That which could be fixed in SBo thread.

The conky.Slackbuild has --enable-audacious as config option. With the current Slackware audacious-3.6.1 package the conky build fails because of a missing audclient.pc. Building conky without audacious support works well.

pycparser should be updated to 2.12 because it doesn't seem to be working with python/cryptography 0.8, (so e.g. pip wouldn't work for me). Changing the version in SlackBuild/Info to 2.12 works without problems.
(https://github.com/eliben/pycparser/issues/76)

Dvdauthor doesn't compile in current. http://slackbuilds.org/repository/14...dia/dvdauthor/

It seems the issue could be widespread, here are some other places similar errors have been posted.
https://gist.github.com/anonymous/359d953f421094419b3c
https://arch-ci.org/extra/dvdauthor/log/

gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.  -DSYSCONFDIR="\"/etc\"" -I/usr/include/libxml2 -DMAGICKCORE_HDRI_ENABLE=0 -DMAGICKCORE_QUANTUM_DEPTH=16 -I/usr/include/ImageMagick-6  -I/usr/include/freetype2 -I/usr/include/fribidi  -I/usr/include/freetype2 -I/usr/include/libpng16 -I/usr/include/freetype2 -I/usr/include/libpng16 -I/usr/include/harfbuzz   -Wall -O2 -fPIC -MT dvdpgc.o -MD -MP -MF .deps/dvdpgc.Tpo -c -o dvdpgc.o dvdpgc.c
In file included from /usr/include/string.h:634:0,
                 from dvdvml.c:40:
compat.h:147:8: error: expected identifier or ‘(’ before ‘__extension__’
 char * strndup
        ^
make[2]: *** [dvdvml.o] Error 1
make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
dvdcompile.c: In function ‘compileexpr’:
dvdcompile.c:163:18: warning: variable ‘canusesprm’ set but not used [-Wunused-but-set-variable]
     int isassoc, canusesprm;
                  ^
dvdcompile.c: In function ‘compilecs’:
dvdcompile.c:650:32: warning: suggest parentheses around ‘&&’ within ‘||’ [-Wparentheses]
                         i2 > 0 && i2 < 128 /* jump to non-entry menu */
                                ^
dvdcompile.c:762:44: warning: suggest parentheses around ‘&&’ within ‘||’ [-Wparentheses]
                   i1 == 1 /*jump to VMGM*/ && i2 >= 128 /*title*/
                                            ^
dvdcompile.c:764:63: warning: suggest parentheses around ‘&&’ within ‘||’ [-Wparentheses]
                   ismenu == VTYPE_VMGM && i2 >= 128 /*title*/ && cs->i3 /*chapter/program/cell*/
                                                               ^
dvdcompile.c:1062:58: warning: suggest parentheses around ‘&&’ within ‘||’ [-Wparentheses]
                         cs->i1 == 0 /*no VMGM/titleset*/ && ismenu != VTYPE_VMGM
                                                          ^
dvdcompile.c: In function ‘negateif’:
dvdcompile.c:1183:17: warning: suggest parentheses around arithmetic in operand of ‘|’ [-Wparentheses]
             ifs & 0x8ffffff /* remove comparison op */
                 ^
dvdcompile.c: In function ‘vm_optimize’:
dvdifo.c:87:13: warning: ‘buf_write8b’ defined but not used [-Wunused-function]
 static void buf_write8b
             ^
dvdcompile.c:1443:21: warning: suggest parentheses around ‘&&’ within ‘||’ [-Wparentheses]
                     &&
                     ^
dvdcompile.c:1481:21: warning: suggest parentheses around ‘&&’ within ‘||’ [-Wparentheses]
                     &&
                     ^
dvdvob.c: In function ‘transpose_ts’:
dvdvob.c:368:59: warning: suggest parentheses around ‘&&’ within ‘||’ [-Wparentheses]
                     buf[17 + sysoffs] >= MPID_AUDIO_FIRST && buf[17 + sysoffs] <= MPID_VIDEO_LAST
                                                           ^
dvdauthor.c: In function ‘deletedir’:
dvdauthor.c:1218:25: warning: suggest parentheses around ‘&&’ within ‘||’ [-Wparentheses]
                         &&
                         ^
mv -f .deps/dvdvmy.Tpo .deps/dvdvmy.Po
mv -f .deps/dvdpgc.Tpo .deps/dvdpgc.Po
mv -f .deps/dvdifo.Tpo .deps/dvdifo.Po
mv -f .deps/dvdcompile.Tpo .deps/dvdcompile.Po
mv -f .deps/dvdauthor.Tpo .deps/dvdauthor.Po
mv -f .deps/dvdvob.Tpo .deps/dvdvob.Po
make[2]: Leaving directory `/tmp/SBo/dvdauthor/src'
make[1]: *** [all] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/SBo/dvdauthor/src'
make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1

Originally Posted by orbea Dvdauthor doesn't compile in current. http://slackbuilds.org/repository/14...dia/dvdauthor/

you can find the fix here
http://cgit.ponce.cc/slackbuilds/commit/?h=dvdauthor

That works, thanks!

gst-plugins-ugly (0.10.19) cannot be compiled in current after the latest updates.

