[Slackbuilds-users] Build Environment Reminder

Willy Sudiarto Raharjo willysr at slackbuilds.org
Thu Aug 13 04:12:55 UTC 2026


>        Signal blocks old versions of their software
>  from connecting  to the network.  I  had to figure
>  out  the binary  patching thing  because the  last
>  15.0  glibc-compatible version  I had  was finally
>  blocked from connecting to the Signal network.
>
>        If patching the rpath to use an isolated new
>  glibc-opt without migrating the whole OS is not an
>  acceptable solution for  the SlackBuilds.org repo,
>  then removing the Signal  SlackBuild is the option
>  that makes sense, in my opinion.  People who still
>  want to use Signal will  have to install it from a
>  different 3rd party.  If that happens, I might end
>  up packaging the patched  version myself, and then
>  redistribute it on my site for others to use.


What about the AppImage format?
will that work?
i assume it's all contained in a single package, so no link to
system-based GLIBC


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Willy Sudiarto Raharjo
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