[Slackbuilds-users] Build Environment Reminder

[David O'Shaughnessy]

Just in case it gets removed, I do keep signal-desktop mostly up to date in my (very) modest Slackware repo, basically made for my own convenience: https://slack.osh.id.au/

It does a binary repack of signal-desktop (checks the signatures first though, so it's not a blind download/repackage).

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Dave

On Tue, 11 Aug 2026, at 5:38 AM, Greg Tourte 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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