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[Lumin Etherlight]

Willy Sudiarto Raharjo <willysr at slackbuilds.org> writes:

>> Lumin Etherlight <lumin+slackbuilds at etherlight.link> writes:
>>
>>        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

        No, the AppImage  links against the system's
  glibc, not a bundled glibc.  I just tested it on a
  15.0 system with the  stable glibc version, it did
  not work, with the usual errors.  Upgrading to the
  testing glibc libraries allows the AppImage to run
  as expected.  So, no, this will not help us.

Best Regards,
Lumin Etherlight