Might we have lua 5.4 please?

[LinuxOnTheDesktop]

Or at least instructions for how to get Conky to use lua5.4?

Cf. this on the issue tracker, which was about getting lua5.3 working with Conky (and change that seemed to be accomplished via a change in Conky's code).

[brndnmtthws]

It should work with 5.4, what problem are you experiencing? Currently 5.3 or newer is required:

conky/cmake/ConkyPlatformChecks.cmake

Line 448 in ae73335

find_package(Lua "5.3" REQUIRED)

For find_package, "5.3" should also permit 5.4. See https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/command/find_package.html#basic-signature.

We're also using 5.4 for the nix flake:

conky/flake.nix

Line 70 in ae73335

lua5_4

[LinuxOnTheDesktop]

Ah: I had installed Lua 5.4, symlinked /usr/bin/lua to version 5.4, and then ran Conky - and expected Conky to use 5.4. You make me realise that I need to rebuild Conky. Thank you for the help.

[LinuxOnTheDesktop]

Sorry to bang on, but I rebuilt Conky, with Lua 5.4 installed, and Conky still uses Lua 5.3. I gather that I must supply some new argument to Cmake; at present i do ccmake ... I know you supplied a link to documentation but I am afraid that I am having trouble understanding that documentation.

[brndnmtthws]

Try setting LUA_FIND_VERSION=5.4, per https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/command/find_package.html#package-file-interface-variables.

[LinuxOnTheDesktop]

Sorry, but like this?

cmake \
		-LUA_FIND_VERSION=5.4

But, ah; that doesn't work. Do I want the following?

$ export LUA_FIND_VERSION=5.4
$ cmake [arguments that I was using already]