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From: Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com>
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Subject: Re: Open Source does not mean easily re-compile-able
Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2024 15:07:59 -0300
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gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) writes:

> In article <wwvh66p9ntv.fsf@LkoBDZeT.terraraq.uk>,
> Richard Kettlewell  <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> ...
>>On Debian-derived platforms, thats what apt-get build-dep is for.
>>Source package rebuild is also standardized.  It looks like the RH world
>>has something pretty similar.
>
> I know all that - and, in theory, it should "just work".
>
> But my experience is that theory and practice diverge.
>
> Now, I may not be the most capable person in the world, probably not even
> in the top 10 (or 100).  But that's exactly my point.  It's just not an
> easy task for ordinary people under ordinary circumstances.

If I were not full of tasks right now, I would set up a VM with Debian
and try it out---build-dep for Thunderbird.  Just to see if compiles
successfully without much hacking involved.  I am also skeptical of such
things.  It usually works on smaller projects; I'd be surprised and
happy to find out that it works with no hacking involved.