[Slackbuilds-users] great IM/IRC plugin BitlBee.SlackBuild not updated in 10 years despite new versions

Tue Jul 7 09:49:20 UTC 2026

BitlBee is a great plugin for any/all IRC clients that lets you use 
other IM in IRC.  Unfortunately the SlackBuild hasn't been updated in 10 
years, though there's a new version eight years ago.  The maintainer's 
email bounces.  I highly recommend this to anyone who uses IRC if you 
know people who won't use it but use IM and they want to talk but you 
don't want to open other IM, or you just want all-in-one.  Here are some 
proposed updates, though I'm not very knowledgeable about networks, so I 
don't maintain network SlackBuilds.  Maybe SlackBuilds.org team members 
or potential maintainers could test this?
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#!/bin/sh

# Slackware build script for "bitlbee".

# Copyright 2007-2016 Michiel van Wessem, Leicester, United Kingdom
# Copyright 2016 Marcel Saegebarth <marc at mos6581.de>
# All rights reserved.
#
# Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
# modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
# met:
#
# * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
# notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
#
# THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
# "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
# LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
# A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
# OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
# SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
# LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
# DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
# THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
# (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
# OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

PRGNAM=bitlbee
VERSION=${VERSION:-3.6}
BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}

if [ -z "$ARCH" ]; then
     case "$( uname -m )" in
         i?86) ARCH=i486 ;;
         arm*) ARCH=arm ;;
         *) ARCH=$( uname -m ) ;;
     esac
fi

CWD=$(pwd)
TMP=${TMP:-/tmp/SBo}
PKG=$TMP/package-$PRGNAM
OUTPUT=${OUTPUT:-/tmp}

BITLBEE_USER=${BITLBEE_USER:-250}
BITLBEE_GROUP=${BITLBEE_GROUP:-250}

if [ "$ARCH" = "i486" ]; then
     SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i486 -mtune=i686"
     LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
elif [ "$ARCH" = "i686" ]; then
     SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -mtune=i686"
     LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
elif [ "$ARCH" = "x86_64" ]; then
     SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -fPIC"
     LIBDIRSUFFIX="64"
else
     SLKCFLAGS="-O2"
     LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
fi

set -e

OTR=${OTR:-no}
if [ "$OTR" = "yes" ]; then
   USEOTR=1
else
   USEOTR=0
fi

SKYPE=${SKYPE:-no}
if [ "$SKYPE" = "yes" ]; then
   USESKYPE=1
else
   USESKYPE=0
fi

rm -rf $PKG
mkdir -p $TMP $PKG $OUTPUT
cd $TMP
rm -rf $TMP/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
tar xvf $CWD/$PRGNAM-$VERSION.tar.?z
cd $PRGNAM-$VERSION
chown -R root:root .
find -L . \
\( -perm 777 -o -perm 775 -o -perm 750 -o -perm 711 -o -perm 555 -o 
-perm 511 \) \
-exec chmod 755 {} \; -o \
\( -perm 666 -o -perm 664 -o -perm 600 -o -perm 444 -o -perm 440 -o 
-perm 400 \) \
-exec chmod 644 {} \;

# Bail if user or group isn't valid on your system
if ! grep ^bitlbee: /etc/passwd 2>&1 > /dev/null; then

cat << EOF

   You must have a bitlbee user to run this script

   # groupadd -g $BITLBEE_USER bitlbee
   # useradd -u $BITLBEE_USER -d /var/lib/bitlbee -s /bin/false -g 
bitlbee bitlbee

EOF

   exit
elif ! grep ^bitlbee: /etc/group 2>&1 > /dev/null; then

cat << EOF

   You must have a bitlbee  group to run this script
   # groupadd -g $BITLBEE_GROUP bitlbee

EOF
   exit
fi

# This seems to require gnutls to work properly...
CFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
CXXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
CPU="$ARCH" \
./configure \
   --prefix=/usr \
   --libdir=/usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX} \
   --pcdir=/usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}/pkgconfig \
   --plugindir=/usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}/$PRGNAM \
   --config=/var/lib/$PRGNAM \
   --etcdir=/etc/$PRGNAM \
   --datadir=/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION \
   --mandir=/usr/man \
   --msn=0 \
   --jabber=1 \
   --oscar=0 \
   --yahoo=0 \
   --twitter=1 \
   --purple=1 \
   --ipv6=0 \
   --plugins=1 \
   --debug=1 \
   --events=${EVENTS:-glib} \
   --ssl=${CRYPT:-gnutls} \
   --otr=${USEOTR} \
   --skype=${USESKYPE} \
   --build=$ARCH-slackware-linux

if [ -e Makefile.settings ]; then
     sed -i "s#CPU=i686#CPU=$ARCH#" Makefile.settings
fi

make all
make install install-dev install-etc install-doc install-plugins 
DESTDIR=$PKG

find $PKG | xargs file | grep -e "executable" -e "shared object" | grep 
ELF \
     | cut -f 1 -d : | xargs strip --strip-unneeded 2> /dev/null || true

find $PKG/usr/man -type f -exec gzip -9 {} \;
for i in $( find $PKG/usr/man -type l ) ; do ln -s $( readlink $i ).gz 
$i.gz ; rm $i ; done

mkdir -p $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/{oscar,skype} $PKG/var/lib/$PRGNAM
cp -a \
   COPYING doc/AUTHORS doc/CHANGES doc/CREDITS doc/FAQ doc/INSTALL \
   doc/README doc/HACKING doc/bitlbee.xinetd doc/comic_3.0.png \
   doc/example_plugin.c doc/user-guide/help.txt 
$PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
#cp -a protocols/oscar/{AUTHORS,COPYING} $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/oscar
#cp -a protocols/skype/{HACKING,NEWS,README} 
$PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/skype
cat $CWD/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild > 
$PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild

# Rewrite the documentation to replace /usr/local/ with /usr
# and /etc/init.d/inetd wih /etc/rc.d/rc.inetd
find $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION -type f -exec \
sed -i 's#/usr/local/#/usr/#' {} \;
find $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION -type f -exec \
sed -i 's#/etc/init.d/inetd#/etc/rc.d/rc.inetd#' {} \;

mv $PKG/etc/$PRGNAM/$PRGNAM.conf $PKG/etc/$PRGNAM/$PRGNAM.conf.new
mv $PKG/etc/$PRGNAM/motd.txt $PKG/etc/$PRGNAM/motd.txt.new
chown -R $BITLBEE_USER:$BITLBEE_GROUP $PKG/var/lib/$PRGNAM

mkdir -p $PKG/etc/rc.d/
cat $CWD/rc.$PRGNAM > $PKG/etc/rc.d/rc.$PRGNAM.new
chmod 0755 $PKG/etc/rc.d/rc.$PRGNAM.new

mkdir $PKG/install
cat $CWD/slack-desc > $PKG/install/slack-desc
cat $CWD/doinst.sh > $PKG/install/doinst.sh

cd $PKG
/sbin/makepkg -l y -c n 
$OUTPUT/$PRGNAM-$VERSION-$ARCH-$BUILD$TAG.${PKGTYPE:-tgz}