3 files changed, 17 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/python/python3-levenshtein/README b/python/python3-levenshtein/README
index 6070723701..0846f72ed4 100644
--- a/python/python3-levenshtein/README
+++ b/python/python3-levenshtein/README
@@ -2,6 +2,3 @@ python3-levenshtein (Compute string edit distances and similarities)
 
 The Levenshtein Python C extension module contains functions for
 fast computation of Levenshtein distance and string similarity.
-
-NOTE: Unable to support newer versions than 0.17.0 due to requiring a
-newer Cython than included in Slackware (needs 3.0.2).
diff --git a/python/python3-levenshtein/python3-levenshtein.SlackBuild b/python/python3-levenshtein/python3-levenshtein.SlackBuild
index bdffaa2e39..64925f767f 100644
--- a/python/python3-levenshtein/python3-levenshtein.SlackBuild
+++ b/python/python3-levenshtein/python3-levenshtein.SlackBuild
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # Slackware build script for python3-levenshtein
 
-# Copyright 2024 Jeremy Hansen <jebrhansen+SBo@gmail.com>
+# Copyright 2024-2025 Jeremy Hansen <jebrhansen+SBo@gmail.com>
 # All rights reserved.
 #
 # Redistribution and use of this script, with or without modification, is
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@
 cd $(dirname $0) ; CWD=$(pwd)
 
 PRGNAM=python3-levenshtein
-VERSION=${VERSION:-0.17.0}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-0.27.1}
+RAPIDVER=${RAPIDVER:-fdbcc21}
 SRCNAM=${SRCNAM:-Levenshtein}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
@@ -54,6 +55,9 @@ mkdir -p $TMP $PKG $OUTPUT
 cd $TMP
 rm -rf $SRCNAM-$VERSION
 tar xvf $CWD/$SRCNAM-$VERSION.tar.gz
+tar xvf $CWD/rapidfuzz-cpp-${RAPIDVER}*.tar.gz
+rm -r $SRCNAM-$VERSION/extern/rapidfuzz-cpp
+mv rapidfuzz-cpp-${RAPIDVER}* $SRCNAM-$VERSION/extern/rapidfuzz-cpp
 cd $SRCNAM-$VERSION
 chown -R root:root .
 find -L . \
@@ -62,7 +66,12 @@ find -L . \
  \( -perm 666 -o -perm 664 -o -perm 640 -o -perm 600 -o -perm 444 \
   -o -perm 440 -o -perm 400 \) -exec chmod 644 {} \;
 
-python3 setup.py install --root=$PKG
+PYVER=$(python3 -c 'import sys; print("%d.%d" % sys.version_info[:2])')
+export PYTHONPATH="/opt/python$PYVER/site-packages:/opt/cython/python$PYVER/site-packages"
+export PATH="/opt/cython/bin:$PATH"
+
+python3 -m build --wheel --no-isolation
+python3 -m installer --destdir "$PKG" dist/*.whl
 
 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
diff --git a/python/python3-levenshtein/python3-levenshtein.info b/python/python3-levenshtein/python3-levenshtein.info
index 6827bb5f8c..a897b234b2 100644
--- a/python/python3-levenshtein/python3-levenshtein.info
+++ b/python/python3-levenshtein/python3-levenshtein.info
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 PRGNAM="python3-levenshtein"
-VERSION="0.17.0"
+VERSION="0.27.1"
 HOMEPAGE="https://rapidfuzz.github.io/Levenshtein"
-DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/rapidfuzz/Levenshtein/archive/refs/tags/v0.17.0/Levenshtein-0.17.0.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="707746d77aca4d7da9093001fccfc2e7"
+DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/rapidfuzz/Levenshtein/archive/refs/tags/v0.27.1/Levenshtein-0.27.1.tar.gz \
+          https://github.com/rapidfuzz/rapidfuzz-cpp/archive/fdbcc21/rapidfuzz-cpp-fdbcc2131515d0621f89a336d33242ef894efda5.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="84833afc0d5b870412693593c412f2c9 \
+        fbd1d374822c0b7681dd3269a085c901"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES="python3-rapidfuzz"