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Old 09-13-2018, 05:48 PM   #31
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People should inform themselves better then.
Sorry I fell short. I guess I was used to the Slackware source tree where that tree is used to build the packages and any unused packages don't have their source components available.

I'll try to stay more informed, but it isn't always easy to stay up on everything.
 
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Old 09-13-2018, 06:11 PM   #32
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Sorry I fell short. I guess I was used to the Slackware source tree where that tree is used to build the packages and any unused packages don't have their source components available.

I'll try to stay more informed, but it isn't always easy to stay up on everything.
The reaction to your posting was over the top. You have apologised once for somethign that barely required an apology. There is no need to do it again.
 
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Old 09-13-2018, 07:46 PM   #33
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Good catch! I didn't look close enough to realize the second wget was hardcoded to the "latest" url. I don't have the ability to generate a diff right now (work computer running Windows and I couldn't find any websites that would generate one for you), but if you change the following line (line number 145):

Code:
wget https://repo.skype.com/latest/skypeforlinux-64.rpm -O "$REPACKDIR/src/skypeforlinux-$VERSION-1.x86_64.rpm"
with this:

Code:
cd "$REPACKDIR/src"
wget https://repo.skype.com/rpm/stable/skypeforlinux_$VERSION-1.x86_64.rpm
it should work with any versions they have in their repo.
Thanks, didn't know the link for the "stable" rpm archive.

So with a small modification to Ruario's script I was able to download and create packages for versions 8.29.0.50 and 8.30.0.50. There are only a few recent rpms in that archive, so who knows how long the 8.29.0.50 version will be available.
 
Old 09-14-2018, 02:44 PM   #34
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Thanks for making me realize that I should probably do something about skypeforlinux NOW-rather-than-later, regis_n_bits.

I hadn't considered that maybe version 8.29.0.50 might disappear from repo.skype.com ...

In addition to bassmadrigal's patch, I had to set a wget -O flag to replace a '_' with a '-' in the original filename to comply with Slackware-Standard Naming Conventions.

Patch is below my signature.

I upgraded skypeforlinux version 8.18.0.6 with 8.29.0.50 on my Slackware64 14.2 + Multilib system and it works just fine.

Thanks to all !

-- kjh

# diff -Naur latest-skype.sh-orig latest-skype.sh

Code:
--- latest-skype.sh-orig        2018-04-09 07:19:56.000000000 -0500
+++ latest-skype.sh     2018-09-14 14:39:22.230605371 -0500
@@ -127,7 +127,8 @@
 install -m 644 "${0}" "$REPACKDIR/src/$SCRIPT"
 
 # Fetch Skype
-wget https://repo.skype.com/latest/skypeforlinux-64.rpm -O "$REPACKDIR/src/skypeforlinux-$VERSION-1.x86_64.rpm"
+cd "$REPACKDIR/src"
+wget https://repo.skype.com/rpm/stable/skypeforlinux_$VERSION-1.x86_64.rpm -O "skypeforlinux-$VERSION-1.x86_64.rpm"
 
 # Now we have all the sources in place, switch to the package directory
 # and start setting things up.
 
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Old 09-15-2018, 03:18 AM   #35
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So, what is the conclusion of this story?

No more new Skype releases running on Slackware, because of "systemd sucks" ?
 
Old 09-15-2018, 03:52 AM   #36
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So, what is the conclusion of this story?

No more new Skype releases running on Slackware, because of "systemd sucks" ?
I think the conclusion is either to use old versions of skype for as long as they work, or to try starting the elogind daemon before running a new version of skype and see if that helps. (Since you will probably have an X session running under ConsokeKit at that point, I don't know what the outcome of that will be.)
 
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Old 09-15-2018, 05:06 AM   #37
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At first I thought this might be an issue with libappindicator (I have libindicator but not libappindicator and I'm using my own Plasma 5 build). Then I read this thread and decided to test the theory about elogind. I've installed skypeforlinux 8.30.76.41 with elogind 236.1 and 238.1. In both cases Skype works and I have an icon in the Plasma 5 task tray. If I remove elogind, there is a skypeforlinux process running but nothing appears in the task tray. So no systemd drama, just install elogind if you can.

