Re: [Slackbuilds-users] LibreOffice MD5SUM error

2018-11-12 Thread or...@fredslev.dk
The download link for sourceforge listed on the SBo page works for me. ___ SlackBuilds-users mailing list SlackBuilds-users@slackbuilds.org https://lists.slackbuilds.org/mailman/listinfo/slackbuilds-users Archives - https://lists.slackbuilds.org/pipermail

[Slackbuilds-users] slibtool

2018-10-27 Thread or...@fredslev.dk
Hi, I have been maintaining development/slibtool on SBo for a while which is a drop-in replacement for GNU libtool and working with its upstream to fix any build issues I can find with my limited setup. Slibtool ships with several different symlinks which generate different behaviors and with thi

Re: [Slackbuilds-users] new VLC always crashes

2018-10-13 Thread or...@fredslev.dk
>What video hardware are you using? I had brought this up before on LQ >and it almost ignited a flame war. The reason you are seeing the >libvdpau_nvidia.so message is that it is hard-coded into libvdpau, and >your video card is probably not supported by the kernel. I had bought >an Nvidia G

Re: [Slackbuilds-users] new VLC always crashes

2018-10-12 Thread or...@fredslev.dk
> Chris, Ozab, orbea, reread my original post, particularly 'I don't even > have any > Nvidia hardware,' and I never had on this PC. None what you said has > anything to do with it. I did read it and I read it again, this is the first that you mentioned that you do not have nvidia hardware, but

Re: [Slackbuilds-users] new VLC always crashes

2018-10-12 Thread or...@fredslev.dk
> It looks more like a nvidia driver problem. Check wheater the dravier installed correctly. Yes, the nvidia driver is incorrectly installed. The issue is specifically that libvdpau_nvidia.so does not exist. I would suggest removing nvidia, cleaning up any broken symlinks left behind (See the READ

Re: [Slackbuilds-users] Does anyone have trouble building DevIL ?

2018-08-14 Thread or...@fredslev.dk
> “You’re going to have to when 15 is released”? You don’t know that. > I’ll deal with 15 compatibility when a release candidate is out, not > before. I just want to point out that I tried to compile DevIL on current and found no build issues. I next built it again without issues on a clean 14.2

Re: [Slackbuilds-users] Missing and incorrect libreoffice dependencies.

2018-08-12 Thread or...@fredslev.dk
On Mon, 13 Aug 2018 11:27:22 +1000 Christoph Willing wrote: > On 12/08/18 00:20, or...@fredslev.dk wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Its been bugging me for a long time that the LibreOffice from source > > SlackBuild has both incorrect and many missing optional > > depend

Re: [Slackbuilds-users] Missing and incorrect libreoffice dependencies.

2018-08-11 Thread or...@fredslev.dk
I looked at the 6.1.0.3 source and found two small corrections. 1. LibreOffice can also use lxml and will apparently build it internally if missing, I am not sure if it needs to be a python3 lxml or not. 2. With 6.1.0.3 libnumbertext is a new optional dependency which is missing from SBo, I have

Re: [Slackbuilds-users] ladspa_sdk sandbox violation and potential segfault

2018-08-11 Thread or...@fredslev.dk
> Ah, patch not actually needed then, thanks. While restarting the system may of fixed the issue, it was a non-obvious solution and I think eliminating potential points of failure is good. Also while sandbox may be pedantic here, I personally expect that /dev/ won't be touched when running a Slac

[Slackbuilds-users] Missing and incorrect libreoffice dependencies.

2018-08-11 Thread or...@fredslev.dk
Hi, Its been bugging me for a long time that the LibreOffice from source SlackBuild has both incorrect and many missing optional dependencies. The only required dependency is: perl-Archive-Zip The following dependencies are erroneously marked as required and libreoffice will either work fine

[Slackbuilds-users] ladspa_sdk sandbox violation and potential segfault

2018-08-11 Thread or...@fredslev.dk
Hi, As reported in the "SBo scripts not building on current" thread at linuxquestions showed that the tests in the makefile can segfault. https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/sbo-scripts-not-building-on-current-read-1st-post-pls-4175561999/page91.html#post5890532 Neither ponce o

[Slackbuilds-users] snes9x libretro builds

2018-07-30 Thread or...@fredslev.dk
Hi, I've noticed that the libretro port for snes9x is working upstream and its possible to use that instead of the snes9x-libretro fork from the libretro github repo. Would you be willing to add the libretro build in your script so that snes9x-libretro can be removed and SBo can then benefit from

