[Slackbuilds-users] Build Environment Reminder

[Luveh Keraph]

Indeed. Especially after somebody (maybe yourself) shared a simple hack to
get it to work under Slackware 15.0.

On Mon, Aug 10, 2026 at 3:39 PM Greg Tourte <artourter at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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