[Slackbuilds-users] Cannot download source tarball for libreoffice-25.8.6

[Jeremy Hansen]

On Wed, Sep 9, 2026, 10:37 AM Rich Shepard <rshepard at appl-ecosys.com> wrote:

> On Wed, 9 Sep 2026, Willy Sudiarto Raharjo wrote:
>
> >> Using the SBo package name (changing 25.8.6 to 25.8.7) in a web brower
> >> search widget I found only one site (https://mirrors.aliyum.com/...),
> in
> >> China, with that version.
> >>
> >> Entering the above comand the build script failed not finding 25.8.6.
> >> Changing the version in the build script failed: "You need to upgrade
> >> packages from /testing/packages/binutils-gcc-glibc first."
> >>
> >> Blocked at all attempts.
>
> > You can see there's a safeguard in the SlackBuild
> > you need to change that version to 25.8.7 as well
>
> Willy,
>
> Both the source file number and the build script number are 25.8.7. Same
> error about glibc.
>
> Rich
>

Per the README for the package:

WARNING:
LibreOffice 25.8.6 is the latest version working in Slackware 15.0
using normal Slackware stock packages. Newer version requires newer
glibc.

You can use this script to build for newer version, but
for 15.0 users, you will need to upgrade packages from
testing/packages/binutils-gcc-glibc.

Place the new version source (eg. 26.2.1) in the same directory and
run: VERSION=26.2.1 sh libreoffice.SlackBuild

If you feel uncomfortable, please stick with the current 25.8.5
version

So there is another block in the SlackBuild that specifically checks
for 25.8.6, which you have not adjusted.

It seems Willy has confirmed that 25.8.7 doesn't have that same
limitation, so you'd need to also update this code block in the
SlackBuild to change the hardcoded version:

GLIBC=`ldd --version | head -n 1 | cut -d ")" -f2`
if [ $VERSION != "25.8.6" ]; then
  if [ $GLIBC == "2.33" ]; then
    echo "WARNING!!!!"
    echo "You need to upgrade packages from
testing/packages/binutils-gcc-glibc first"
    exit 1
  fi
fi


@Willy, if all 25.8.x versions are likely to work, it might be worth
changing that if statement to to following to allow easier version bumps:

if [[ $VERSION != 25.8.* ]]; then
Jeremy
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