[Slackbuilds-users] Orphaning SlackBuild Scripts

[dimitar at nikov.net]

Hi,

On 2026-05-03 20:54, B. Watson wrote:
> On Sun, 3 May 2026, Dimitar Nikov via SlackBuilds-users wrote:
> 
>> - perl-Digest-SHA
> 
> Slackware's perl package already contains this perl module. It's a
> slightly older version (Slackware has 6.02, you packaged 6.04).
> 
> Do we really need it? Your hw-probe depends on it, but it seems to run
> fine without it... and we do have a policy of not including anything
> in SBo that's already included in Slackware.
> 

Then this script could be removed from the repository.
I have no idea how this package slipped through submission form in this 
case.

> One amusing thing: hw-probe runs "pacman", I suppose it's trying
> to run the Arch package tool, but here I have the SBo games/pacman
> package installed, and so running hw-probe actually runs the game.  It
> should probably be patched to look in /sbin or wherever Arch keeps its
> pacman package manager (the game is installed as /usr/games/pacman)...
> or just patch it to skip pacman entirely, since we're making a
> Slackware package, and we know we're not running on Arch.
> 

I am not playing any games, hence I don't have that package installed.
Also, that command check comes form the upstream. It does checks for
some more package managers/OS-specific binaries too. Should they be
patched too?

> This would be something for the new maintainer to look into, since
> you're abandoning it.

I'll do the requested patch before handing over the package.

Cheers,
Dimitar