On 01/25/2017 03:16 PM, Rebecca N. Palmer wrote: > For investigating a crash, you may not need to recompile: first > try installing the debug symbols package (icedove-dbg). > For already known bugs, see > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?repeatmerged=no&src=icedove >
I started down that route and decided I want to try compiling it and playing around with it myself...though I might instead focus on that route if this doesn't work. > If you still want to recompile, you're missing > $ sudo apt-get install build-essential > but a Python error isn't what I'd expect from missing that > (it's mostly the C/C++ compiler). > I just confirmed that installing build-essential doesn't work and it still throws the same error. Should I open up a bug report for this? Does this count as a bug? > Official packages are built inside a chroot using sbuild > ( https://www.debian.org/devel/buildd/ , > https://buildd.debian.org/status/fetch.php?pkg=icedove&arch=amd64&ver=1%3A45.6.0-2&stamp=1484088508&raw=0 > ), > but plain dpkg-buildpackage / debuild should also work. > Does there happen to be any "input" log for that log? I see the echoed output, but I can't see the script that was executed. Thanks for all the help! Cheers, Thomas