Re: [Slackbuilds-users] qt5 is sorely in need of an update

2018-07-25 Thread or...@fredslev.dk
Given that you are doing great with Qt5 and that Larry has not even bothered to reply to your python2-sip comment my suggestion is that you should maintain Qt5 from this point on. You clearly seem the most willing and capable. ___ SlackBuilds-users mailin

[Slackbuilds-users] capnproto sandbox violations

2018-07-23 Thread or...@fredslev.dk
Hi, I built capnproto with sandbox from SBo and found it resulted with a open_wr violation for /etc/ld.so.cache~. ldconfig < /dev/null > /dev/null 2>&1 || true * ACCESS DENIED: open_wr: /etc/ld.so.cache~ * --- ACCESS VIOLATION SUMMARY ---

Re: [Slackbuilds-users] Giving up maintainership of my slackbuiilds

2018-07-08 Thread or...@fredslev.dk
> >I suppose I replied to the wrong thread, but I mentioned I'd be willing > >to take over system/yash in the "[Slackbuilds-users] Slackbuild patch > >for luakit 2.1" thread. Though if you really want it I have no issues > >with you maintaining it instead as long its kept up to date. :) > > I reall

[Slackbuilds-users] cryptography SlackBuild six dependency.

2018-07-08 Thread or...@fredslev.dk
Hi, I noticed that cryptography depends on six, but also depends on packaging which then depends on six. I think six can be removed from the REQUIRES in cryptography to avoid listing it twice in the dependency chain. ___ SlackBuilds-users mailing list Sl

Re: [Slackbuilds-users] youtube-dl DOWNLOAD= moved ?

2018-07-08 Thread or...@fredslev.dk
When I suggested to use upstream's releases instead of the auto generated ones at github which were causing issues I neglected to notice that upstream removed old releases... Sorry about that... ___ SlackBuilds-users mailing list SlackBuilds-users@slackbu

Re: [Slackbuilds-users] qt5 is sorely in need of an update

2018-07-07 Thread or...@fredslev.dk
Well I hit a roadblock with Qt-5.11 on 14.2. With '-system-harfbuzz' it bails on configure because harfbuzz is too old, with '-qt-harfbuzz' it fails to build late in the ninja stage and with '-no-harfbuzz' it around the same place with errors indicating it misses harfbuzz. The obvious solution wou

Re: [Slackbuilds-users] qt5 is sorely in need of an update

2018-07-06 Thread or...@fredslev.dk
> Sorry, I forgot to upload the qt5 5.9.2 SlackBuild and .info. Done. I went to test before you noticed this and found your Qt-5.10.1 script instead. After many cryptic build failures I was informed that gentoo never unmasked 5.10 and now considers 5.11 to be stable. So I tried your script to buil

Re: [Slackbuilds-users] qt5 is sorely in need of an update

2018-07-03 Thread or...@fredslev.dk
> Is the problem just that the maintainer's gone missing, or is he > answering emails and giving out a reason why he won't update the > build? My issue is that this is a years old known packaging bug and no one has bothered to do anything about it despite complaining on numerous occasions here and

Re: [Slackbuilds-users] qt5 is sorely in need of an update

2018-07-03 Thread or...@fredslev.dk
> Maybe you meant this by EOL also, the source mentioned in qt5.info > has vanished. Sorry if this is already known by everybody, i didn't > follow the qt discussion yet. I didn't even notice that yet! I meant that Qt5 upstream released 5.7.1 in December 14 2016 and will not update it again. htt

Re: [Slackbuilds-users] Repology: a way to track potential updates

2018-07-03 Thread or...@fredslev.dk
I just want to point out that when I first started using repology I had many false positive when looking at my own packages. However most of these have been solved quickly by e-mailing the repology maintainer whose e-mail is listed on their site at the bottom of the front page.

Re: [Slackbuilds-users] qt5 is sorely in need of an update

2018-07-03 Thread or...@fredslev.dk
Yes, it occurred to me after I hit send that I should of been clearer. I meant the qt-5.9.* package for current AlienBob maintains. I'll build it on 14.2 and test that if needed... ___ SlackBuilds-users mailing list SlackBuilds-users@slackbuilds.org https

Re: [Slackbuilds-users] qt5 is sorely in need of an update

2018-07-03 Thread or...@fredslev.dk
Is there any news on updating Qt5? The version 5.7.1 is EOL and has known security issues that will not be fixed. Slackware is also the only distro terrible enough to use 5.7.1 according to repology. https://repology.org/metapackage/qt5/versions To be blunt, software that will fail with a support

