[Slackbuilds-users] VBox slackbuild

[Matteo Bernardini]

Il giorno mer 15 gen 2025 alle ore 22:07 Jim <zsd+slackbuilds at jdvb.ca> ha
scritto:

> On Wed, Jan 15, 2025 at 20:18 (+0000), Erich Ritz via SlackBuilds-users
> wrote:
>
> > On Wednesday, January 15th, 2025 at 1:45 PM, Jim <
> zsd+slackbuilds at jdvb.ca> wrote:
>
> >> Hi all,
>
> >> Back in November I emailed the Virtualbox Slackbuild maintainer,
> pointing
> >> out that VBox was up to 7.1, whereas the Slackbuild is at 6.1.50. (And
> >> since then, VBox is up to 7.1.4.)
>
> >> I never heard back. Is anyone in touch with the maintainer (Heinz
> >> Wiesinger)?
>
>
> > This was his comment last time an update request came up (
> https://lists.slackbuilds.org/pipermail/slackbuilds-users/2023-May/028176.html
> ):
>
> > Is there a specific feature/bugfix you *need* from the newer version
> though?
> > Generally, the version on SBo should work "just fine".  If it's just
> about
> > running the "latest and greatest", you should be able to fetch the
> SlackBuild
> > from my -current or 15.0 repo (or even the packages). I don't typically
> update
> > my scripts on SBo anymore unless there's a specific reason.
>
> *My* specific reason was that I updated to a newer kernel (6.10.3), because
> I was having some glitchy issues with one of the components of my laptop.
> And my info at the time was that versions before 7.0.16 would no longer
> compile on 6.10 kernels.
>
> So I guess you could say "I need a VBox that compiles on 6.10".  (But,
> having said that, I suspect someone is going to tell me that my system
> isn't vanilla, so I'm on my own.)
>
> korgie at gmail.com: I compiled 7.0.20 and it has been working just fine on
>                   6.10.3 (Slackware64 15.0).
>
> I agree that maintainers should not feel obligated to spend all day every
> day chasing updates to the packages that they have graciously agreed to
> support.  But, on the flip side, perhaps occasionally, if someone needs a
> newer version for some reason, it is also possible that they might be
> motivated to do an update when requested.
>
> Anyway, now that you have pointed out Heinz' personal policy, I will know
> to not ask again about this.
>
> Cheers.
>                                 Jim


Hi Jim,

I noticed Heinz provides a build script for current (that I haven't tested
myself) on his personal repository

https://repo.liwjatan.org/pprkut/current/source/virtualbox/

I don't know if it works on stable but it's worth a try...

Matteo
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