diff --git a/makeslackware.sh b/makeslackware.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Script to build a Slackware .txz package for snapraid
+# using the snapraid.SlackBuild and related files in the current directory.
+#
+# This version:
+# - Prefers a source tarball already present in the current directory
+# - Only downloads it if not found locally
+# - Runs the SlackBuild (as root recommended for makepkg)
+#
+# Requirements:
+# - Run as root (or with sudo) for proper ownership/permissions in package
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+VERSION="13.1"  # Update if needed; must match tarball and SlackBuild
+TARBALL="snapraid-${VERSION}.tar.gz"
+SOURCE_URL="https://github.com/amadvance/snapraid/releases/download/v${VERSION}/${TARBALL}"
+
+if [[ ! -f "snapraid.SlackBuild" ]]; then
+  echo "Error: snapraid.SlackBuild not found in the current directory."
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+if [[ ! -f "slack-desc" ]]; then
+  echo "Error: slack-desc not found in the current directory."
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# Prefer local tarball
+if [[ -f "./${TARBALL}" ]]; then
+  echo "Found ${TARBALL} locally."
+else
+  echo "Downloading ${TARBALL}..."
+  curl -L -O "$SOURCE_URL"
+fi
+
+# Set environment variables for SlackBuild
+export VERSION BUILD=1 TAG=_AM OUTPUT=$(pwd)  # Package output in current dir
+
+echo "Running SlackBuild..."
+bash snapraid.SlackBuild
+
+echo ""
+echo "Build complete!"
+echo "The .txz package should be in the current directory:"
+ls snapraid-${VERSION}-*-*.txz
+
+echo ""
+echo "You can install it with:"
+echo "  installpkg snapraid-${VERSION}-*-*.txz"
+echo "  or upgradepkg if replacing an older version."
diff --git a/slack-desc b/slack-desc
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+snapraid: snapraid (Disk array backup for many large rarely-changed files)
+snapraid:
+snapraid: SnapRAID is a backup program for disk arrays. It stores parity
+snapraid: information of your data and it's able to recover from up to six disk
+snapraid: failures. SnapRAID is mainly targeted for a home media center, with a
+snapraid: lot of big files that rarely change.
+snapraid:
+snapraid:
+snapraid:
+snapraid:
+snapraid:
diff --git a/snapraid.SlackBuild b/snapraid.SlackBuild
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+#!/bin/bash
+# SlackBuild script for snapraid
+# Written for personal use / inspired by SlackBuilds.org templates
+
+cd $(dirname $0) ; CWD=$(pwd)
+
+PRGNAM=snapraid
+VERSION=${VERSION:-13.0}
+BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
+TAG=${TAG:-_AM}
+PKGNAM=${PRGNAM}-${VERSION}
+
+if [ -z "$ARCH" ]; then
+  case "$(uname -m)" in
+    i?86) ARCH=i586 ;;
+    arm*) ARCH=arm ;;
+    *) ARCH=$(uname -m) ;;
+  esac
+fi
+
+TMP=${TMP:-/tmp}
+PKG=$TMP/package-$PRGNAM
+OUTPUT=${OUTPUT:-/tmp}
+
+if [ "$ARCH" = "i586" ]; then
+  SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i586 -mtune=i686"
+  LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
+elif [ "$ARCH" = "i686" ]; then
+  SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -mtune=i686"
+  LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
+elif [ "$ARCH" = "x86_64" ]; then
+  SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -fPIC"
+  LIBDIRSUFFIX="64"
+else
+  SLKCFLAGS="-O2"
+  LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
+fi
+
+set -e
+
+rm -rf $PKG
+mkdir -p $TMP $PKG $OUTPUT
+cd $TMP
+rm -rf $PRGNAM-$VERSION
+tar xvf $CWD/snapraid-$VERSION.tar.gz
+cd $PRGNAM-$VERSION
+chown -R root:root .
+find -L . \
+ \( -perm 777 -o -perm 775 -o -perm 750 -o -perm 711 -o -perm 555 \
+  -o -perm 511 \) -exec chmod 755 {} \; -o \
+ \( -perm 666 -o -perm 664 -o -perm 640 -o -perm 600 -o -perm 444 \
+ -o -perm 440 -o -perm 400 \) -exec chmod 644 {} \;
+
+CFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
+CXXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
+./configure \
+  --prefix=/usr \
+  --libdir=/usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX} \
+  --sysconfdir=/etc \
+  --localstatedir=/var \
+  --mandir=/usr/man \
+  --docdir=/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION \
+  --build=$ARCH-slackware-linux
+
+make
+
+make install DESTDIR=$PKG
+
+find $PKG -print0 | xargs -0 file | grep -e "executable" -e "shared object" | grep ELF \
+  | cut -f 1 -d : | xargs strip --strip-unneeded 2> /dev/null || true
+
+gzip -9 $PKG/usr/man/man?/*.?
+
+mkdir -p $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
+cp -a COPYING AUTHORS HISTORY README snapraid.conf.example $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
+cat $CWD/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild > $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild
+
+mkdir -p $PKG/install
+cat $CWD/slack-desc > $PKG/install/slack-desc
+
+cd $PKG
+/sbin/makepkg -l y -c n $OUTPUT/$PRGNAM-$VERSION-$ARCH-$BUILD$TAG.${PKGTYPE:-txz}
diff --git a/snapraid.info b/snapraid.info
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+PRGNAM="snapraid"
+VERSION="13.0"
+HOMEPAGE="https://www.snapraid.it/"
+DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/amadvance/snapraid/releases/download/v${VERSION}/snapraid-${VERSION}.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="UNSUPPORTED"  # Optional; compute manually if needed
+DOWNLOAD_x86_64="$DOWNLOAD"
+MD5SUM_x86_64=""
+REQUIRES=""
+MAINTAINER="Andrea Mazzoleni"
+EMAIL="amadnvace@gmail.com"