Re: [Slackbuilds-users] Giving up maintainership of my slackbuiilds

2018-06-28 Thread or...@fredslev.dk
> I really want it if you don't mind. Go for it! ___ SlackBuilds-users mailing list SlackBuilds-users@slackbuilds.org https://lists.slackbuilds.org/mailman/listinfo/slackbuilds-users Archives - https://lists.slackbuilds.org/pipermail/slackbuilds-users/ F

Re: [Slackbuilds-users] Giving up maintainership of my slackbuiilds

2018-06-28 Thread or...@fredslev.dk
I suppose I replied to the wrong thread, but I mentioned I'd be willing to take over system/yash in the "[Slackbuilds-users] Slackbuild patch for luakit 2.1" thread. Though if you really want it I have no issues with you maintaining it instead as long its kept up to date. :) ___

Re: [Slackbuilds-users] Slackbuild patch for luakit 2.1

2018-06-28 Thread or...@fredslev.dk
I am willing to maintain system/yash if it requires a new maintainer? ___ SlackBuilds-users mailing list SlackBuilds-users@slackbuilds.org https://lists.slackbuilds.org/mailman/listinfo/slackbuilds-users Archives - https://lists.slackbuilds.org/pipermail/

Re: [Slackbuilds-users] youtube-dl

2018-06-28 Thread or...@fredslev.dk
I think the problem is because the SlackBuild is using the github generated source tarball instead of the real tarball from upstream. I think the correct solution is to use the source from upstream and remove the hacks for the github source. https://yt-dl.org/downloads/2018.06.25/youtube-dl-2018.

Re: [Slackbuilds-users] qt5 + pulseaudio

2018-05-22 Thread or...@fredslev.dk
Sorry for the slow reply. I lost interest in pushing this when it became clear that merging a simple patch required more energy than I had to expend... Take it or leave it, I'm not interested in fighting over this. Previous e-mails were written a while ago and with a previous e-mail address. _

Re: [Slackbuilds-users] mdocml/mandoc SlackBuild

2018-05-21 Thread or...@fredslev.dk
Below is the original message sent regarding mdocml/mandoc, if you could please reply it would be very much appreciated. Also note I put your address in the cc for the related messages to the SBo users mailing list so you should of received those too? Hi, I'm not sure if you

Re: [Slackbuilds-users] mdocml/mandoc SlackBuild

2018-05-19 Thread or...@fredslev.dk
Its been 2 more weeks without a reply, does anyone know what's up? ___ SlackBuilds-users mailing list SlackBuilds-users@slackbuilds.org https://lists.slackbuilds.org/mailman/listinfo/slackbuilds-users Archives - https://lists.slackbuilds.org/pipermail/sla

Re: [Slackbuilds-users] qt5 + pulseaudio

2018-05-08 Thread or...@fredslev.dk
That assumption is irrelevant and if a maintainer is not willing to respond to bug reports then it should be possible to implement fixes without the maintainer. The bottom line is that this patch would make the qt5.SlackBuild more fail proof and the only reason to not accept it is to spite people

[Slackbuilds-users] qt5 + pulseaudio

2018-05-07 Thread or...@fredslev.dk
Hi, I e-mailed a very small patch to the qt5.SlackBuild maintainer more than once to allow dynamically detecting if pulseaudio is installed with pkg-config and disabling it if its not. However its been a few weeks since my last attempt and much longer for the previous ones. I have received absolut

[Slackbuilds-users] guix and guile-json

2018-05-04 Thread or...@fredslev.dk
I am the maintainer of the guix SlackBuild and its optional dependency, guile-json. However I have suffered deal breaking runtime issues which may or not be pebkac and an unresponsive upstream. I lack the knowledge and interest in guile to pursue this further. So if anyone would be willing to take

[Slackbuilds-users] mdocml/mandoc SlackBuild

2018-05-04 Thread or...@fredslev.dk
Hi, I am interested in seeing the mdocml updated to the current upstream version of 1.14.3. Additionally it had since been renamed to mandoc upstream and should also be renamed for SBo. I have contacted the maintainer, but I have not received a reply even though I have waited more than a week. Do

[Slackbuilds-users] python-xlib

2018-03-13 Thread or...@fredslev.dk
Hi, I am maintaining the python3-xlib build script which when I first submitted it was distinct from python-xlib which was already in the repo. However at some point this changed and python3 support was added to the main python-xlib upstream. Consequently my requirement for it in pyewmh and caffei