[Slackbuilds-users] Build Environment Reminder

[Greg Tourte]

Willy,

does that include package which explicitly state in the README that the
package require the newer GLIBC?

I maintain one such script (signal-desktop) and it would be a shame to see
it removed from the repo.

Cheers

Greg

On Mon, 10 Aug 2026 at 15:23, Willy Sudiarto Raharjo <
willysr at slackbuilds.org> wrote:

> Hi all
>
> We noticed that some applications require newer version of libraries or
> modules
> that is already provided by Slackware core packages. This is normal as
> Slackware 15.0 is now 4 years old and upstream are bumping requirements as
> they
> develop new version with more features. Patrick has been kind enough to
> provide
> some new version of some packages into testing/ which helps people to keep
> updating to the latest version of the software they often use daily.
>
> We just to want to remind everyone that SBo is designed to be tested
> against
> latest Slackware Stable releases with latest patches. It doesn't include
> extra/
> or testing/ which requires manual intervention and not part of the full
> installation. Our CI is NOT designed to test against custom installation,
> which
> includes packages from extra or testing.
>
> That said, moving forward, we will start scanning our repository for
> scripts
> that requires newer libraries/packages, such as GLIBC and start
> removing them. Urchlay will add GLIBC detection at sbo-maintainer-tools
> package
> soon, which will help CI to test against new PR that requires newer GLIBC.
>
> Maintainers, please ensure that your scripts are tested against clean
> environment of Slackware 15.0, not -current or custom installation.
> Our FAQ is also updated to clarify this issue
> https://slackbuilds.org/faq/#full
>
>
> --
> Willy Sudiarto Raharjo
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