<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Il giorno mer 15 gen 2025 alle ore 22:07 Jim <<a href="mailto:zsd%2Bslackbuilds@jdvb.ca">zsd+slackbuilds@jdvb.ca</a>> ha scritto:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On Wed, Jan 15, 2025 at 20:18 (+0000), Erich Ritz via SlackBuilds-users wrote:<br>
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> On Wednesday, January 15th, 2025 at 1:45 PM, Jim <<a href="mailto:zsd%2Bslackbuilds@jdvb.ca" target="_blank">zsd+slackbuilds@jdvb.ca</a>> wrote:<br>
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>> Hi all,<br>
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>> Back in November I emailed the Virtualbox Slackbuild maintainer, pointing<br>
>> out that VBox was up to 7.1, whereas the Slackbuild is at 6.1.50. (And<br>
>> since then, VBox is up to 7.1.4.)<br>
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>> I never heard back. Is anyone in touch with the maintainer (Heinz<br>
>> Wiesinger)?<br>
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> This was his comment last time an update request came up (<a href="https://lists.slackbuilds.org/pipermail/slackbuilds-users/2023-May/028176.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lists.slackbuilds.org/pipermail/slackbuilds-users/2023-May/028176.html</a>):<br>
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> Is there a specific feature/bugfix you *need* from the newer version though? <br>
> Generally, the version on SBo should work "just fine". If it's just about <br>
> running the "latest and greatest", you should be able to fetch the SlackBuild <br>
> from my -current or 15.0 repo (or even the packages). I don't typically update <br>
> my scripts on SBo anymore unless there's a specific reason.<br>
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*My* specific reason was that I updated to a newer kernel (6.10.3), because<br>
I was having some glitchy issues with one of the components of my laptop.<br>
And my info at the time was that versions before 7.0.16 would no longer<br>
compile on 6.10 kernels.<br>
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So I guess you could say "I need a VBox that compiles on 6.10". (But,<br>
having said that, I suspect someone is going to tell me that my system<br>
isn't vanilla, so I'm on my own.)<br>
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<a href="mailto:korgie@gmail.com" target="_blank">korgie@gmail.com</a>: I compiled 7.0.20 and it has been working just fine on<br>
6.10.3 (Slackware64 15.0).<br>
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I agree that maintainers should not feel obligated to spend all day every<br>
day chasing updates to the packages that they have graciously agreed to<br>
support. But, on the flip side, perhaps occasionally, if someone needs a<br>
newer version for some reason, it is also possible that they might be<br>
motivated to do an update when requested.<br>
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Anyway, now that you have pointed out Heinz' personal policy, I will know<br>
to not ask again about this.<br>
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Cheers.<br>
Jim</blockquote><div><br></div><div>Hi Jim,</div><div><br></div><div>I noticed Heinz provides a build script for current (that I haven't tested myself) on his personal repository</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://repo.liwjatan.org/pprkut/current/source/virtualbox/">https://repo.liwjatan.org/pprkut/current/source/virtualbox/</a></div><div><br></div><div>I don't know if it works on stable but it's worth a try...</div><div><br></div><div>Matteo</div></div></div>