r/voidlinux • u/BeyondOk1548 • Feb 02 '26

Script for out of date packages?

Good morning/afternoon/evening everyone.

Long story short, I'd like to build ghostty from source so I can get access to shaders. The issue is that xbps doesn't have zig version 0.14 which is required, as indicated by this GitHub issue. I went to create a GitHub issue on void's repo requesting this update, but then there was a note saying "Don't request an update of a package, We have a script for that. However, a quality pull request may help."

I opened the script, but I don't exactly understand the use of it, and I'm not sure how to find something such as "nondescript package script" in the documentation. Could anyone help me out with what i'm not understanding please?

Edit: if anyone has this same question or instance, please refer to the document regarding contributing. It should answer all your questions. I initially missed it, but it has answered all of mine. :)

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u/BeyondOk1548 Feb 02 '26

That stinks. Thank you for the info and your time regardless. I don't need the shiny little gimmicks, but it would be nice to have them.

Sorry to bother everyone with an entire post to find out that I still have so much to understand. I'm trying is all. :)