>   sip4-tqt built. Arch also has sip in /usr/bin. Are
> you simply replacing the slack sip with the sip4-tqt? Sounds like it. In that case,
> the Arch sip is python3 based while sip4-tqt is python2 based. What kind of
> issues would replacing it cause? (shouldn't matter, but I thought I would
> ask if you know)

Yes, I build sip4-tqt with a package name of sip rather than a package name of sip4-tqt. That allows the Slackware package management tools to replace the stock version.

Slackware uses Python 2.x. So I don't know what adverse effects exist.

Darrell