[Slackbuilds-users] Build Environment Reminder
Willy Sudiarto Raharjo
willysr at slackbuilds.org
Tue Aug 11 05:31:57 UTC 2026
> Signal is an important package, so perhaps
> we can make the SlackBuild patch the binary itself
> and thus it would work on Slackware 15.0 without
> user intervention. I wrote some instructions[1]
> on my website, and wrote a script[2] to automate
> the patching process. The patch forces Signal to
> use a glibc install in /opt using rpath. Perhaps
> we can provide a simple glibc-opt-bin SlackBuild
> which would install glibc from /testing into /opt
> to support the installation of Signal (and perhaps
> other packages that may follow the same pattern).
> I've been using Signal on 15.0 for more than two
> months in this manner; it's stable and works well.
For library as important as glibc, i am not recommending to have
multiple installation and push it to SBo.
That would be much more complicated for us to maintain in the future.
Best to stick with the current glibc we have in stable
--
Willy Sudiarto Raharjo
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: not available
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 870 bytes
Desc: OpenPGP digital signature
URL: <http://lists.slackbuilds.org/pipermail/slackbuilds-users/attachments/20260811/99e0da3a/attachment.asc>
More information about the SlackBuilds-users
mailing list