Since compiling elogind requires meson, which requires python 3, it is possible to install this on 14.2 using the SlackBuilds from -current for python3, python-setuptools, python-six etc., re2c from SBo, and then ninja and meson from the -current SlackBuilds. Don't mess around with your python2 packages (esp. if you have 3rd party packages installed), just the new python3 stuff that's been added to -current.

Things might be more interesting if you're using glibc-2.28. I have this installed on my build PC (which is a custom rolling installation somewhere between 14.2 and -current). I get the "redefinition of ‘struct statx’" error if I try to build elogind on this PC but on another with glibc-2.27 both 236.1 and 238.1 build fine.
 
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Old 09-15-2018, 05:14 AM   #38
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I think the conclusion is either to use old versions of skype for as long as they work, or to try starting the elogind daemon before running a new version of skype and see if that helps. (Since you will probably have an X session running under ConsokeKit at that point, I don't know what the outcome of that will be.)
So, long story short, we just entered in a hell hole because of the usage of ConsoleKit hack instead of using as everyone, you know what?

Nice!

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Old 09-15-2018, 05:21 AM   #39
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At first I thought this might be an issue with libappindicator (I have libindicator but not libappindicator and I'm using my own Plasma 5 build). Then I read this thread and decided to test the theory about elogind. I've installed skypeforlinux 8.30.76.41 with elogind 236.1 and 238.1. In both cases Skype works and I have an icon in the Plasma 5 task tray. If I remove elogind, there is a skypeforlinux process running but nothing appears in the task tray. So no systemd drama, just install elogind if you can.

Since compiling elogind requires meson, which requires python 3, it is possible to install this on 14.2 using the SlackBuilds from -current for python3, python-setuptools, python-six etc., re2c from SBo, and then ninja and meson from the -current SlackBuilds. Don't mess around with your python2 packages (esp. if you have 3rd party packages installed), just the new python3 stuff that's been added to -current.

Things might be more interesting if you're using glibc-2.28. I have this installed on my build PC (which is a custom rolling installation somewhere between 14.2 and -current). I get the "redefinition of ‘struct statx’" error if I try to build elogind on this PC but on another with glibc-2.27 both 236.1 and 238.1 build fine.
Then, even the ConsoleKit shipped by slackware-current does not emulate the systemd-logind too?

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Old 09-15-2018, 05:31 AM   #40
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Then, the ConsoleKit shipped by slackware-current does not emulate the systemd-logind too?
ConsoleKit2 implements similar functionality to elogind, but it has a different dbus interface.
 
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Old 09-15-2018, 05:35 AM   #41
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Then, the ConsoleKit shipped by slackware-current does not emulate the systemd-logind too?
ConsoleKit2 mostly seems to do the job, but you might still need loginctl from elogind if the Plasma 5 lock screen kicks in and you can't unlock it in the GUI and you have to drop to the console to unlock it (say, for example, because you've upgraded Plasma while you're still in the GUI). There is another way out using dbus but it's hacky:
Code:
enum_sessions="$(which ck-list-sessions 2>/dev/null)"
user_session="$(${enum_sessions} | grep Session | awk -F':' '{print $1}')"
su -c "dbus-send --system --print-reply --dest=\"org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit\" \
/org/freedesktopConsoleKit/${user_session} org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit.Session.Unlock"
 
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Old 09-15-2018, 06:03 AM   #42
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If I remove elogind, there is a skypeforlinux process running but nothing appears in the task tray.
There must be something different about your set-up. If I start skypeforlinux-8.30.76.22 under XFCE with a vanilla slackware64-current SysVinit boot-up, skype aborts after failing to find the org.freedesktop.login1 service, and no process is left running.

Anyway it is good to hear that installing elogind deals with the issue.
 
Old 09-15-2018, 06:04 AM   #43
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skype on Linux has been nuisance from the start
 
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Old 09-15-2018, 06:28 AM   #44
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skype on Linux has been nuisance from the start
Skype worked fine from long time under Linux. I talk about Fedora, RHEL, OpenSUSE, SLED, etc...

The real nuisance was the "PulseAudio sucks" crowd.

So embarrassing that Skype, Inc. does not payed double number of developers, just for some stray "anti-PulseAudio" guys.
 
Old 09-15-2018, 10:07 AM   #45
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Is there an elogind package to download? Where can it be found? Thanks.
 
  


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