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fix for games/abuse SlackBuild on slackbuilds.org (and, yes I emailed the maintainer...)

I was messing around with the SlackBuild games/abuse from slackbuilds.org.

It used to run fine in 14.2. Now the same version segfaults on 15.0.

I found the fix here: https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/52915

All you have to do is rebuild with:

Code:

--enable-debug

(just in case anyone else wants to get it running again)

I modified the SlackBuild, rebuilt it, and it worked fine. Cool! I then did what was expected of me: I emailed the maintainer.

I got a slightly irate email back saying that I should have already known from the mailing list (that I don't follow) that they had abandoned their scripts and had put them up for grabs. Well, that's fine. Since I don't read the mailing list regularly, I must have missed that.

Suggestion: when someone publicly abandons their scripts, maybe remove their email as maintainer from slackbuilds.org? Or put a note saying "up for grabs..." or something like that? There's got to be a better solution than to keep a maintainer's email listed on the site after they have given notice that they are no longer maintaining their scripts. Seems like just as easy of a fix as the one for games/abuse.

$0.02

Quote:

Originally Posted by shelldweller (Post 6446375)

Suggestion: when someone publicly abandons their scripts, maybe remove their email as maintainer from slackbuilds.org?

Slackbuilds.org is completely independent of LinuxQuestions and Slackware.

While some of their maintainers post here, I'd suggest that you'll probably get best results by dealing directly with them. They have a mailing list.

BTW - I tested the SlackBuild and your fix and got the same results as you. i.e: Your fix worked. Cool game... takes me back!

Pushed the fix to my branch

thanks

Quote:

Originally Posted by rkelsen (Post 6446395)

All understood, and a good suggestion indeed. I used to subscribe to the mailing list, but the noise-to-signal ratio was way too high for me to keep track of. You're probably right though, I should have posted there instead. I just figured that some people look here before they comb through the mailing list, because this site has a built-in search box that works well. I know I look here first. I guess I just assumed that others do too. My bad.