinux Linux 7.0 - now with an added ability to build Arch Linux packages in a Slackware format:
The kernel is version 2.6.38.7, glibc is 2.13 and everything else is up to date with Slackware 13.37.