One needs to apply the following patch to compile it successfully: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/patc..._fixes-1.patch

it's already fixed in my personal repository

http://cgit.ponce.cc/slackbuilds/com...t-plugins-ugly

Comix fails to compile, whining about missing Python Image Library.

on slackware current the python image library (pil), which hadn't a release in 6 years, has been substituted by its maintained fork, python-pillow.
as comix has not been updated too since 6 years most probably has problems in recognizing the new version.
I think the best option for you, waiting for eventual patches (if they exist/have been written by anybody), is to move (like I have personally done since some time) to its fork mcomix that, unlike the original, is actively maintained.

Originally Posted by ponce on slackware current the python image library (pil), which hadn't a release in 6 years, has been substituted by its maintained fork, python-pillow. as comix is not updated too since 6 years most probably has problems in recognizing the new version. I think the best option for you, waiting for eventual patches (if they exist/has been written by anybody), is to move (like I have personally done since some time) to its fork, mcomix that, unlike the original, is actively maintained.

I am aware of the python-pillow; tried a couple of things to make comix work with it, no success, though.

Thanks for the tip re mcomix.

@Ponce
for whatever reason i have an issue with the latest speex package.
It builds fine, but then any other package that is used by speex fails to build (alsa-plugin as an example)
When i downgrade speex to Speex 1.2rc1 things magically build fine and work fine.

This is on current (20150512)

thanks Qury for pointing this out, looks like a bug in the newer version of speex: I just pushed a patch on SBo that should go in the next public update

http://slackbuilds.org/cgit/slackbui...107e821483be24

rebuild/reinstall speex after having applied those modifications and then alsa-plugins should build fine.

Netsurf doesn't build in slackware current (I checked ponce's repo too).

mkdir -p /tmp/SBo/netsurf-all-3.3/inst-gtk/include
mkdir -p /tmp/SBo/netsurf-all-3.3/inst-gtk/lib
mkdir -p /tmp/SBo/netsurf-all-3.3/inst-gtk/bin
make install --directory=buildsystem HOST=x86_64-slackware-linux PREFIX=/tmp/SBo/netsurf-all-3.3/inst-gtk DESTDIR=
make[1]: Entering directory `/tmp/SBo/netsurf-all-3.3/buildsystem'
make[1]: warning: jobserver unavailable: using -j1.  Add `+' to parent make rule.
mkdir -p /tmp/SBo/netsurf-all-3.3/inst-gtk/share/netsurf-buildsystem/makefiles /tmp/SBo/netsurf-all-3.3/inst-gtk/share/netsurf-buildsystem/testtools /tmp/SBo/netsurf-all-3.3/inst-gtk/share/netsurf-buildsystem/citools
for M in Makefile.top Makefile.tools Makefile.subdir Makefile.pkgconfig Makefile.clang Makefile.gcc Makefile.norcroft Makefile.open64; do \n	cp makefiles/$M /tmp/SBo/netsurf-all-3.3/inst-gtk/share/netsurf-buildsystem/makefiles/; \ndone
for T in testrunner.pl; do \n	cp testtools/$T /tmp/SBo/netsurf-all-3.3/inst-gtk/share/netsurf-buildsystem/testtools/; \ndone
for C in jenkins-build.sh; do \n	cp citools/$C /tmp/SBo/netsurf-all-3.3/inst-gtk/share/netsurf-buildsystem/citools/; \ndone
make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/SBo/netsurf-all-3.3/buildsystem'
make install --directory=libwapcaplet HOST=x86_64-slackware-linux PREFIX=/tmp/SBo/netsurf-all-3.3/inst-gtk DESTDIR=
make[1]: Entering directory `/tmp/SBo/netsurf-all-3.3/libwapcaplet'
make[1]: warning: jobserver unavailable: using -j1.  Add `+' to parent make rule.
 COMPILE: src/libwapcaplet.c
In file included from /usr/include/stdlib.h:24:0,
                 from src/libwapcaplet.c:9:
/usr/include/features.h:148:3: error: #warning "_BSD_SOURCE and _SVID_SOURCE are deprecated, use _DEFAULT_SOURCE" [-Werror=cpp]
 # warning "_BSD_SOURCE and _SVID_SOURCE are deprecated, use _DEFAULT_SOURCE"
   ^
cc1: all warnings being treated as errors
make[1]: *** [build-x86_64-slackware-linux-x86_64-slackware-linux-release-lib-static/src_libwapcaplet.o] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/SBo/netsurf-all-3.3/libwapcaplet'
make: *** [/tmp/SBo/netsurf-all-3.3/inst-gtk/build-stamp] Error 2

http://slackbuilds.org/repository/14...search=netsurf
https://github.com/Ponce/slackbuilds...etwork/netsurf

The different build options and the patch don't seem to make much of a difference. Here is someone else that seems to have had similar issues, but it was never resolved as far as I can tell.

http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp...rf.devel/10184

Did you try running 'autoreconf -f' in the script before ./configure?

No, there is no ./configure, have you looked at the script?

To humor the idea I tried it anyways.

autoreconf: 'configure.ac' or 'configure.in' is required